biology
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One Course: All of biology in food and sex
Professor of Biology Marty Condon teaches an introductory course that covers what she considers to be the majority of biology: food, sex, and evolution.
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Senior studies insects’ impacts on monarch population
Senior Justyna Kruczalak’s summer research seeks to understand how other insects on the milkweed plant could impact the monarch butterfly species.
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Eric Medenblik ՚21 conducts research in prep for career in medicine
Fulton, Illinois B.A in kinesiology with a double minor in chemistry and biology Questions and answers have been edited for clarity and length. What are your short and long-term plans after Cornell? After graduating from Cornell, I plan to enter medical school. I have dreams of entering the field of orthopedics and specializing in sports […]
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Class improves environment through bioswale project
In just one block Cornell College Environmental Biology students have created a plan to reduce the campus’s impact on the environment.
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Riries provide $3.5 million lead gift to Cornell athletics campaign
Scott Ririe ’79 and Shelley Ririe are providing a $3.5 million lead gift to Cornell’s Athletic and Wellness Facilities Project.
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Taylor Cruz: Quiet leader
Junior track & field thrower Taylor Cruz is a typical involved Cornellian. She is a double major, competes in 2 sports, and is in numerous organizations.
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Midwest to the Pacific: Hosto explores fruit bats
Hosto’s research will help provide information on actions that could be taken to save the Mariana fruit bat, which faces extinction.
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One online course at a time
Cornell moved quickly to establish distance learning last March in response to the looming novel coronavirus pandemic.
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Cornellians acting on climate change
Cornell is cutting energy use by 20%. Faculty are conducting federally funded climate change research. Students and alumni are contributing as well.
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Course welcomes COVID-19 experts into virtual classroom
Barbara Christie-Pope was faced with doing something she’d never done before—teach a biology class online—when she realized she had an opportunity.
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Cornell stockroom manager coordinates glove donation
Jana Klein, chemical stockroom manager in Russell Science Center, organized the donation of the college’s unused gloves to support health care workers.
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Dr. Perry Cook ’72, New York City: ‘End is not in sight’
On Friday Dr. Perry Cook ’72 reported that the coronavirus cases at his 650-bed hospital in Brooklyn had grown from 150 to 500 in-patients.
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Cornell professor pivots quickly to teach COVID-19 course
Cornell College’s block plan is so flexible that Biology Professor Barbara Christie-Pope revised her Block 8 course into a study of COVID-19.
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Brett Janis ’14: Altering biological medicine as we know it
The research of Brett Janis ’14 on drying and storing cells such as blood cells is altering biological medicine as we know it.
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Irene Livengood ’39
Irene Livengood ’39, of Iowa City, Iowa, died Jan. 11, 2020, at age 102.
One Course: All of biology in food and sex 
Senior studies insects’ impacts on monarch population 
Eric Medenblik ՚21 conducts research in prep for career in medicine 
Class improves environment through bioswale project 
Riries provide $3.5 million lead gift to Cornell athletics campaign 
Taylor Cruz: Quiet leader 
Midwest to the Pacific: Hosto explores fruit bats 
One online course at a time 
Cornellians acting on climate change 
Course welcomes COVID-19 experts into virtual classroom 
Cornell stockroom manager coordinates glove donation 
Dr. Perry Cook ’72, New York City: ‘End is not in sight’ 
Cornell professor pivots quickly to teach COVID-19 course 
Brett Janis ’14: Altering biological medicine as we know it 
Irene Livengood ’39