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Digital Agriculture Hackathon tackles world’s most pressing agricultural problems
Over the course of two days, students from a wide range of disciplines – from computer science to engineering to animal health to public health – came together during Cornell University’s first Digital Agriculture Hackathon to find innovative solutions to some of the world’s most pressing agricultural problems.
  • Cornell Institute for Digital Agriculture
Rebecca Barthelmie and Sara Pryor standing near wind turbine

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Academics propose U.S.-Mexico ‘energy-water corridor’
A network of academics from around the United States – including two Cornell wind energy experts – are proposing an 'energy-water corridor' along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Rachel Hestrin and collaborators from Jimma University visit a facility built to conduct compost experiments in Ethiopia

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Biochar soaks up ammonia pollution, study shows
A Cornell-led study supported by the Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future shows that biochar has great potential as a fertilizer because of its ability to soak up nitrogen, and its method for doing so.
Smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa participate in curriculum testing

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Curriculum allows farmers to lead climate change education
Smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa are engaging in sustainable and equitable agricultural development through an innovative curriculum that puts them front and center.

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Experts highlight NYS invasive species research in D.C.

Mark Whitmore, extension associate in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, briefed congressional staffers on an invasive species threatening hemlock trees and ways to combat it.

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Join us for the CALS Website Rethink March 2019 Open Houses

An invitation to project leads and website contributors for the CALS Website Rethink open houses on March 12, 2019.

Tom Cade with Falcon

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Tom Cade, who saved peregrine falcons, dies at 91
Tom Cade, Cornell emeritus professor of zoology, who as an environmental champion worked tirelessly and successfully to save peregrine falcons from extinction, died Feb. 6 in Boise, Idaho. He was 91.
Scan of plant roots and their symbiotic fungi

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Research explains nature of key plant-fungus interfaces
Researchers at the Boyce Thompson Institute have discovered the mechanism behind the symbiotic relationship between plants and fungi, which could lead to reduced fertilizer use.
Jean-Paul Courtens in crop field

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Roadmap points way to better soil health in New York
The Cornell-led New York Soil Health Initiative has just released its Soil Health Roadmap, which identifies ways farmers and land managers can adopt better soil health practices.

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Catharine Young to lead Center of Excellence at Cornell AgriTech

New York State Sen. Catharine Young, R-57th Dist., has been named director of the New York State Center of Excellence for Food and Agriculture at Cornell AgriTech.

Two researchers examine a vial of beet juice

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We’ve got the beets: Food consumers may see red, naturally
Cornell food scientists hunting for a stable, natural red food coloring to replace artificial dyes have unlocked a secret: Use beet extract and pair it with a starchy partner.
A student tinkers with a UAV

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Hackathon highlights digital ag solutions
The hackathon is an opportunity to explore what technology can do to address challenges in food and agriculture, and take ideas from concept to reality.
  • Cornell Institute for Digital Agriculture

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Extreme variations found in flower scent evolution

Research co-led by Robert Raguso, professor of neurobiology and behavior, explains why plants of the same variety in different locations can have dramatically different scents.

Helen Cheng stands near shoreline

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Living shorelines offer hope for state’s coastal communities
As climate change threatens coastal areas, experts from the New York Sea Grant program are involved in a project to protect the state’s shorelines and the people who live near them.

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Edgar Gasteiger, biologist and Cornell ‘citizen,’ dies at 99

Edgar Gasteiger, professor emeritus of physical biology, died on Feb. 9 in Ithaca, New York, at age 99.

tablet computer displaying different images of diseased leaves

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Schumer announces $68.9 million for USDA grape lab at Cornell AgriTech
After years of advocating for funding to improve the infrastructure for grape research, U.S. Sen. Charles E. Schumer announced Feb. 26 $68.9 million to build a new federal grape genetics research lab at Cornell AgriTech in Geneva, New York.
Photo of vortex-induced plant pathogen dispersal

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Raindrops launch plant spores into the wind, spread fungi
Researchers from Cornell and Virginia Tech have identified the process by which fungus is spread from plant to plant, carrying disease that costs billions annually in lost crops.

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Dean's message

Kathryn J. Boor '80, the Ronald P. Lynch Dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, introduces the life-changing research we're doing to help farmers, communities and businesses embrace new technologies through innovation and the application of pioneering solutions to today's ongoing challenges.

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Michał Matejczuk named a 2019-20 Luce Scholar

Graduate student Michał Matejczuk has been named a Luce Scholar by the Henry Luce Foundation and will spend a year working in Asia starting this summer.

Students studying plants outdoors

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Around the quad
Learn about an expanded major, a broadened diversity program and new campus leadership in this round-up of news from the year.