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Boyce Thompson Institute will host an inaugural symposium for the institute’s new Computational Biology Center May 8.

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Marcos Simoes-Costa has been honored by the World Economic Forum as one of its 2018 Young Scientists, which recognizes top researchers under age 40.

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Did you know that on a good day, a honeybee visits 5,000 flowers? Interesting facts about our tireless agricultural partners, the bees.

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The System for Rice Intensification has significant potential to close the rice production gap in West Africa, according to Cornell researchers.

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The President’s Sustainable Campus Committee awarded individuals and groups with 2018 Cornell University Partners in Sustainability Awards April 23.

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The College of Veterinary Medicine will host a conference on sharing antimicrobial resistance data among veterinary and public health agencies and stakeholders May 3-4.

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A new two-part art installation in Mann Library, created by Viola Yu ’18, celebrates the connections among soil, oceans and the health of the planet
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Cornell landscape architecture seniors are working side by side with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to integrate ecology and engineering performance to protect Galveston Bay in Texas.

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New maps are using radar to forecast night-time clouds of migratory birds and track their flights in near real-time.

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Nine members of the Cornell University Sustainability Design student group spent Earth Day weekend at Smithsonian facilities in Washington, D.C., dispensing a green education to the public.

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Cornell researchers seek to answer questions about the origin of a key step in transcription – the process of copying codes in DNA and transferring them to RNA in order to make proteins.

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Transformative scientist Ludmilla Aristilde '03, assistant professor of biological and environmental engineering, seeks to understand the chemistry of natural carbon recycling.

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A symposium exploring how science and policy intersect in driving global sustainable development will be held May 11 at Cornell.

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The lab of Minglin Ma, associate professor in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, will receive up to nearly $7 million from Novo Nordisk for research into a Type 1 diabetes implant device called NEED.

Dean Boor presents Duff with his award

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Bryan Duff receives the 2018 CALS Kathy Berggren Diversity and Inclusion Award for his work enhancing a positive climate for multicultural diversity within teaching, research and outreach.

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Provost Michael Kotlikoff has appointed Katherine McComas, Ph.D. ’00, professor of communication in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, as vice provost for engagement and land-grant affairs, effective July 1.

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Professor of cell biology Anthony P. Bretscher has been elected to membership in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

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A team of food science graduate students is refining their main product – Grabanzos, a chickpea snack covered in chocolate.
Grapes on a vine

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New York announced more than $1.5 million for various programs, including important new work at Cornell, to reinvigorate the state's Concord grape industry.
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Shorna Allred, associate professor of natural resources, is the recipient of Cornell’s third annual Engaged Scholar Prize.