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Social sciences center awards COVID-19 grants
As the coronavirus pandemic escalated in the United States, reports of bias and hostility against immigrants and Asian Americans also grew. New research supported by a rapid response grant from the Cornell Center for Social Sciences (CCSS) will...
  • Global Development Section
  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
  • Global Development
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With help from family, friends, ROTC seniors become officers
Navy Ensign Emily Ortwein ’20 had “one of the most special and exciting experiences of her life” May 22, the culmination of four years of rigorous military training. Traditionally, seniors in Cornell’s Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC)...
  • Health + Nutrition
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Food science professor’s ‘instant ice cream’ gains patent
In three seconds, you could turn a soda into a slushy or a melted malt back into ice cream. Thanks to two food scientists, their newly patented machine uses pressurized carbon dioxide to quickly cool any liquid and give it frozen features.
  • Food Science
  • Food

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Two bacteria allow spittlebugs to thrive on low-nutrient meals

A new study examines the symbiotic relationship between two types of bacteria and spittlebugs that helps the insect live on very low-nutrient food. The bacteria use a metabolic “trick” also employed by cancer cells to create the right conditions...

  • Department of Entomology
  • Animals
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Bangladeshi farmers reap higher yields, profits from Bt eggplant

  • Global Development Section
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Department of Entomology
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Going remote: Food science students find new ways to support industry partners
With the help of Bruno Xavier, senior extension associate at the Cornell Food Venture Center, students in Food Science 4000 were able to translate virtual education challenges into an opportunity to think outside of the box. Thanks to student ingenuity, members of the food industry were able to find solutions for a variety of production challenges.
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Food Science
  • Food
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Saving the planet, one shade-grown cup at a time
Collaborative research shows that growing coffee under trees — a practice called shade-grown coffee — can support farmers, protect biodiversity and preserve the environment.
  • Lab of Ornithology
  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
  • Natural Resources and the Environment Section

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NSF-funded antimicrobial technology targets COVID-19

Its potential to prevent COVID-19 from contaminating private and public spaces has attracted the interest of the National Science Foundation, which on May 21 awarded the company $256,000 from its COVID-19 Rapid Response Research (RAPID) program...

  • Biological and Environmental Engineering
  • Health + Nutrition
  • Bacteria
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Wheat initiative celebrates women leaders in fight to end hunger

  • Global Development Section
  • Global Development
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Algal genome provides insights into first land plants
The report, “ The Penium margaritaceum Genome: Hallmarks of the Origins of Land Plants,” was published May 21 in the journal Cell. Penium margaritaceum belongs to a group of freshwater algae called charophytes, and specifically to a subgroup...
  • Cornell Atkinson
  • Boyce Thompson Institute
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
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Students, faculty make art in the time of coronavirus
Many students adapted and even stepped up their game, finding creative ways to continue working Art student Patrick Brennan, M.F.A. ’20, offered a thoughtful perspective on being an artist restricted by social distancing. He posted a video...
  • Landscape Architecture
  • Health + Nutrition
  • Communication
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Alum’s ‘crazy idea’ helped launch craft beer revolution
The English and education degrees Steve Hindy ’71, MAT ’73, earned at Cornell ended up serving him well, if not quite how he’d planned. “I think I failed as an English teacher,” Hindy said, “but it turned out I was a pretty good beer teacher.”...
  • Food Science
  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
  • Food
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Merrill Scholars near and far honor their teachers, mentors
As a first-generation college student whose family – refugees from Indonesia – arrived in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, when he was only a year old, Malikul Muhamad ’20 credits his teachers and professors with helping him chart a successful course...
  • Global Development
  • Plants
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Cornell farm tractor gets clean, green biodiesel makeover
Instead of emitting the notoriously noxious black diesel smoke, the tractor now emits a much lighter colored exhaust with a smell more reminiscent of French fries than farm implements. That’s thanks to its soy-based biodiesel fuel, as the...
  • Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station
  • Agriculture
  • Environment
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Global Big Day bird-watching event sets world record
Birdwatchers participating in Global Big Day, organized by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, set a world record on May 9 by documenting 2.1 million bird observations. An all-time high of more than 50,000 participants recorded 6,479 species and...
  • Lab of Ornithology
  • Animals
  • Nature

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COVID-19 impact: Mary Jo Dudley on vulnerable farmworkers

Mary Jo Dudley, MRP ’96, an expert in farmworker issues, talks about how the pandemic has underlined the importance of farmworkers, who are crucial to maintaining the country’s food supply. Farmworkers are essential workers, and are particularly...

  • Global Development Section
  • Agriculture
  • Food
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CALS co-sponsors forum detailing economic realities on NYS farms
Cornell CALS co-sponsored with the New York Farm Bureau a 'Legislative Forum on Economic Realities of COVID-19 on NYS Farms' on May 18. ▶ Watch the forum Moderated by Julie Suarez, associate dean of Land-Grant Affairs and Jeff Williams, director...
  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
  • Agriculture
  • Food
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Online showcase celebrates students’ community engagement
The university’s Office of Engagement Initiatives (OEI) celebrated the students’ work from this academic year at the Community Engagement Showcase 2020. Rather than the annual in-person celebration with posters and face-to-face interaction, this...
  • Animal Science
  • Animals
  • Environment
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Exposure to TV alcohol ads linked to drinking behavior
Aired in 2012, those were just a few of the nearly 600 televised commercials for alcohol products – mostly beer – that the average American adult was exposed to that year, according to new Cornell research. The study provides some of the most...
  • Department of Communication
  • Food
  • Beverages
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Six stories of six weeks of virtual learning
Instructors navigated technical and logistical difficulties, as well as the shifting realities of a global pandemic. But amid the challenges, students and faculty found opportunities for innovation, connection and intellectual growth. Here are...
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture Section
  • Biological and Environmental Engineering