Applying the 'polluter pays' principle, a Cornell ecologist and author suggests a way to improve the environmental sustainability of agriculture: Levy taxes according to food-chain ranking so that products with the worst environmental impact cost the most.
U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings has appointed Valerie Reyna, professor and director of extension in the Department of Human Development in the College of Human Ecology, to serve on the President's National…
When Irene Rosenfeld took charge of Kraft Foods in 2006, its chips were down, its cookies crumbling. Today, the second-largest food company in the world is on the menu of billions of people. (March 8, 2012)
University Librarian Anne Kenney told alumni Sept. 1 in New York City that the library is changing in many ways and providing continued relevance to Cornellians, locally and globally. (Sept. 6, 2011)
Well-known advertising executive, teacher of advertising and public relations and longtime Ithaca resident Howard S. Cogan '50, MPS '80, died Feb. 16 after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease. (Feb. 19, 2008)
Although business was looking up, Ezra Cornell still felt financially insecure during this period. His interest in farm machinery led to his investment in the Albany Agricultural Works and the Steam Agricultural Co. (April 11, 2007)
Soledad O'Brien, television journalist and former anchor for CNN, will give the Senior Convocation address during Cornell's 139th Commencement Weekend, May 26-27. (April 10, 2007)
W. Frank Shipe, professor emeritus of food science at Cornell and a pioneer in testing milk for its flavor over time, died May 20 at the Alterra Sterling House in Ithaca. He was 88. (June 3, 2008)
As his 100th birthday approaches, M.H. Abrams, who taught English at Cornell from 1945 to 1983, is praised for his contributions to literary studies on campus and around the world.