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A Cornell CALS researcher is using a NASA satellite to measure photosynthesis in high resolution at the global scale, advancing how we measure plant health and its impact on food production and atmospheric carbon dioxide.
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Cornell Cooperative Extension internships this summer provided students an enhanced appreciation for purpose-driven research through hands-on community engagement.
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Cornell CALS is leading a project to study ways to grow crops in controlled environments – in greenhouses, plant factories and in vertical farms in and near urban areas.

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Two weeks after a load of food from the Hudson Valley, a shipment left Hansen Farms in the Finger Lakes packed with apples and cabbage bound for Florida. Another is slated to leave western New York in November.

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An NSF grant, announced this month, will fund oVert (Open Exploration of Vertebrate Diversity in 3-D), a project that aims to scan samples representing 80 percent of all recognized genera of vertebrates.

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Millar began his career as a plant scientist with the Canadian Department of Agriculture, returning to Cornell in 1959, where he served as a faculty member in the Department of Plant Pathology.

Michael Sheehan on Cornell's Campus

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Sheehan and two other Cornell professors are among 55 winners of the prestigious award given to support high-risk ideas with high-impact potential.

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Small grants program gives graduate students chance to write and review proposals and implement a research plan of their own design.

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More than 70 students majoring in environmental and sustainability sciences turned Minns Garden into an ephemeral art gallery under the leadership of Philadelphia-based artist Marion Wilson.

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Mayor Stephanie Miner gave the keynote talk at the 2017 Community Development Institute, a two-day conference hosted by the Cornell CALS Community and Regional Development Institute (CaRDI).

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About 300 schoolchildren jammed all corners of Public School 21 as part of the 10th annual 4-H National Youth Science Day that reached an estimated 100,000 schoolchildren in 50 states.

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In between music acts at the 35th Ithaca Apple Harvest Festival, four scientists explained the core of making apples to the Ithaca Commons Pavilion crowd Oct. 1.

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There are many fun and educational events coming up in Tompkins County.

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More than 70 Environmental and Sustainability Sciences (ESS) majors turned Minns Garden into an ephemeral art gallery Sept. 29, celebrating the biodiversity of the site.

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Hundreds of fruit fans stopped by Cornell’s Society of Horticulture festival booth Sept. 29-Oct. 1 for a taste of the future.

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Much like swim tests, Dragon Day or celebrating Theodore Zinck, the pumpkin mystery is woven into the fabric of Cornell history.

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Cornell was ranked for climate, education and quality of life efforts related to sustainability.

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Our international programs helped support the participation of 12 farmers from Bhutan, Bangladesh, Nepal and the Self-Help Women’s Association Group in Gujarat, India, during South Asia’s largest farmer-to-farmer fair.

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The weeklong course was the first Cornell Alliance for Science training session developed solely for farmers.
Students gather for poster presentations

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Several hundred students gathered at the Cornell Commitment event Sept. 27 to view posters and hear panel discussions on how student scholars spent their summer.