As staffers hired by Cornell's Lab of Ornithology and volunteers gear up for a six-month search for the ivory-billed woodpecker, residents of Brinkley, Ark., may be wondering why it is so hard to find. (December 14, 2005)
Jason Kats '10 gave his friend, Sam Scott '10, an unusual wedding gift: He endowed the first fund ever in the American Indian Program in honor of Scott and his bride. (Dec. 6, 2012)
Graduate student Semagn Kolech will expand sustainable farming in Ethiopia, turning it from a place where it's hard to grow sustainable crops to a place where farming flourishes.
A sort of 'mini-MOOC' - massive open online course - in infant and child nutrition has attracted almost 4,000 participants from more than 100 countries.
The book 'The Adolescent Brain: Learning, Reasoning and Decision Making,' co-edited by Valerie Reyna, focuses on teen brain development and high cognition, which is critical for good reasoning. (Dec. 15, 2011)
Researchers in the Information Science department at Cornell plan to study a variety of research cultures to find out how best to form effective cyberspace organizations. (Oct. 27, 2010)
A deadly fish virus has been found for the first time in a variety of freshwater fish in the northeastern United States by Cornell University researchers. (June 14, 2006)
Professor Nina Bassuk said urban trees are each worth $135 in benefit. She spoke at 92nd Street Y in NYC Dec. 7 as part of the 'Changing Earth' series, a partnership between 92Y and Cornell Plantations. (Dec. 12, 2011)
In rural areas of Africa, Asia and Latin America, poor farmers supplement their livelihoods by hunting and cutting wood, but such practices seriously threaten biodiversity in the developing world. (Aug. 22, 2011)
The Cornell Faculty Senate resolved May 11 to stop posting online grade medians, which have led students to choose courses based on perceived ease of grading. (May 26, 2011)