Ph.D. candidate Christopher Blackwood has garnered three fellowships in three months to support his research in neurodegenerative disorders, which disproportionately affect minority communities. (June 7, 2011)
New York State Integrated Pest Management Program at Cornell has produced nine free guides for farmers that provide information on how to grow certified organic produce. (March 29, 2010)
Researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar have identified a region of the date palm genome linked to gender, making it possible to quickly and easily identify male and female trees. (June 1, 2011)
Bird experts believed for years that once a bird learned songs, the calls stayed relatively fixed throughout their lives, but a new study of loons, streamlined fish-eating water birds, calls those beliefs into question. (March 7, 2006)
The FDA, USDA and Cornell have created alliance for to give produce growers and packagers on-farm food safety knowledge in advance of a proposed produce safety regulation.
Over the next decade, Cornell will lose an unprecedented number of its distinguished senior scholars to retirement, and must begin 'prehiring' replacements, two deans said at an Oct. 29 forum. (Nov. 2, 2010)
A Resources for the Future report, co-authored by assistant professor Shanjun Li, concludes that the 2009 Cash for Clunkers federal vehicle trade-in program provided 'little economic stimulus.' (Dec. 5, 2011)
A new Rotoclave (rotating autoclave) at Cornell's Waste Management Facility promises to dispose of the university's medical wastes in a safe, environmentally friendly manner, while saving energy. (May 26, 2011)