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Chris Fromme and Saket Bagde gather around several computer monitors looking at the structure of a polyketide synthase enzyme

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The new findings published in Science capture never-before-recorded stages of a molecular construction process, with implications for future pharmaceutical development.
  • Molecular Biology and Genetics
  • Biology
  • Genetics
Allison Chatrchyan greeting the president of Armenia at COP26

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Working with the Armenian delegation at COP26, Allison Chatrchyan aims to shape U.N. agriculture policy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase carbon sequestration.
  • Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
  • Global Development Section
  • Agriculture
Isoetes under water

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Researchers have assembled a high-quality Isoetes genome that furthers understanding of how these aquatic plants regulate CAM photosynthesis to compete for carbon dioxide underwater, and how that regulation differs from terrestrial plants.
  • Boyce Thompson Institute
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Biology Section
Graffiti on a white wall that says "If not us then who, if not now, then when?"

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A new course in environmental justice and policy will be offered beginning in spring 2022.
  • Global Development Section
  • Natural Resources and the Environment Section
  • Environment
A data center

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Four Cornell faculty testified to the NYS Assembly Oct. 27 on how firing up once-shuttered carbon-based power plants – to process cryptocurrency – could pause environmental progress.
  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
  • Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Energy
A Cornell Cooperative Extension volunteer teaches gardening lessons to a group of people

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Over 2.9 million New Yorkers across the state — a third of whom are children — rely on food assistance programs. Even temporary food insecurity can be discouraging and disempowering for families — a hard lesson many learned during the height of...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture Section

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  • Food Science
  • Viticulture and Enology
  • Food
Alireza Abbaspourrad conducting research in his lab

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This change in behavior, called hyperactivation, enables the sperm to sweep the area once in the egg’s proximity, which improves the sperm’s chances of finding it. For the in vitro study, the researchers designed microfluidic chips with micron...
  • Food Science
  • Biology
  • Health + Nutrition
Outer space

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A team of graduate students in food science, mechanical engineering and biological engineering is among the winners of Phase 1 of the NASA Deep Space Food Challenge.
  • Food Science
  • Food
  • Health + Nutrition
An offshore wind farm

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Cornell research shows how to make offshore wind farms more efficient in the face of impending rapid expansion, as the U.S. Department of the Interior plans leasing federal waters.
  • Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
  • Energy
  • Environment
Joseph McFadden working in a dairy barn with students

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Four climate-controlled respiration chambers will be built in the Large Animal Research and Teaching Unit to study gas exchange of dairy cattle and other livestock with the goal of reducing emissions.
  • Animal Science
  • Animals
  • Climate Change
Charles Walcott

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The independent Office of the University Ombudsman provides a space for faculty, students and staff to engage in candid and confidential discussions about academic or workplace concerns. Charles Walcott, Ph.D. ’59, plans to retire later this year as university ombudsman, the part-time position he’s held for a decade.
  • Lab of Ornithology
  • Neurobiology and Behavior
People sitting on chairs on a stage at the Grow NY Summit talking

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“A Call For Innovation: New York’s Agrifood System,” a report published this past spring by Cornell’s Center for Regional Economic Advancement, is the basis for the topics to be addressed at this year’s Grow-NY Summit, slated to bring food and ag innovators together at the Syracuse Oncenter on Nov. 16-17.
  • Center of Excellence in Food and Agriculture
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
The Colorado River curving around a large rock

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Flavio Lehner won a three-year, $500,000 grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to improve climate models on which future U.S. water projections are based.
  • Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
  • Environment
  • Water
A group speaks together outside in a field

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Two Cornell alumni with deep ties to plant breeding efforts in Africa were recognized for outstanding work building capacity to improve food security on the continent. Ronnie Coffman, Ph.D. ’71 and Joe DeVries, Ph.D. ’95 received the...
  • Global Development Section
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section

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Jessica Rolph ’97 MBA ‘04, the 2021 Cornell Entrepreneur of the Year, will be one of the featured speakers for the 2021 Eclectic Convergence conference Nov. 12 at Cornell Tech in New York City.

  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
  • Agriculture
A busy street in Shanghai

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The answer: China must take responsibility for developing sustainable international trade, according to scientists and economists from around the world – including Cornell’s Mario Herrero. Their research published Oct. 18 in the journal Nature...
  • Global Development Section
  • Agriculture
  • Environment
Older volunteers help NYC children grow, learn through play

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When pandemic conditions permit her return to a Manhattan kindergarten classroom, 72-year-old volunteer Brenda McGee is eager to practice child development strategies highlighted in recent virtual training presented by Cornell University...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
Students brew beer.

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It’s got Finger Lakes hops, malt and cherries, plus Cornell maple syrup. Introducing ‘Gorges Libe-ation,’ a red ale developed by grad students and chock full of New York.
  • Arnot Teaching and Research Forest
  • Food Science
  • Food
sunset with bike

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  • Animals
  • Biology