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Rosario Provvidenti, Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor Emeritus of plant pathology, died on Feb. 1 in Geneva, New York. He was 97.

Jennifer Ifft speaking at conference

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The outlook for New York state’s farm economy is steady, with farm incomes likely to remain relatively low for a second straight year, according to Jennifer Ifft, assistant professor of applied economics and management.
Gary Koretzky posing on Cornell's Campus

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Building on Cornell’s decades of fundamental and comparative research in the immunological sciences, Provost Michael Kotlikoff has announced the creation of a new Cornell Center for Immunology.
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Season 3 of Cornell Cooperative Extension’s “Extension Out Loud” podcast series kicks off by unpacking what the 2018 Farm Bill means for New York state farmers and agricultural stakeholders.
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • Agriculture
Students work together in class

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Innovative projects to enhance undergraduate teaching and learning in nine departments have received funding administered by Cornell’s Active Learning Initiative.

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Cornell and Binghamton University researchers report for the first time that mosquitoes can hear over distances much greater than anyone suspected.

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Scholars from Cornell, Harvard and Dartmouth, along with state officials in New York and Ohio, have established the National Center for Rural Education Research Networks to address challenges facing rural schools.

  • Development
Jack Madden watches as Andrea Stevenson Won uses a virtual reality simulator

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An exercise in learning phases of the moon conducted by the Virtual Embodiment Lab showed no real difference in learning between VR, hands-on and computer simulation methods.
Ning Zhang inspects CRISPR/Cas-edited tomatoes in a greenhouse

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Researchers at the Boyce Thompson Institute have announced the launch of the Plant Genome Editing Database, which they hope will lead to research efficiency and collaborations.
flower fossils

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Known for its role in relieving depression, the neurochemical serotonin may help the brain execute instant, appropriate behaviors in emergency situations, according to a new Cornell study Feb. 1 in Science.
Before and after photo showing decline of large sunflower sea stars

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Warming oceans and an infectious wasting disease has devastated populations of large sunflower sea stars once abundant along the West Coast of North America, according to new research in Science Advances.
  • Cornell Atkinson
  • Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Animals
Steven E. Lefton, PLA, BSLA ’94

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Gift from Steven E. Lefton, PLA, BSLA ’94 will allow Department of Landscape Architecture to fund experiential learning activities for students.
  • Landscape Architecture
  • Landscape
Heat maps showing bird observations in New York

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Citizen science databases can be inconsistent, but Cornell researchers have developed a deep learning model that effectively corrects for location biases, leading to more reliable predictions.

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A new computer program can help food safety experts tasked with monitoring production plants for food-borne pathogens.

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Cornell professors Adrienne Roeder and Bethany Cummings both will receive $15,000 as winners of the 2019 Schwartz Research Fund for Women in the Life Sciences award.

staff at the Kenya Children’s Science Center gather after workshop

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The Cornell Alliance for Science’s Global Leadership Fellows program teaches teams how to function across differences, so that workers can thrive in a culture of trust and respect.
  • Global Development Section
Donna Lupardo, Richard Ball and Kevin Jordan sample products at the Taste NY table

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Executive directors from Cornell Cooperative Extension county associations from across the state traveled to Albany Jan. 22 to meet with senators and Assembly members from their respective districts.
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
Zach Stansell harvesting vegetables in field

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Doctoral student Zachary Stansell discusses the possibilities of growing a reliable broccoli industry in New York state and the Northeast.
The School of Industrial and Labor Relations, NYC

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On Jan. 2, the School of Industrial and Labor Relations’ new New York City headquarters and conference center opened in the historic General Electric building at 570 Lexington Ave. Several other Cornell colleges, units and programs will soon be using space in the building.
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
Johannes Lehmann speaks with extension officials in western Kenya about soil organic matter

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An international group of scientists and other professionals, co-led by a Cornell professor, have offered solutions for sequestering atmospheric carbon.