Harold D. Craft Jr., vice president for administration and chief financial officer at Cornell University, tonight (April 17, 2001) issued a statement affirming the university's commitment to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gasses:
Experts with a wide variety of perspectives at an April 1-2 conference at Cornell will attempt to answer the question: Who should rightfully profit from biotechnology's exploitation of the "intellectual property" of nature?
Robots that walk like human beings are common in science fiction but not so easy to make in real life. The most famous current example, the Honda Asimo, moves smoothly but on large, flat feet. And compared with a person, it consumes much more energy.
On Jan. 25, students will come together for Global Seminar ALS 480, a spring semester course that examines international food issues and formulates positions on worldwide agricultural sustainability.
Scratching the surface of wild tomatoes that bugs don't bother, Cornell scientists discovered the plants' chemical secret for repelling insect pests: a complex, waxy substance that commercially grown tomatoes have "forgotten" how to make.
The space in front of Bailey Hall is one of the most intensely studied areas on the Cornell campus. Numerous designs have been submitted to improve what everyone generally agrees is an eyesore. One by one, these visions proved…
In a war against the European corn borer, a major pest of sweet corn, Cornell scientists have found that an army of tiny wasps, released just once and early in the season, can reduce damage to ears of corn by half.
Steven D. Tanksley, Cornell's Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor of Plant Breeding, has been named the 1998 recipient of the prestigious $15,000 Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Award.
Bruce Levitt, professor and former chair of Cornell's Department of Theatre, Film and Dance, has been named faculty director of the Cornell Council for the Arts.