Events on campus this week include a book talk on the American Dream, 150 bugs at Insectapalooza, The Big Draw at the Johnson Museum, a classic horror film in Sage Chapel and Halloween treats.
Los Angeles artist Jessica Rath worked with Professor Susan Brown to use Cornell apple trees as a basis for a photography exhibit in Pasadena next year. (June 16, 2011)
Events at Cornell this week include a field day for organic farm research, a library orientation for newcomers to the United States, and networking for astronomy grad students. (Aug. 14, 2009)
A new Cornell study suggests that long-term, regular use of vitamin E in women 45 years of age and older may help decrease the risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by about 10 percent. (June 15, 2011)
Cornell researchers have found that vermicompost is not only an excellent fertilizer, but could also help prevent a pathogen that has been a scourge to greenhouse growers.
Feverish fruit fly larvae, warmed in a toasty lab chamber, are giving Cornell researchers a way to watch chromosomes in action and actually see how genes are expressed in living tissue.
David B. Stern, a molecular biologist who studies photosynthesis and the molecular genetics of intracellular communication in plants, has been named president of the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research Inc.
Retired pro hockey player Jean-Marc Pelletier returned to Cornell after a 14-year career. He was one of about 300 January graduates attending the Dec. 17 recognition event. (Dec. 19, 2011)
Brian Crane, Barbara Crawford, Rui Hai Liu and Rosemary Stevens have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world's largest general scientific society.
Ph.D. candidate Christopher Blackwood has garnered three fellowships in three months to support his research in neurodegenerative disorders, which disproportionately affect minority communities. (June 7, 2011)