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periodiCALS, Vol. 6, Issue 2, 2016 Inside every plant leaf, emerald chloroplasts harness water, light and carbon dioxide and create energy, a fundamental reaction that both is life and gives life. One of its powerhouse enzymes is the target of...

• School of Integrative Plant Science

periodiCALS, Vol. 6, Issue 2, 2016 New positions funded as part of the college’s Faculty Renewal Initiative will bring additional expertise in fisheries and fermentations to CALS. The Dwight A. Webster Faculty Fellowship in Fisheries and Aquatic...

• Natural Resources and the Environment Section
• Food Science

periodiCALS, Vol. 6, Issue 2, 2016 Orange is the new hot color when it comes to nutrition and human health. And thanks to agricultural economist Jan Low, M.S. ’85, Ph.D. ’94, and her efforts introducing the orange-fleshed sweet potato into...

• Global Development Section
• Global Development

periodiCALS, Vol. 6, Issue 2, 2016 Do you believe that things happen in life for a reason? I do. It seems that my journey from Cornell to a career in the pharmaceutical industry was meant to be. In 1989, I entered Cornell as a freshman in the...

periodiCALS, Vol. 6, Issue 2, 2016 It started as a simple idea: Cornell students learning about farming should have someplace to actually farm. Thus was born Dilmun Hill. In the 20 years since students tilled those first three acres, the farm...

By Ellen Leventry periodiCALS, Vol. 6, Issue 2, 2016 Toby Ault, assistant professor of earth and atmospheric sciences, caused a big splash in 2015 when he and co-authors from Columbia University and NASA published a paper showing that, because...

• Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

periodiCALS, Vol. 6, Issue 2, 2016 Cornell University has begun “a new era of business education” with the launch of the College of Business on July 1, Dean Soumitra Dutta said. The College of Business, comprising Cornell’s three accredited...

• Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management

periodiCALS, Vol. 6, Issue 2, 2016 Daniel Abaraoha ‘18 Applied Economics & Management If you pass Daniel Abaraoha on the Ag Quad and he’s looking down, he’s not downcast—he’s likely studying your footwear. Abaraoha is a shoe-in for most...

periodiCALS, Vol. 6, Issue 2, 2016 “With CRISPR, literally overnight what had been the biggest frustration of my career turned into an undergraduate side project. It was incredible.” Robert Reed, associate professor of ecology and evolutionary...

periodiCALS, Vol. 6, Issue 2, 2016 Kathleen Miller ‘82 Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff (G-3/5/7) with the U.S. Army at the Pentagon To stay on track, I regularly ask myself three critical questions. First, did I make something better today...

periodiCALS, Vol. 6, Issue 2, 2016 Shedding Light on Dairy Most grocery stores have bright, gleaming cases of milk. But the bulbs illuminating those cartons and gallons could be altering the flavor and aroma of the milk, even if they are energy...

• Cornell AgriTech
• School of Integrative Plant Science
• Food Science

Text by David Nutt and Amanda Garris, Ph.D. ‘04 periodiCALS, Vol. 6, Issue 2, 2016 When CALS scientists take a close look at the natural world, the resulting images are more than tools of research: They can be artful, elegant, even surprising...

• Biology