Cornell Ph.D. Student Awarded for Wheat Science Research
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Margaret Krause was one of five female scientists awarded the 2017 Jeanie Borlaug Laube Women in Triticum (WIT) Award for promising research in the field of wheat science.
Food Preservation Team Wins Hospitality Business Contest
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Five student teams competed for the chance to win $25,000 March 18 as part of Hotel Ezra Cornell's seventh annual Hospitality Business Plan Competition. This year's winner was Team Natural Cuts.
Mahowald Tapped to Help Frame U.N. Report on Global Warming
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Natalie Mahowald, professor of earth and atmospheric science, has been selected by the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change as a lead author on a special global warming report.
CALS Student Selected as Agriculture Future of America Campus Ambassador
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Stephanie McBath ‘19 will interact with agribusiness leaders, campus faculty, and fellow students in her role as the Cornell liaison for AFA.
Biological, Agricultural Engineering Programs Ranked Among Best in U.S.
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The 2018 U.S. News World Report rankings are out, and Cornell has again landed in the top 10 for engineering programs.
Shoals Marine Lab Announces Summer Semester Funding
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New financial aid support allows CALS students to apply their Cornell financial aid packages towards a summer semester at the Shoals Marine Laboratory.
Cornell to Host Carbon Neutrality Forum March 28
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Cornell's Senior Leaders Climate Action Group will host a public forum March 28 to discuss Options for Achieving a Carbon Neutral Campus by 2035 from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at the Hotel Ithaca.
Jacob Bien Earns NSF CAREER Award to Streamline Complex Data
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The methods developed by Bien will allow for more accurate forecasting crucial to many areas, including public health, medicine, and the development of lower-cost energy systems.
Stay Connected During CALS Branding Project
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The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences has embarked for the first time on a college-wide brand exploration process, and you are invited to stay connected during this exciting project.
Can Africa Feed the World?
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Demographic trends, lack of infrastructure, and the legacy of colonialism are major hurdles Africa has to overcome if it is ever to become the agricultural superpower it aims to be.
Cornell Hosts Hong Kong Sustainability Meeting April 6-7
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Cornell will host Sustainability in Asia: Partnerships for Research and Implementation, a conference about sustainability research and community engagement in Hong Kong, April 6-7.
Cornell Buttons Up, Battens Down During Winter Storm
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A nor’easter, combined with a winter storm from the Great Lakes, bore down on the Northeast Tuesday and Wednesday. For the first time in three years, Cornell closed the Ithaca campus due to a snow storm.
Ann Bybee-Finley Named Future Leader in Science
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Ann Bybee-Finley, a second-year doctoral student at Cornell studying cropping systems resilience with a focus on Northeastern dairy producers, has been named a 2017 Future Leader in Science.
AguaClara Opens Its 14th Honduras Plant, Debuts Micro System
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AguaClara has opened its 14th water processing plant in Honduras, and has expanded its reach into that country's smallest villages with development of a new, compact system.
"Servant-Leader" Role Suits Weber-Shirk, AguaClara Program
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Students teach students and make many of the key decisions in AguaClara, a program that for more than a decade has helped communities in Honduras have potable running water.
Barn Swallow Behavior Shift May Be Evolutionary
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A new population of barn swallows near Buenos Aires, established only about 30 years ago, has adapted both its migration cycle and its breeding cycle in a dramatically short time.
Cornell Experts to Convene Soil Summit March 28-29
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The Soil Summit will provide the opportunity for produce growers, educators, and researchers to discuss and identify barriers to using and producing compost while helping support growers in minimizing food safety risks on the farm.
Grant Explores Using Seminal Fluid Proteins to Control Mosquitoes
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Cornell researchers are exploring a new approach to reducing the spread of mosquito-borne viruses through seminal fluid proteins from male mosquitoes that disrupt the reproductive biology in females.
Gregory Poe, Expert in Environmental Economics, Dies at 56
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Gregory Poe, professor of applied economics and management, died unexpectedly March 11 at his home in Ithaca. His work focused on applied welfare economics, nonmarket valuation, experimental economics, and water pollution policy.
Mann Award Winner Studies Degenerative Disease
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Peter Sullivan, a fifth-year doctoral student, is the winner of this year's Harry and Samuel Mann Outstanding Graduate Student Award for his research on ALS and FTLD.
