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The funding is intended to advance knowledge in both fundamental and applied sciences important to agriculture. The projects: Michelle Heck, a research molecular biologist at the USDA Agricultural Research Service and adjunct associate professor...
  • Animal Science
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section
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Sharks! Global Biodiversity, Biology, and Conservation has introduced more than 32,000 people from 182 countries to sharks, rays and chimaeras – also known as “ghost sharks.” “Before the first offering of the shark MOOC in the summer of 2016, I...
  • Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Biology
  • Animals
six college students walk across a room laughing

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For students who are the first in their families to attend college, certain parts of the experience can be confusing, such as campus culture and terminology. However, it’s less intimidating to ask a fellow student to explain the context around...
  • Department of Communication
  • Health + Nutrition
  • Communication
an artist's illustration of the coronavirus

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However, researchers still don’t know the full scope of tissues and cell types that are most vulnerable to SARS-CoV-2. Most research has focused on identifying genes and pathways that facilitate the virus’s entry into lung cells – yet both...
  • Molecular Biology and Genetics
  • Health + Nutrition
  • Biology
A man and woman working in an apple orchard

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On Sept. 2, Susan Brown , the Herman M. Cohn Professor of Agriculture and Life Science, and research specialist Kevin Maloney announced the release of NY56, NY73 and NY109 – marketed as Cordera, Pink Luster and Firecracker, respectively. As an...
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture Section
Baby feet coming out of a blanket

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The study, “ Dietary Sphinganine Is Selectively Assimilated by Members of the Mammalian Gut Microbiome,” was published in July in the Journal of Lipid Research. The paper describes an innovative technique developed at Cornell to track the fate...
  • Nutritional Sciences
  • Health + Nutrition
  • Bacteria
An aisle in the grocery store

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There are lessons in distribution failures like these – and Daniel Hooker ’93, senior lecturer in the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, is teaching a new course this fall to address some of the crises related to the...
  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
  • Food
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While many studies have lauded China’s new environmental goals, much of this research has focused on the technical ways to make urban infrastructure sustainable and reduce emissions. However, new research suggests a relationship between urbanism...
  • Cornell Atkinson
  • Natural Resources and the Environment Section
  • Behavior
Hemp plant in field

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The Aug. 20 event hosted by the Cornell Hemp Research Team on Zoom, drew 359 attendees from the U.S., Canada, Germany, South Africa, the Netherlands, Thailand, Costa Rica, Mexico and the U.K. to learn about the latest research tips for the hemp...
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • Horticulture Section
Netting on berry bushes outside

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The farm is experiencing one of its best seasons to date, thanks to better management of fall infestations of spotted wing drosophila (SWD), part of a research collaboration with Greg Loeb, professor of entomology at Cornell AgriTech, part of...
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
a glass of white milk

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Cornell’s Milk Quality Improvement Program has awarded Stewart’s Dairy in Saratoga Springs top honors in New York state’s annual fluid milk competition, conducted on behalf of the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets. The Cornell...
  • Food Safety Laboratory and Milk Quality Improvement Program
  • Food Science
  • Food
BGRI Technical Workshop October 7-9

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  • Global Development Section
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
raspberries, a spoonful of peanut butter, sliced bananas and white smoothie bites on a wooden surface

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Cornell’s bite-size frozen fruit smoothie pieces with crunchy yogurt coatings earned the top prize this summer at the virtual 2020 Institute of Food Technologists’ (IFT) Student Association & Mars Product Development national competition....
  • Food Science
  • Food
  • Dairy
A man walking outside down a grassy lane between cassava fields

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  • Boyce Thompson Institute
  • Global Development Section
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
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Since requesting proposals in April, the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability has awarded approximately $250,000 in rapid-response grants for COVID-19-related Cornell research. With the final 10 awards announced, the center has now funded...
  • Cornell Atkinson
  • Lab of Ornithology
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
a woman behind a table making a container garden

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Thanks to a grant from the NYS Department of Ag and Markets, Ag Educator Ariel Kirk and her team were able to develop a do-it-yourself container garden kit with all the necessary components and supplementary support materials, and then...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • Agriculture
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The 65-page report, New York Agriculture and Climate Change: Key Opportunities for Mitigation, Resilience, and Adaptation, provides a scientific assessment of opportunities and barriers supporting climate adaptation and mitigation practices on...
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Soil and Crop Sciences Section
  • Agriculture
a mother holding her baby's feet

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Findings will inform the World Health Organization’s (WHO) international guidelines on breastfeeding during the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Saurabh Mehta and Julia Finkelstein, both associate professors in Cornell’s Division of Nutritional Sciences...
  • Global Development Section
  • Nutritional Sciences
  • Global Development

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Program will offer webinar series, continue other activities in response to pandemic In response to the COVID-19 health crisis, LEAD New York has decided to pause the start of seminars for the 2020–2021 year. Executive director Larry Van De Valk...

  • Global Development Section
  • Global Development
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U.S. Rep. Anthony Brindisi, a New York Democrat, met Aug. 10 with farmers and agricultural thought leaders – including Kathryn Boor ’80, the Ronald P. Lynch Dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences – for a farm tour and roundtable...
  • Agriculture
  • Development
  • Crops