A Cornell researcher presented new recordings of what sounded like at least one ivory-billed woodpecker (Campephilus principalis) at the American Ornithologist's Union on August 24, 2005.
Sixteen years of hard work and setbacks have taught Professor Emeritus Richard B. Fischer what it takes to make the bluebird of happiness happy: Location, location, location. And a few amenities.
Six members of the Cornell University faculty have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. They are among 291 researchers chosen to receive the prestigious award this year.
They could have called it "Applied Biology-Chemistry-Physiology-Ecology-Risk Analysis-Current Affairs." Instead, the faculty members who developed a first for Cornell -- and one of the few undergraduate courses at any American university to address the health and environmental effects of toxic substances -- settled for "Principles of Toxicology."
99th KILOMETER MARKER, ISRAEL/JORDAN BORDER -- Flying over this 150-acre speck in the desert, it is possible to imagine a near-perfect circle ringed by two green arcs. Approach by land, and imagine the arcs enlarging to groves of olive trees, a spiraling tower behind them. After it is completed, in about five years, the tower eventually will be home to the world's most advanced database, the Library of Life. The entire complex itself, called the Bridging the Rift Center (BTR), will be a symbol in the desert between Israel and Jordan, seeking, as its name indicates, to create a bridge between two divided societies. (March 16, 2004)
Events on campus this week include Maple weekend, CSA Fair, Reimagining Cornell, student mental health, Seder dinners, Don Randel, Literary Luncheon, Sir Richard Jolly, Bailey Hall concert.
Move over “Independence Day,” step aside Martian microfossils. The real-life alien invasion has commenced: the viburnum leaf beetle – a pest that will chew and decimate viburnum trees and shrubs – has been detected in several New York counties, a Cornell University expert warns.
Step aside, Cookies-n-Cream. Move over, Neapolitan. It's time to hit the (Rocky) Road. For their winning project in Food Science 101, eight Cornell students have developed an ice cream flavor with an evocative name, Sticky Bunz.
Japanese shore crabs, a square-shaped crustacean that poses a direct threat to soft-shell (steamer) clams, mussels and lobsters, were discovered July 13 by Cornell University marine biologists in Owl's Head, Maine, on the shores of Penobscot Bay. The detection of this crab, which has the potential to hurt Maine's seafood industry.