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9 April 2014 - While visiting Bangladesh to conduct environmental safety assessments for Bt brinjal and help farmers develop resistant management programs to ensure the long-term durability of Bt eggplant, I visited Haidul Islam’s Bt brinjal...

“The best chief is not the one who persuades people to his point of view. It is instead the one in whose presence most people find it easiest to arrive at the truth.” - Nia:wen, Te honie ien Solomon “Sol” Cook ’38, M.S. ’42, Ph.D. ’50, the first...

Unlocking ways to monitor a key nutrient, Cornell research unveils a new method to test for zinc deficiency, a vital measurement that has posed problems for doctors and scientists.

• Food Science

Plagued by decades of industrial flight and population decline, New York cities along the so-called “Thruway Corridor” – Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse and Utica – have faced serious fiscal and economic challenges during the Great Recession...

As we reported earlier this week, superstar high school student Nosa Akol appeared on a panel at Wednesday’s USDA Borlaug Symposium in Washington D.C., to speak about how her experiences with The New York Youth Institute, the CITIZEN U program...

Today we celebrate National Agriculture Day, and on behalf of the entire College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) at Cornell University, I salute the hard work and dedication of the farmers everywhere who provide the food that nourishes...

It is being touted as one of nature’s best-kept secrets and a sweet opportunity to tap the potential of New York’s extensive forest network – it’s maple water. Produced by nature, bottled by Feronia Forests and aided in several ways by Cornell...

Often, it doesn’t take much to convince kids to make healthier choices. Cornell experts from the Food and Brand Lab and the Center for Behavioral Economics in Child Nutrition Programs (BEN Center) have demonstrated that simple changes and...

Want to save money, energy, and the environment? Start with your lawn, advises Frank Rossi, associate professor of horticulture and Cornell’s resident turfgrass guru. “The shorter you mow your lawn, the more work it takes to keep it looking good...

An audience of about 125 braved one of the coldest days of the winter to ponder two responses to climate change: hope and despair. At the Soup and Hope event in Sage Chapel, Feb. 27, Lauren Chambliss, director of communications for the Atkinson...

The Northeast Pollinator Partnership is a new initiative at Cornell that aims to work with regional apple growers to explore using wild and native bees species as alternatives to commercially raised European honey bees for the pollination of...

• Pollinators

The key to success in business? A strong network of supportive friends, as well as colleagues. That was the message delivered by several business leaders who gathered on the Cornell campus on February 21 and 22 to form their own new network of...

In the Nebraska winter, he faced snow, cold and high winds. In the summer, he dealt with pestilence and weeds. To top it off, he swam 2.4 miles, raced a bike 112 miles, and ran a 26.2 mile marathon, all in the same event. Steve Young has seen a...

This story is part of a regular feature on CALS Notes devoted to profiling the people and programs in the college committed to promoting greater diversity and inclusion in the CALS community. Thanks to a 2013 CALS Diversity Recruitment...

Here’s some great career advice for students on managing job offers and how to make the most of an internship, courtesy of Daniel Schwartz ‘01, CEO of Burger King Worldwide, Inc. This is a cross-posted from the CALS Career Development Blog...

What makes a winter garden beautiful? How did rhododendrons and azaleas from China make their way into Cornell’s backyard? Why is a north-facing slope ideal for growing conifers? Besides love, what did the rose symbolize in ancient mythologies...