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Students, faculty make art in the time of coronavirus
Many students adapted and even stepped up their game, finding creative ways to continue working Art student Patrick Brennan, M.F.A. ’20, offered a thoughtful perspective on being an artist restricted by social distancing. He posted a video...
  • Landscape Architecture
  • Health + Nutrition
  • Communication
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Alum’s ‘crazy idea’ helped launch craft beer revolution
The English and education degrees Steve Hindy ’71, MAT ’73, earned at Cornell ended up serving him well, if not quite how he’d planned. “I think I failed as an English teacher,” Hindy said, “but it turned out I was a pretty good beer teacher.”...
  • Food Science
  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
  • Food
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Merrill Scholars near and far honor their teachers, mentors
As a first-generation college student whose family – refugees from Indonesia – arrived in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, when he was only a year old, Malikul Muhamad ’20 credits his teachers and professors with helping him chart a successful course...
  • Global Development
  • Plants
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Cornell farm tractor gets clean, green biodiesel makeover
Instead of emitting the notoriously noxious black diesel smoke, the tractor now emits a much lighter colored exhaust with a smell more reminiscent of French fries than farm implements. That’s thanks to its soy-based biodiesel fuel, as the...
  • Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station
  • Agriculture
  • Environment
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Global Big Day bird-watching event sets world record
Birdwatchers participating in Global Big Day, organized by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, set a world record on May 9 by documenting 2.1 million bird observations. An all-time high of more than 50,000 participants recorded 6,479 species and...
  • Lab of Ornithology
  • Animals
  • Nature

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COVID-19 impact: Mary Jo Dudley on vulnerable farmworkers

Mary Jo Dudley, MRP ’96, an expert in farmworker issues, talks about how the pandemic has underlined the importance of farmworkers, who are crucial to maintaining the country’s food supply. Farmworkers are essential workers, and are particularly...

  • Global Development Section
  • Agriculture
  • Food
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CALS co-sponsors forum detailing economic realities on NYS farms
Cornell CALS co-sponsored with the New York Farm Bureau a 'Legislative Forum on Economic Realities of COVID-19 on NYS Farms' on May 18. ▶ Watch the forum Moderated by Julie Suarez, associate dean of Land-Grant Affairs and Jeff Williams, director...
  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
  • Agriculture
  • Food
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Online showcase celebrates students’ community engagement
The university’s Office of Engagement Initiatives (OEI) celebrated the students’ work from this academic year at the Community Engagement Showcase 2020. Rather than the annual in-person celebration with posters and face-to-face interaction, this...
  • Animal Science
  • Animals
  • Environment
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Exposure to TV alcohol ads linked to drinking behavior
Aired in 2012, those were just a few of the nearly 600 televised commercials for alcohol products – mostly beer – that the average American adult was exposed to that year, according to new Cornell research. The study provides some of the most...
  • Department of Communication
  • Food
  • Beverages
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Six stories of six weeks of virtual learning
Instructors navigated technical and logistical difficulties, as well as the shifting realities of a global pandemic. But amid the challenges, students and faculty found opportunities for innovation, connection and intellectual growth. Here are...
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture Section
  • Biological and Environmental Engineering
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Study traces how farmlands affect bee disease spread
In the paper, “ Landscape Simplification Shapes Pathogen Prevalence in Plant-Pollinator Networks,” published April 28 in the journal Ecology Letters, Cornell researchers gathered data on the entire bee community and the plant species visited on...
  • Animals
  • Entomology
  • Pollinators
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Botanic Gardens’ Wildflower Explorations goes online
During a typical spring, most Ithaca area third-graders participate in Wildflower Explorations, which includes in-classroom preparation and an instructional visit to the Mundy Wildflower Garden. It is one of the Kids Discover the Trail...
  • Cornell Botanic Gardens
  • Plants
  • Environment
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Students reflect on engaged experiences, leadership
The Certificate in Engaged Leadership program, administered by the Office of Engagement Initiatives (OEI), aims to foster change and build continuity in leadership with a public purpose among group participants, on campus and beyond. Through a...
  • Neurobiology and Behavior
  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
  • Global Development
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New research partnership fuels understanding of food ingredient technology
Understanding those kinds of differences is a vital part of research in the fields of food chemistry and ingredient technology, especially as researchers make advancements toward natural and clean-label food ingredients. In Cornell University’s...
  • Food Science
  • Food
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CLASP student mentors adjust to learning in place
“In the medical profession, you’re always going to be learning and teaching others,” said Nadella, a biology and society major. “I joined the Community Learning and Service Partnership (CLASP) for just that reason: to learn how to be a lifelong...
  • Global Development Section
  • Global Development
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Plant biologist to use NSF grant for maize development study
Scanlon was recently awarded a five-year, $1.8 million continuing grant from the NSF’s Plant Genome Research Program to learn more about the fundamental mechanisms that help maize stem cells make the plant’s organs. His group will use genomic...
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Biology Section
  • Agriculture
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In the fog of pandemic, opportunities to improve risk communication
Each message conveyed important information but also was interpreted in ways potentially counterproductive to the goal of protecting vulnerable populations. Some residents of lower-density communities and younger people inferred they were at low...
  • Department of Communication
  • Communication

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CALS remembers animal science professor Jerrie Gavalchin

Her research focused on autoimmune disease and immunology in animals, with the goal of developing ways to improve animal health and production. She joined Cornell in 1999 as an adjunct associate professor in the Baker Institute for Animal Health...

  • Animal Science
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Cornell leads effort to provide masks for incarcerated people
A Cornell administrator is leading a statewide effort to protect one of the most vulnerable populations from COVID-19. Rob Scott, director of Cornell Prison Education Program, has organized 14 New York colleges and universities to provide masks...
  • Global Development Section
  • Global Development

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Cornell Atkinson awards five more COVID-19 rapid grants

Since requesting emergency seed-grant proposals in early April, Cornell Atkinson has announced a total of seven Rapid Response Fund grants, including five since the start of May. Also among the newest faculty projects to be funded are studies of...

  • Cornell Atkinson
  • Community and Regional Development Institute
  • Global Development Section