News Archive: July – August – September 2006
Research
- High tunnels extend growing season
- DNA Hydrogels
- Watching chromosomes in action
- Beach plum project
- The decline of just one fish species can disrupt an entire ecosystem, study finds
- Shoals ecological web
- Freshness date influences consumer perceptions, regardless of food safety, study shows
- Cornell microbiologists help high school teachers improve their skills
- Students get their feet wet in marine science and the academic life at Shoals summer program
- Chinese GM cotton farmers are losing money due to 'secondary' pests
- Plum pox virus detected in New York state
- Cornell researchers challenge Cornell-led proposal
- People with a sweet tooth eat more fruit
- Cornell releases three new wine grapes
- Copper, cows, and crops
- Too little data available on sludge
People
- ASPB Awards
- Cornell Chemist Elected Fellow of American Chemical Society
- Cornell Scientist Receives Distinguished Mycologist Award
- Director of Cornell Cooperative Extension Named APS Fellow
- Peter Jentsch Appointed Extension Associate at Hudson Valley Lab
- 2006 Heinz research scholars
- Cornell Graduate Students Receive Awards at Geneva Experiment Station
- Cornell Hires New Seed Lab Director at Geneva
- Cornell Scientist Elected Fellow of International Society
- 4-H member is an author at 15, thanks in large part to her Cornell 4-H dog-training club
- CU student serves as goodwill ambassador to protect rivers and lakes
- Prasad appointed to Tolani Chair
- Cornell alumnus Andrew Colin McClung reaps 2006 World Food Prize
- Graduate student heads to Afghanistan to tackle country's malnutrition
- Noted Cornell Viticulturist, Robert M. Pool, Remembered
- Cornell undergraduates receive Udall scholarships
Campus
Outreach
- CU Researchers compare 2 brands of herbicides
- Teachers Go to Work at Cornell's Experiment Station
- Cornell at the state fair
- Monroe-Woodbury Central District receives IPM STAR award
- Cornell Agricultural engineers help improve quality of Lake Ontario
- Cornell testers choose Crowley Foods of Albany for best milk in New York
- eClips Career Corner gives advice online
- Sen. Clinton and Cornell help launch fund to aid New York's flood-devastated farmers
- Entrepreneur teams up with Cornell food scientists to create sports drink using tart cherries
- Cornell pest-alert network helps link attacks to changing climates
- Cornell Scientists Partner with Geneva Schools for Summer Science Camp
- Welcome back black currants: Forbidden fruit making a comeback in New York
- Cornell's wine and grape activities expand to meet demand
- Young 'Nerdy Birders' raise funds for Ivory-bill Project