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24 May 2013
No atheists in foxholes: WWII vets remain religious
In World War II, men in intense combat were more than twice as likely to pray as those who were not. And the more that the veterans disliked the war, the more religious they were 50 years later.
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23 May 2013
Cornell student reported missing on Cayuga Lake
Christopher Dennis, a Cornell student and Ithaca resident, has been reported missing since early Wednesday, May 22, according to Seneca County officials. A search is underway.
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23 May 2013
Top seniors and their teacher-mentors honored
On May 22, the Cornell Merrill Presidential Scholars Program honored 32 outstanding graduating seniors and the high school teachers and university faculty members who mentored them.
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23 May 2013
Students present vision for a revamped Ithaca waterfront
Students in a landscape architecture class submitted an unusual plan for the Ithaca Inlet that has inspired the director of planning and economic development for the City of Ithaca.
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22 May 2013
Cornell Plantations Announces Leadership Transition
Kathryn Boor, the Ronald P. Lynch Dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS), announced today that Cornell Plantations will launch a national search for a new director.
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22 May 2013
Sports Illustrated names Dake College Athlete of the Year
Cornell wrestler Kyle Dake has been named the inaugural Sports Illustrated male College Athlete of the Year. He will be featured in the May 27 issue of the magazine.
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21 May 2013
New DNA cattle test beefs up dairy and meat quality
A team led by Ikhide Imumorin, Cornell assistant professor of animal genetics and genomics, is the first to apply a new, inexpensive genomics technique to cattle called genotyping-by-sequencing.
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16 May 2013
President Skorton recognizes staff for excellent work
Five staff members were recipients of the new Individual and Management Excellence Awards and the President's Award of Excellence at an inaugural luncheon, May 9.
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15 May 2013
For social spiders, preying together aids younger siblings
Cornell researchers studying Australian social huntsman spiders have discovered that younger siblings thrive when raised in nests with older siblings.
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14 May 2013
Event melds poetry with ecology
Historians and writers joined biologists and conservationists at an April 11 event hosted by the Cornell Roundtable on Environmental Studies Topics to discuss the connections between art and science.
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13 May 2013
New tool helps farmers nip nitrogen losses
Adapt-N, a free Web-based tool, provides farmers with better estimates of nitrogen fertilizer needs for corn, in real time, throughout the season, saving money and the environment.
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13 May 2013
Newfield teen selected for international internship
Newfield student Cynthia Ulbing has been awarded an international internship from the World Food Prize Foundation. She is earning college credit working on campus through the New Visions Life Sciences program.
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09 May 2013
$9.9M grant to reduce dairy's environmental hoofprint
Three Cornell scientists have received a five-year, $9.9 million grant to study the environmental impact of dairy production systems in the Great Lakes region.
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09 May 2013
Adding veggies to your diet helps cut global warming
If the carnivorous U.S. population – as a whole – ate a more-vegetarian diet that included eggs and milk products, the environment would be greatly relieved, says a preliminary Cornell study.
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08 May 2013
Four on faculty receive Carpenter advising awards
Cornell faculty members Sam Beck, Nelson Hairston, Alicia Orta-Ramirez and Thomas Ruttledge have been chosen for the 2013 Kendall S. Carpenter Memorial Advising Awards.
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08 May 2013
Trip provides insights in Israeli agribusiness
Fifteen students recently spent a week in Israel to glean insights into agribusiness in the Middle Eastern country.
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07 May 2013
Former World Bank economist to lead India health initiative
Prabhu Pingali, former World Bank economist and deputy director of agricultural development at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, will be spearheading a Cornell effort to help reduce poverty and malnutrition in India.
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07 May 2013
N.Y.'s climate change clearinghouse to offer info to all
To study the effects of global warming, scientists will begin collaborating this summer on the New York Climate-Change Science Clearinghouse, a comprehensive, web-based reference, map and database.
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06 May 2013
Grocery shopping when hungry can be fattening
When hungry, shoppers buy more food and more high-calorie foods, and students choose less healthy food in cafeterias than when they pre-order their meal, reports the Cornell Food and Brand Lab.
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06 May 2013
Scientists find clues to some inherited heart diseases
Cornell researchers have uncovered the basic cell biology that helps explain heart defects found in laminopathies, which account for up to 10 percent of all cases of inherited heart disease.
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06 May 2013
Cassava database becomes open access
The $25.2 million Next Generation Cassava Breeding project at Cornell has released a database that features all the breeding data on cassava for open access data sharing.
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02 May 2013
Big Red's Green Bay Packer heads to Wisconsin May 9
JC Tretter '13 will play big-time football come this fall. He was drafted to play for the NFL's Green Bay Packers and reports to training in May.
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02 May 2013
Things to Do, May 3-10
Events on campus this week include music and culture from Turkey, Java, Japan and Korea; student film screenings, a Glacier Gala, a 5K walk/run benefiting local pets, and a talk on math and crocheting.
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02 May 2013
In Cambodia, Uphoff touts SRI successes
Professor Norman Uphoff discussed the System of Rice Intensification April 5 at the closing session of Cambodia's fourth annual national farmers conference in Phnom Penh.
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01 May 2013
Cornell research helps meet world's crop challenges
Two Cornell researchers are world experts in studies of little-known plant transport proteins that may be key to easing the ever-growing global food needs.
