Study Settles Debate Over Origins of Ants and Bees
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Ants and bees – which by all appearances seem so different – are creepy-crawly cousins, according to new research.
Students' Green Thumbs Help Harlem Grown's Garden Thrive
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Six undergraduates spent spring break in Harlem building a sensory garden for children through Alternative Breaks, which promotes service learning through direct engagement with various communities.
More Than 200 Soggy Students Champion Science in D.C. March
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More than 200 Cornell undergraduate and graduate students joined 40,000 scientists and boosters to champion knowledge in the first March for Science in Washington, D.C., April 22.
Sky's the Limit
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Rapid urbanization is reshaping civilization. We look to the rooftops for sustainable solutions.
18 Graduate and Professional Students Lobby on Capitol Hill
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Cornell sent 18 graduate and professional students from the Ithaca campus and Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City to Capitol Hill for Cornell Advocacy Day April 5.
Focus on Climate Justice Earns CALS Student Prestigious Scholarship
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Dejah Powell '18 selected for prestigious Udall scholarship.
Hemp Summit Looks at New York's Next Big Cash Crop
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The first-ever Industrial Hemp Summit on April 18 at the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences looked at industrial hemp as a lucrative addition to New York agriculture.
More Prime-Time Ads Could Kick Drunken Driving to the Curb
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Public service announcements about the dangers of drunken driving could save thousands of lives each year – but only if those ad campaigns are better funded and more people see them, according to three Cornell researchers.
Students Tag Arts Quad Trees, Touting Their Benefits
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Students placed price tags on about 80 trees April 18 to demonstrate the dollar value of the ecosystem services the trees provide, such as energy savings and intercepting storm water runoff.
Radical Collaboration Protects Colombia’s Birds, Coffee Farmers
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Two Cornell researchers are leading a collaboration that aims to benefit both coffee farmers in Colombia and the country's biodiverse bird population.
On the Map: CALS in the City
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Portraits of researchers and educators on their turf, from the rat burrows of city parks to the furrows of a rooftop farm in Brooklyn.
Bees Face Heavy Pesticide Peril from Drawn-Out Sources
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Honeybees encounter high danger due to lingering and wandering pesticides, according to an analysis of the bee's own food, according to Cornell research in Nature Scientific Reports, April 19.
Expanding Your Horizons Conference Inspires Young Female Scientists
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Cornell faculty and graduate students welcomed girls in grades 7-9 to campus April 15 to learn about STEM and discover role models in the fields of science and math.
The Science of Shade
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From engineering soil for street trees to diversifying the urban forest, insights from Nina Bassuk on making horticulture thrive in cities.
ISS Supporting Faculty Research Projects, Conference
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The Institute for the Social Sciences' Small Grants Program is funding a series of critical social science projects and a conference with its spring 2017 awards.
Mann Library Exhibit Introduces Naturalist Mark Catesby
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A new exhibit at Mann Library aims to introduce Cornellians to the early 18th-century naturalist Mark Catesby, whose impact on botany and horticulture was enormous, and runs through June.
Cities and the Power of Place
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Richard Stedman explores our sense of place in the age of migration, global mobility, and urbanization.
Healthy Harvest
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Research and recommendations from the Healthy Soils, Healthy Communities project protects urban gardeners from residual soil contaminants.
5 Bottom-Line Lessons from the Big Leagues
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Not everyone can make it to the Big Leagues, but Kevin Kniffin reveals five lessons everyone can learn from sports.
