Cheesemakers savor Cornell’s dairy incubator expertise
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Cornell’s dairy business incubator provides long-term support and develops companies’ expertise in cheese marketing, dairy processing and building markets.
Awards promote life sciences research and industry partnerships in NY
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Nine projects were awarded Center for Advanced Technology grants in 2018-2019. The grants are given to faculty members in life sciences fields who partner with a New York state industry for research and development.
Atkinson Center names 2018-19 SSHA faculty fellows
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Cornell’s Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future has named seven social sciences, humanities and arts (SSHA) fellows for the 2018-19 academic year.
Study reveals how promising cancer drug works for best use
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A study describes for the first time how a promising FDA-approved cancer drug – currently in clinical trials – works to effectively kill cancer cells.
Cornell Botanic Gardens’ plants available online
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Visitors can bring Cornell Botanic Gardens plants to their own garden spaces through a new online store.
Scientists seek to untangle ecological effects of water management
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Cornell and Paleontological Research Institution scientists dug into the Colorado River's estuary mudflats to learn how upstream dams affect downstream mollusks.
Prasad testifies on promise, peril of digital currencies
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Cornell economist Eswar Prasad testified July 18 before the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Monetary Policy and Trade in Washington, D.C.
Web Accessibility Camp 2018
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A reminder that Cornell University's first Web Accessibility Camp will be held on August 6–8, 2018 at Ives Hall and the ILR Conference Center.
Visitors avoid national parks when air pollution is high
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Visitors tend to avoid national parks when air pollution levels are high, according to a Cornell researcher and his colleagues. The work suggests better air quality at national parks could improve human health.
NSF funds fruit and vegetable preservation tech startup
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Startup Farther Farms received a $225,000 NSF grant to research extending the shelf life of fruits and vegetables without chemicals, preservatives, refrigeration or freezing.
Cornell professors contribute to winning offshore wind energy alliance
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Three Cornell professors contributed to the successful proposal to lead a new $18.5 million endeavor to enhance the United States’ wind-energy economy and nix greenhouse gas emissions.
Genetics shed light on symbiosis of anglerfish and glowing bacteria
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For the first time, scientists have sequenced and analyzed the genomes of bacteria that live in anglerfish bulbs from fish specimens collected in the Gulf of Mexico.
NYS cherry growers could harvest sweet profits with high tunnels
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Growers looking to mitigate weather risks, like excessive summer rain that ruins fruit, could profit by using high tunnels, according to new research from the Dyson School.
Rice survives long-term floods due to newly discovered genetic mechanism
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A team of Cornell and Japanese researchers has discovered a new genetic mechanism that allows certain rice plants to survive monthslong floods.
Bt eggplant improving lives in Bangladesh
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Bt eggplant is the first genetically engineered crop to be successfully introduced in South Asia. By reducing the need for pesticides, the crop is helping some of the world's poorest farmers feed their families and communities.
Cornell hosts sci comm workshop for plant scientists
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Thirty early-career plant scientists from 15 institutions across the U.S. honed their science communication skills in a course conducted by the Cornell Alliance for Science.
CALS Global Fellows program expands, opens to more majors
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This year, for the first time, CALS Global Fellows Program participants include majors in entomology, information science, food science, plant sciences and interdisciplinary studies, enhancing the academic richness and reach of the program.
Partnership to assess pollinator-friendly solar farms
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Entomologist Scott McArt is partnering with a leading national solar developer on a groundbreaking study to determine the local benefits of wildflower plantings on solar sites in central New York and the Hudson Valley.
Moth provides hope against invasive swallow-wort
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Pale and black swallow-wort are rapidly invading fields and forests across the Northeast, including New York, but a moth from the Ukraine holds promise to keep the weed in check.
NY high schoolers dig into food security issues
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New York state high school students came to campus June 29 for the New York Youth Institute, an ambitious program that aims to build a core of young leaders to battle hunger around the world.
