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Houses at the edge of an eroding cliff

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Three grants from the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration will aid Cornell coastal science research projects along the Great Lakes.

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When Art Bloom died a year ago, five of the late geology professor’s colleagues collaborated with his family, local artists and others to finish his book that explains Ithaca and the Finger Lakes landscapes.

Student looks over a dairy barn

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CALS is teaming up with the Chobani Foundation to support New York state students interested in dairy farming careers.
John O'Neill's family is presented with certificate

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John O'Neill, a World War II fighter pilot from the Class of 1943, was officially made a non-degree alumnus of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences in a ceremony held during Commencement Weekend.
Wheat researchers pose in a field

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The Cornell-led Borlaug Global Rust Initiative Workshop brought together 333 wheat researchers from 51 countries.
Ash tree with purple warning sign tied to it

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Discovered in Cornell’s Arnot Forest in March, evidence of the invasive emerald ash borer has been found in downtown Ithaca. Within the next several years, it will change the landscape of campus.

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At Cornell, the field of media studies is flourishing, with new initiatives, new hires and new courses.

Rebecca Macklin in a library

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Rebecca Macklin, a 2017-18 Fulbright visiting student researcher from the United Kingdom, spent the academic year at Cornell enhancing her indigenous studies research, taking classes and tutoring Onondaga Nation students.
  • American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program
Graduates hold a banner saying "College of Agriculture and Life Sciences"

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For the 5,500 graduates of Cornell’s Class of 2018, 959 of which were CALS students, studying, finishing projects, meeting friends, making late-night food runs, enjoying music, playing sports and creating memories over the past four years simmered and blended into graduation weekend.

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Professor Alaka Basu joined an international and multi-disciplinary team of experts in publishing the Guttmacher-Lancet Commission on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights.

Professor Parfait gives a presentation

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Cornell’s Polson Institute for Global Development held a symposium May 11 exploring how science and policy intersect in driving global sustainable development.
  • Global Development Section

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Cornell will establish a new Center of Excellence in Food and Agriculture at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva, thanks to $1 million in state funding.

Herb Doig and his granddaughter at graduation

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Herb Doig started work on his master's degree in the 1950s and is now on the cusp of completing that journey at the age of 83, alongside his granddaughter Kiley McPeek.

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A study finds that following an asteroid impact 66 million years ago, only small ground-dwelling birds survived a mass extinction, profoundly changing the course of bird evolution.

Expert panel leads a discussion

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Cornell engineering faculty and facility experts met with more than 100 members of the Ithaca community May 17 at an open forum to give an update on the Ithaca campus’s path toward carbon neutrality and its goal to heat campus in a climate-friendly way.

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The American Chemical Society hosts Gavin Sacks and Beth Burzynski in a free live webinar, “Ready to Drink Yet? The Chemistry of How Wine Flavor Changes During Aging,” Thursday, May 24 at 2 p.m.

Stadium full of students celebrating graduation

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Cornell University President Martha E. Pollack’s Commencement address and film director Ava DuVernay’s Senior Convocation address will highlight Cornell’s 150th Graduation and Commencement Weekend, May 26-27.
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Cornell researchers are benefiting from the launch of the Cornell Institute of Biotechnology’s new Metabolomics core facility, which opened in January.

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In his new book, Tarleton Gillespie, adjunct associate professor in the Department of Communication and in the Department of Information Science. investigates how social media platforms police what we post online and the large societal impact of these decisions.

Man stands over bucket of biochar

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Cornell's new pyrolysis kiln opens May 24, when Johannes Lehmann, professor of soil science, will hold an open house 2-4 p.m., at the Leland Laboratory building.