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Sea moss, a dried seaweed often soaked and blended into a gel, surged in popularity during the COVID-19 pandemic as consumers sought foods believed to boost immunity and improve health. But little research has examined whether commercial sea...

The Cornell chapter of Kalaniyot, a national faculty-led initiative focused on sustaining international academic collaboration by bringing scholars from Israel to Cornell, launched at a reception Oct. 19.

This August 2026 Dairy Market Watch report from Cornell CALS PRO-DAIRY examines component production, pricing, and utilization trends in the Northeast Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO #1) compared to national averages. After reaching a low in...

Conferences Graduate student Nishat Tasnim presented “The Condolence Clause: The Boundaries of Accountability after the San Diego Mosque Shooting” at the conference Confronting the Rising Tide: Islamophobia, White Nationalism, and the Global...

Ananda Portela Fontoura PhD’22 is a postdoctoral associate working in the lab of Michael Van Amburgh , professor of dairy nutrition. Ananda’s research focuses on maintaining or enhancing dairy cow performance through optimizing nutrient use...

As a first-generation global development major from Badakhshan, Afghanistan, Shabana Mahdis ’29 is interested in the ways agriculture connects with communities, sustainability, resources and development. She shares her summer experience working...

An insect-driven disease that causes high mortality in white-tailed deer, and mimics the symptoms of foot and mouth disease in cattle, is still rare in New York state, but the warming climate may increase its future spread. In research published...

Headlands are the areas bordering a field. Compared to the rest of the field, headlands are more exposed to wildlife, pests, disease, nutrient loss to weeds, and the elements. They are also at a higher risk for compaction because equipment...

Birds play an outsized, underappreciated role in shaping Earth’s chemistry, distributing nutrients across oceans, forests and coral reefs and sustaining life far beyond the nest, according to a new scientific review.

With hundreds of thousands of acres of corn in New York, it's crucial to support farmers’ efforts to optimize crop production. Yield varies in crop fields for many reasons, including soil fertility and topography. In a recent study, Cornell CALS...

October 15, 2026 Conferences Graduate student Amanda Vilchez, with Yael Silver and Professor Bruce Lewenstein, presented “Trust, Relational Learning, and Boundary-Work in Citizen Science across Knowledge Systems” at the PCST symposium Building...

The Cornell-led multi-institutional Center for Research on Programmable Plant Systems will continue work to transform agriculture by enabling direct two-way communication with crop plants’ internal processes.

As solar grazing expands across the country, new research helps sheep farmers increase profitability and sheds light on the how the number of sheep in solar array fields interacts with beneficial insects.

Catch a flight at LaGuardia Airport and you’ll find Plantaizin' plantain chips among the many snack options for sale. Not only does each small bag pack a flavorful vegan and gluten-free bite, but it also tells the story of a family-run business...

Through plants and personal stories, a new student-led exhibit at Cornell Botanic Gardens explores the concept that people live because the natural world lives.

October 7, 2026 Conferences Assistant Professor Wunpini Mohammed presented the paper “Resistance Narratives toward Reparative Justice” at the conference From Durban to Now: 25 Years of Struggle for Reparative Justice. On September 25, Wunpini...

A new engineered gene editing system addresses some of the limitations of current gene editing tools with the hope of improving their use for research, for better crops or to treat diseases.

A doctoral student and a team of Cornell researchers and colleagues created WildFin, a data set composed of nine hours of video that they labeled frame-by-frame with fish behaviors.

October 15, 2026 Conferences Graduate student Amanda Vilchez, with Yael Silver and Professor Bruce Lewenstein, presented “Trust, Relational Learning, and Boundary-Work in Citizen Science across Knowledge Systems” at the PCST symposium Building...

October 7, 2026 Conferences Assistant Professor Wunpini Mohammed presented the paper “Resistance Narratives toward Reparative Justice” at the conference From Durban to Now: 25 Years of Struggle for Reparative Justice. On September 25, Wunpini...