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30 Apr 2013
New mild onions offer great taste, long shelf life
Cornell researchers have developed a new mild onion that has chefs crying – tears of joy.
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30 Apr 2013
Fleeing Facebook: Study examines why users quit
One-third of Facebook users deactivate their accounts temporarily and 11 percent completely quit, reports a Cornell study.
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29 Apr 2013
Hot fires don't always scorch soil, study finds
New research could help forest managers plan when and where to ignite small controlled burns to reduce dry vegetation and restore the ecosystem.
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29 Apr 2013
Frozen in time, cracks reveal earthquake history
A million-year record of several thousand earthquakes in Chile reveals that widely used earthquake modeling may be too simple.
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29 Apr 2013
Three elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Faculty members Kenneth Kemphues, genetics; John Lis, molecular biology and genetics; and Sandra Vehrencamp, neurobiology and behavior, were among 198 new members elected.
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26 Apr 2013
Geneva greenhouses to get $4.7 million upgrade
The two-year project, which begins in May and was funded by money released by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, will reconstruct 21,000 square feet of greenhouses at NYSAES. Improvements will boost research capacity and optimize energy efficiency.
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25 Apr 2013
Student teams go global to help businesses
Each of eight student teams went to a different country as part of the Student Multidisciplinary Applied Research Teams (SMART) program, to help businesses around the world.
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25 Apr 2013
Students put a price on trees for Arbor Day
Cornell horticulture students are hoping to highlight why trees are worth hugging, by hanging bright green 'price tags' on trunks around the Ag Quad to show the true value of trees.
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25 Apr 2013
Biochar reduces nasty nitrous oxide emissions on farms
In the quest to decrease the world's greenhouse gases, Cornell scientists have discovered that biochar reduces the nemesis nitrous oxide from agricultural soil on average by about 55 percent and stanches emissions into the atmosphere.
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24 Apr 2013
On Earth Day, lecturer urges 'rethink, restore, reconnect'
Conservationist Peter Kareiva, Ph.D. '81, delivered the Jill and Ken Iscol Distinguished Environmental Lecture April 22.
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24 Apr 2013
Environmentalist Mark Lynas to lecture April 29
Mark Lynas, who was anti-genetically modified crops, has done a complete turnaround. He will discuss the benefits of biotechnology in a changing climate, April 29 at 2 p.m. in Statler Auditorium.
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24 Apr 2013
Returning cicadas become smorgasbord for predators
Worry not, they don't bite. After a 16-year slumber underground, the 17-year cicadas – with their raucous rib-rendered buzz – return this spring, says Cole Gilbert, associate professor of entomology.
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23 Apr 2013
Entrepreneurship is future of global economy, Porges says
Entrepreneurship@Cornell banquet keynote speaker Shelly Porges '74, MPS '77, senior adviser at the Global Entrepreneurship Program, discussed the importance of entrepreneurship for global development.
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23 Apr 2013
Food for seniors, vaccine delivery are the Big Ideas
Ideas to provide seniors with better food and deliver vaccines via peanuts won top prizes in the annual Big Idea competition April 19.
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23 Apr 2013
Group focuses on Nicaragua service learning, reflection
Students with Bridges to Community not only takes students to Nicaragua to build during spring break but also run a course to help students process their experiences.
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23 Apr 2013
Student entrepreneurs showcase their companies
Students presented their companies at Entrepreneurship@Cornell's first annual eLab Demo Day April 18.
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23 Apr 2013
Season-long leaf testing improves crop profitability
Cornell researchers are testing vegetable crop leaves to see if they're nutrient deficient, and if they are, they are nourishing the crops via 'fertigation' – delivering nutrients via irrigation.
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23 Apr 2013
Three on faculty win Guggenheim fellowships
They are Brian Crane (chemistry and chemical biology), Gary Evans (design and environmental analysis and human development) and Natalie Mahowald (atmospheric sciences).
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18 Apr 2013
Two juniors each win $30K Truman scholarships
For their academic excellence and the likelihood of 'making a difference,' Simon Boehme '14 and Samuel Ritholtz '14 have won the award, given to juniors planning a career in public service.
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18 Apr 2013
American Indian Program recognizes 30-year history
The American Indian Program marked its 30th anniversary and reflected on its history at Cornell at a conference April 12-13 with native community leaders, scholars, program alumni and faculty.
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17 Apr 2013
Kids more likely to eat apples when fruit is sliced
Schoolchildren will eat apples much more often when the fruit is sliced, reports a new Cornell study.
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16 Apr 2013
CIIFAD to showcase student international projects April 18
The Cornell International Institute for Food, Agriculture and Development will showcase multidisciplinary student programs in international development April 18.
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15 Apr 2013
Two juniors awarded Goldwater scholarships
Jon Carter Loftus '14 and Devin McMahon '14, both in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, were awarded 2013 Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships.
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11 Apr 2013
Land-grant legacy and evolution extolled in Albany
On April 9, university and state leaders gathered in Albany to celebrate Cornell's land-grant mission in New York state and beyond.
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10 Apr 2013
Expert panel: Education needs major reform
A panel of eight Cornell-affiliated education advocates stressed the importance of reform during a lively discussion on the future of education at the Cornell Club in Manhattan April 3.