Neuroscience helps teachers empower students and themselves

The program from the Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research provides student teachers an understanding on the neuroscience behind children’s learning and development and encourages them to pass that knowledge to their students.

Applications open for seventh annual Grow-NY competition

Startups in the food and agriculture sectors can apply through May 15.

One-stop bird flu resource center fills information gaps

Cornell has launched a comprehensive resource that offers a one-stop clearinghouse for the most current and trustworthy information on bird flu.

Solar solutions: ‘Crazy’ perovskite offers sustainable alternative to silicon

Over the last decade, perovskite photovoltaics have emerged as the most exciting alternative to silicon, with Cornell researchers studying how the material can be grown to be more durable for optimal performance, and be recycled. 

Chaotic springs, long summers mean uncertainty for NY grape growers

Warmer autumns and more “false” springs are disrupting the signals grapevines rely on to gain cold hardiness for the winter and blossom effectively in the spring, according to new research from Cornell AgriTech.

Grieving pet owners find community and comfort

The Cornell University Hospital for Animals’ new support group helps grieving pet owners feel less isolated.

Breeding Insight Platform Team Receives 2024 USDA Secretary Honor Award

On January 10, 2025, The USDA honored Cornell University’s Breeding Insight through the  USDA Honor Awards program, celebrating their contributions to providing all Americans with safe, nutritious food.

Around Cornell

Spent brewers’ grain could be big business as chicken feed

The grain could provide a more affordable alternative for the poultry industry, where about three-quarters of costs are tied up in feed. 

Spotted lanternflies could cost NYS grape industry millions

Using data from two of New York's largest grape–producing regions, researchers found that losses could reach $1.5 million, $4 million and $8.8 million in the first, second and third years of infestation, respectively.