eCornell Program Helps Professional Women Advance
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eCornell's new Women in Leadership online certificate program provides women with a highly personalized approach to achieving their leadership goals.
Two CALS Faculty Made Fellows in 2017 Public Voices Program
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Cornell’s Public Voices Thought Leadership Fellowship Program seeks to increase the public impact of top underrepresented thinkers in the U.S. and to help them contribute to public conversations.
New Course Teaches Cutting-Edge Food Production
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A new course, Hydroponic Food Crop Production and Management, teaches the principles and practices of commercial food crop production in controlled environment agriculture.
SIPS Professor Receives Annual Schwartz Award for Life Sciences
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Olena Vatamaniuk has received an award from the Schwartz Research Fund for Women in Life Sciences. The annual awards support women life scientists conducting innovative, risk-taking research.
Financial Squall Ahead? Economic Forum Is Jan. 24
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Buckle up your economic seat belts: Cornell's Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management will host the annual Agricultural and Food Business Outlook Conference on Jan. 24.
Microbiome Experts to Speak at World Economic Forum
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Three Cornell University faculty will present big ideas on microbiome science to a gathering of influential thought leaders at the World Economic Forum Jan. 18 in Davos, Switzerland.
Decoded Microbial Metabolism Explains Biofuel Yield
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Cornell professor Ludmilla Aristilde is unraveling how intricate waste biomass converts to biofuels by studying the bacterium Clostridium acetobutylicum's sugar-processing complexities.
Technology Sends Project FeederWatch Soaring at 30
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The story of Project FeederWatch – a program where members track birds visiting their feeders – provides an example of how technology has helped citizen science grow bigger in unexpected ways.
CALS Faculty Among the Most Cited Researchers in the World
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The list compiled by Thomson Reuters names the top 1 percent of researchers in their fields for journal citations over the past decade.
$10M CDC Grant Funds Center to Fight Vector Borne Diseases
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To better understand, prevent and treat diseases passed from insects to people, the Cornell-led Northeast Regional Center for Excellence in Vector Borne Diseases will launch later this month.
With Three New Solar Farms, Cornell Skims Energy from the Sun
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Cornell now milks the sun for energy: The university formally opened three additional solar farms in December that will generate large amounts of electricity and help the campus achieve carbon neutrality.
Politics Reverse Fates of Some Stocks After White House Elections
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Stock returns in politically sensitive industries fall into predictable patterns of winners and losers after a new president is elected, according to a new study by economist Jawad Addoum, assistant professor of finance.
Dean Addresses State Agricultural Group
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Dean Boor's capstone address at the New York Agricultural Society’s annual meeting and forum focuses on collaboration .
Q&A: Brian Bodah Joins NYSAES Leadership Team
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New assistant director discusses his background, vision for NYSAES
Healthy Behaviors Determine Weight-Loss Surgery Success
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Bariatric surgery can slim your body, but attitude and behavior also play key roles in long-term weight loss, according to new research from the Cornell Food and Brand Lab.
Cornell's SMART Program Wins Success Story Award
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Cornell's Student Multidisciplinary Applied Research Team was recognized for its impact on poor communities by earning the L.A. Potts Success Story award on Dec. 5.
Devastating mites jump nimbly from flowers to honeybees
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A new study describes for the first time – and documents with video footage – how Varroa destructor mites can nimbly jump from flowers onto bees.
NYSAES Gifts Brighten Holiday for Geneva Children
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The NYSAES community employees sponsored 23 children from 12 families in the Geneva City School District as part of the Cornell University Elves Program.
Merlin Bird Photo ID Mobile App Launches
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The Merlin Bird Photo ID mobile app has been launched and, thanks to machine-learning technology, can identify hundreds of North American species it “sees” in photos.
Sharon Poczter Wins Einaudi Center Grant
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Sharon Poczter has won a grant from the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies for research concerned with quantifying the effects of democratization.