The National Park Service recruited Nina Bassuk to evaluate the trees on the National Mall and develop a comprehensive plan to preserve them.

Robert Karpman and Mike Timmons were honored with awards from the Louis H. Zalaznick Teaching Assistantship program.

A discovery by associate professor Robert Reed reveals how a single gene can control an astonishing amount of diversity.

Researchers found that in the early stages of domestication, the skull changed shape but evolution of the mandible lagged behind and did not co-evolve with the skull.

Cornell's undergraduate biological/agricultural engineering program ranked No. 4 in 2018 U.S. News & World Report ranking.

Cornell scientists are combating a devastating pathogenic fungus that kills oak trees.

A new course uses a collaborative, interdisciplinary approach to teach the multi-faceted nature of contemporary communication.

Young science and engineering Ph.D.s are increasingly foregoing careers in academia. New Cornell research suggests there is waning interest in the faculty career track.

Ag-Analytics, a cloud-based application that provides digital agriculture analytics, has integrated its technology with the John Deere Operations Center, the manufacturer’s online platform. Cornell is the first university to integrate with the John Deere Operations Center.

A dozen teams tallied 1,250 species of higher organisms and more than 23,000 microbes during 2017 SIPS BioBlitz, an event to document as many species as possible in 24 hours.

Cornell students, faculty and staff gathered Sept. 13 to celebrate the opening of the Cornell Tech campus on New York City’s Roosevelt Island.

Research reveals insights into acylsugars, plant compounds with potential uses in medicine, nutrition and agriculture.

A $6.4 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates launched a fundraising campaign by the Cornell Alliance for Science to raise $10 million by 2020.

White-tailed deer preference for eating native plants can lead to plant communities made up of non-native species, according to a new Cornell CALS study.

An international team revealed for the first time color-fragrance integration for an entire plant community.

Cornell leadership visited New York agricultural businesses during a daylong trip Aug. 31 to learn more about the industry’s impact on the New York state economy.

Nathan Hiram Peck Sr. ’51, Ph.D. ’56, professor emeritus of plant and soil science, died Aug. 24 in Geneva, New York. He was 94.

Cornell's uninterrupted presence in the Adirondacks for more than 65 years has provided a unique advantage for studying the environment, from acid range to climate change.

The 60-year-old lab is used by USDA-ARS and Cornell scientists to control potentially devastating golden nematodes and pale cyst nematodes.

Olaf Larson joined the Cornell faculty in 1946. Now 107 years old, this pioneer of rural sociology has published two books since surpassing the century mark.