Cornell University News

Researchers in the Cornell University College of Agriculture and life Sciences have received nearly $850,000 in state and federal grants this fall to fight diseases and pests afflicting New York specialty crops, according to the university.

DealerTrack, Inc., a subsidiary of DealerTrack Holdings, Inc. , a leading provider of on-demand software and data solutions for the U.S. automotive retail industry, today announced that Bridget Townsend has been named senior director and general manager of the DealerTrack Inventory Optimization suite of solutions, with responsibility for product ...

The new map, a special type of gene map known as a haplotype map, charts genetic diversity and recombination across the genome of 27 inbred lines of maize.

Ben Justus poses with his new friends at the Palm Tree orphanage in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, where his 'mission' is to provide hope to its teens by preparing them to work in the hospitality industry.

Gang violence, graffiti art and a hip-hop backbeat underscore a contemporary feel to Cornell University's staging of the well-known tragedy about star-crossed lovers, 'Romeo and Juliet.' Its two-weekend run begins tonight and continues the weekend of Dec.

In a stark and surprising finding, about half the children in the United States will be on food stamps at some point during their childhood, a new study of 29 years of data shows.

In six hours of meetings, at two dinners and during a stilted 30-minute news conference in which President Hu Jintao did not allow questions, President Barack Obama was confronted, on his first visit, with a fast-rising China more willing to say no to the United States.

November 17, 2009-- Cornell University's Center for Advanced Computing , in partnership with Purdue University, has received a National Science Foundation award to deploy The MathWorks MATLAB on the TeraGrid as an experimental computing resource.

More than 2,000 hoteliers from across the United States and Canada gathered in Phoenix in late October for Best Western International's North American Convention to recap 2009 and preview 2010.

He has been called the "Father of the Symphony" and the "Father of the String Quartet." He was a close friend of Mozart and a teacher of Beethoven, and at the time of his death in 1809 he was one of the most celebrated composers in all of Europe.

The Ithaca Journal starts a two-day report today about emerging solar energy efforts in our region.

Say congratulations to Jonathan Laudermilch of Ulster who was awarded the 2009 Manchester Memorial Scholarship.

Craig Mundie, Microsoft's chief research and strategy officer, finished up his 2009 Microsoft College Tour at the University of Washington on Thursday.

The seeming invincibility of cancerous tumors may be crumbling, thanks to a promising new gene therapy that eliminates the ability of certain cells to repair themselves.

An Afghan mobile vender pushes his cart through war damaged buildings in Kabul, Afghanistan, last week.

NEW YORK a ' Marriott International is launching the Autograph Collection, a brandA that would be comprised of formerly independent hotels.

Should Cornell University use its power to advocate for stricter regulation of gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale, or should the university remain an unbiased provider of scientific information? Those were among the issues debated by Cornell's Faculty Senate on Wednesday, as the body considered a resolution that would have, among other things, ...

IDeaS Revenue Optimization, the leading provider of pricing, forecasting and optimization solutions and services, today announced the second round of IDeaS Cornell Revenue Management Scholarship winners.

Walking around USC, a student passes about seven fast food or chain restaurants that serve cheap burgers or beef tacos for every one eatery that can make an edible salad.

After spending six years researching the response of large South African companies to the epidemic that is decimating their workforce as well as South African communities, David Dickinson describes the promise of this grassroots intervention-workers educating one another in the workplace and community-and the limitations of traditional top-down ...