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CALS Magazine

Our CALS magazine, periodiCALS, offers alumni, family and friends an opportunity to stay connected to campus. The stories profile members of the CALS community and share highlights about our ground-breaking research, teaching and extension efforts.

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Spring 2020 Magazine

The stories in this issue highlight the innovative research and strong collaborations across our college community. From breeding better fruits and vegetables, to catching up with antibiotic resistant bacteria, our work is bettering people's lives and the world in which we live. 

Feature stories

Genetic ingenuity: What does it take to put produce on your plate?
A decade of impact: Kathryn J. Boor, the Ronald P. Lynch Dean

Around the Quad

New Department of Global Development
Landscape Architecture launches NYC-based summer course
'Just Food' course broadens students' perspectives of food systems
New leadership drives diversity and inclusion initiatives
Strengthening connections: New grant projects in NYC
MPS programs expand and diversify

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On the cover

Genetic ingenuity

Research features

Research news

A genetic mystery

Research news

Artificial metabolism

New York state impact

Industry innovation

Research news

Jumping gene

New York state impact

Street smarts

A woman and a dog touch noses
a microscopic view of a biomaterial moving from left to right
A woman and a man stand outside a room where nuts are being pressed into nut butter
an artist's interpretation of a powerful, antibiotic resistant gene
A woman stands next to a drainage ditch running along a rural highway

Celebrating our dean's legacy

A decade of impact

Food & agriculture highlights

New York state Impact

From all angles

Regional impact

Eastern broccoli project

Radical collaboration

Digital agriculture

New York state iImpact

Tapping CALS expertise

Supporting education

Dairy leaders

Male hand holding berries
Thomas Bjorkman kneels by a row of broccoli.
Justin Vanden Heuvel stands in grape orchard
Man pours beer from a tap.
A cow sitting in hay in a barn

Catching up with CALS alumni

Alumni spotlight

Supporting aquatic ecosystems

More than 40 years after graduating from CALS, Paul DuBowy '75 created an internship for bog and wetland conservation to support the next generation of researchers.

Alumni spotlight

Yi Athena Ren, Ph.D. '11

Assistant Professor of Animal Science Yi Athena Ren specializes in reproductive biology and integrative endocrinology.

Then and now

Martha Furie '74 and Chenab Khakh '20 speak about their CALS experiences, advances in biology and women in STEM fields.

Alumni spotlight

My Cornell story

Deborah Arrindell '79 currently serves as an executive medical director in global patient safety and labeling at Amgen Inc.

A man leads a group of college students along a wooded trail
A woman sits at a table and smiles
Two female alumni discuss their major at CALS in the Statler Hotel Lounge
CALS Alumna Deborah Arrindell '79 walks outside the Amgen Inc. campus in Thousand Oaks, California.

Read past issues of the CALS Magazine

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Spring 2020 issue

Explore how CALS collaborations are improving the world in which we live — from teaming up to protect New York state's berry industry, to crossing new frontiers in robotics, and more!

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Spring 2019 issue

From protecting New York City’s water supply, to launching innovative teaching techniques, read more about how CALS is pioneering change to improve our everyday lives.

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