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Yellow daffodils outside on campus with McGraw Tower in the background

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With the end of the semester in sight, we'd like to take a moment to recognize the CALS graduating class of 2021. During their time at Cornell, members of this exceptional class have explored the corners of purpose-driven science, traveled the...
  • Department of Global Development
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Food Science
CCE Clinton County Senior Exercise with Mary Breyette

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They Zoom in from New York City, across upstate and downstate New York, the North Country, and states all across the U.S. Four mornings a week at 9 a.m., thousands of seniors join Cornell Cooperative Extension of Clinton County Executive Director Mary Breyette’s online fitness classes looking for exercise and connection.
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
A woman standing and looking out a window of a colorful food truck

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  • Department of Global Development
  • Agriculture
  • Global Development
A lighthouse on ocean cliffs

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These experiences had a lasting impact on him — imparting both the beauty and value of marine ecosystems and the ways in which these resources are exploited. “Even from a young age, I saw how we currently live in a world undergoing massive...
  • Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
  • Biology
  • Environment
Group of Malawian farmers pose for picture in a field

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  • Department of Global Development
  • Agriculture
  • Global Development

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Academic focus: My academic focus is in understanding how cells protect the integrity of their genome. This includes how chromosomes are repaired during DNA damage events and how they are even maintained during normal cell growth. Research...

  • Molecular Biology and Genetics
  • Health + Nutrition
  • Biology
A headshot of Lori Huberman

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Academic focus: Fungal genetics and genomics Research summary: I study how fungi sense and respond to their environment. Specifically, I am interested in understanding how fungi sense available nutrients and efficiently utilize them. Accurate...
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section
  • Plants

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Academic focus : Molecular microbiology, bacteriology, biochemistry and genetics Research summary: My lab studies how bacteria translate the genetic code into protein. We use genetic screens to identify new factors that interact with the...

  • Microbiology
  • Molecular Biology and Genetics
  • Health + Nutrition

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Academic focus: Innovation & entrepreneurship Research summary: I focus on reducing barriers to the commercialization of science and technology, which I experienced firsthand during a decade as an executive and engineer at two startups in the...

  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
  • Applied Economics
Joyce sitting on a rock in the forest

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Academic focus: My lab focuses on the evolutionary developmental biology (evo-devo) of plants. We integrate classical plant anatomical and developmental techniques with systematics, phylogenetic comparative methods, and cell and molecular...
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Biology Section
  • Plants
Ginny Moore hiking outside up a mountain carrying hiking poles and wearing a hate and backpack

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Academic focus: Breeding for sustainable cropping systems, cover crops, intercropping, polycultures, organic farming systems, Legumes, forages, alfalfa, hemp Research summary : My research focus is on plant breeding for sustainable cropping...
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
  • Agriculture
a minecraft reproduction of Bailey Hall

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Welcome to CornellCraft, a virtual world created in the videogame Minecraft. Designed by a cadre of enterprising students and recent alumni, this ersatz East Hill is a massive work in progress — and it’s more than just a pastime. Since the COVID...
  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
  • Biology
cinnamon buns in a metal tin

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For the past decade, Big Red foodies have been cooking up an increasingly impressive online magazine — featuring recipes, essays, travelogues, photography, illustrations, and more. And in the COVID era, the epub has only gained in popularity, as...
  • Food Science
  • Food
A group of students and professors stand in front of university in India

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  • Department of Global Development
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
Former Farm to School Educator Mollie McDonough stands next to a counter with a 'Farm to School' meal kit.

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Amanda Henning spent much of 2019 planning a steady cycle of hands-on programming for the 2020-21 school year, including Family Cooking Nights. A free afterschool nutrition initiative for K-6 students at Lockport City School District (LCSD)...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
tomatoes, squash, carrots and zucchini in rows

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“Malnutrition, both over- and undernutrition, is the leading risk factor for morbidity and mortality globally,” says Saurabh Mehta , associate professor of global development in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and associate...
  • Department of Global Development
  • Nutritional Sciences
  • Health + Nutrition
Group rides in the bed of a pick up truck in rural Indonesia

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  • Department of Global Development
  • Global Development
  • Environment
a female equestrian jumps a white horse over a race fence

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Animal Science alumna, Laura Rubinate '01, talks about her experience on the equestrian team, medical school and wanting to give back to Big Red athletics.
  • Animal Science
  • Animals
Green mountain landscape with a valley and river on a sunny day

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  • Department of Global Development
  • Global Development
  • Environment
an artist's interpretation of a powerful, antibiotic resistant gene

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At its most fundamental level, life is a dance between a shifting array of microscopic partners. To unlock the cellular choreography, John D. Helmann , professor of microbiology, has devoted his career to studying a single-celled bacterium known...
  • Microbiology
  • Disease
  • Bacteria