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Workers scoop and hand ice cream to students

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About 400 staff, students and faculty took time June 28 to enjoy some of Cornell's most popular ice cream flavors at the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences' annual Summer Scoop.

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Ashim Datta, professor in Biological and Environmental Engineering, has secured a $905,000 grant from the USDA to deepen his study of the physics of food processing.

Close up image of a samurai wasp

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Cornell researchers have released samurai wasps on 24 farms throughout New York to test how well they control brown marmorated stink bugs, an agricultural and household pest.
Jose Lozano

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Biological Energy, a company based in Ithaca, has developed technology that has the potential to revolutionize wastewater treatment.

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Erie County officials shared initiatives focused on sustainability and economic growth, quality of life and building strong communities with faculty at a recent roundtable.

Microscopic view of microcapsules

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Cornell food scientists have found a direct infusion process to give cheddar cheese its consumer-pleasing orange color, without affecting the whey.
Climbers hiking up Mount Everest

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As dawn approached over the icy caps of the Himalayas on May 16, Deeya Bajaj ’16 made her final, exhausting push to fulfill a lifelong journey: ascending the summit of Mount Everest.
Children standing on top of giant map

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Cornell Cooperative Extension is leading teacher workshops on how to use a giant traveling map that can give students a novel way to learn about New York state geography.
Nate Chittenden with his daughter at table

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To see why Nate Chittenden ’00 was the perfect choice to receive the inaugural Cornell University Hometown Alumni Award, you had to look no further than the beaming community of family, neighbors and friends who came to honor him June 23 in Stuyvesant, New York.

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The Cornell Farmworker Program helped more than 400 Guatemalans from across the state receive services from the Guatemalan mobile consulate.

Poliana Francescatto stands in a orchard

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Poliana Francescatto was recognized as a next generation leader for work developing new, efficient and profitable strategies for New York state tree fruit growers.

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The band Panic! at the Disco on June 22 released a new single co-produced by Alex Kresovich ’08 titled “King of the Clouds.”

Members of the collaboratory dance in a circle

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The Ecological Learning Collaboratory brought people from Africa, South Asia and North America to interact with Cornell faculty.
Anne Kearney inspects grapes on a vine

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Doctoral student Anne Kearney earned a trio of awards for research into a vineyard technique to control vine growth and improve grape composition. Photo by Chris Kitchen.
Field and mountains

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The re-named and re-envisioned Center for Conservation Social Sciences conducts innovative research into how people interrelate with nature.

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For the first time, Cornell researchers have discovered there is a division of labor among immune cells that fight invading pathogens in the body.

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Humanity may forfeit the chance to save North Atlantic right whales from extinction if conservation policies are not drawn up and implemented fast, says a new Cornell study in Oceanography.

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Carl Gortzig, professor emeritus and chair of the former Department of Floriculture and Ornamental Horticulture, died June 2 at the Oak Hill Manor Nursing Home in Ithaca at age 87.

Shot of the pyrolysis kiln from below

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Waste could soon become a precious gem as Cornell’s new pyrolysis kiln – the largest of its kind at a U.S. university – opened May 24.

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At its May 26 meeting, the Cornell Board of Trustees elected three new trustees to four-year terms; four others were elected by constituent groups.