The fastest-growing segment of the natural food market, organic dairy products, is getting a boost from a Cornell University-U.S. Department of Agriculture program that studies experiences of upstate New York milk producers as they make the transition from conventional to organic farming.
Before they left campus in May, Cornell students donated 27,450 items of clothing to six local community agencies, according to Connie Fuess, one of the organizers of the annual clothing drive.
Donald F. Smith, the Austin O. Hooey Dean of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell, will end his 10-year deanship in June 2007 to return to the veterinary faculty.
Smith, who was appointed by Cornell President Hunter Rawlings in April…
Mike Hoffmann, director of the Cornell Agricultural Experiment Station, oversees $5.1 million in research projects and helps create a 'culture of sustainability' on campus. (May 9, 2008)
Cornell University today announced the selection of a consulting team led by Urban Strategies Inc. of Toronto to develop a comprehensive master plan (CMP) for the physical development of the Ithaca campus, taking into account…
Students in Marcia Eames-Sheavly's Art of Horticulture class created a 10-ton earth-and-sod sculpture Sept. 4 at Cornell's turfgrass plots. (Sept. 10, 2007)
Charles J. Arntzen, president emeritus of the Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI) for Plant Research Inc. was named Dec. 13 to President George W. Bush's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.
Cornell University will host the "2000 Greenhouse Management Conference: Grow Your Greenhouse" conference Nov. 9 and 10 at the Holiday Inn, Batavia, N.Y. The conference is being held in conjunction with the Country Folks Grower Trade Show and Garden Plant Education Day. The conference is for anyone interested in starting or expanding a greenhouse business or for those involved in the horticultural industry, either as managers or as service providers, and for horticultural educators.
Many people have contributed to Cornell University’s rich history, and one key contributor – never a student, alumna or professor – was Eleanor Roosevelt.
Every spring since 1989 the Cornell Tradition, an alumni-endowed student recognition program at Cornell University, has honored its own graduating seniors with recognition awards. The nine Tradition fellows who have been honored this year for their community service and leadership efforts will use their monetary awards to benefit others.