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Beyond milkweed: Monarchs face habitat, nectar threats
In the face of scientific dogma that faults the population decline of monarch butterflies on a lack of milkweed, herbicides and genetically modified crops, a new Cornell study casts wider blame: sparse autumnal nectar sources, weather and...
  • Cornell Atkinson
  • Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Entomology
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Farm Ops, a first in the country, opens new fields to veterans
New York agriculture faces a looming employment crisis, but not the kind that normally leaves job seekers skittish. A rise in job capacity in the agriculture industry is not being met with enough skilled people ready to fill the expected surge...
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CALS experts help protect NY honeybees, pollinators
Researchers from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) provided their expertise to New York policymakers during a roundtable May 24 in Albany as the scientists explained strategies to protect the state’s honeybee and native...
  • Pollinators
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Student exploration: Healing starts with everyday plants
Stretching beyond the “apple a day” adage, Cornell students explored a natural area in Ithaca and villages in Belize to learn how common plant life helps alleviate ailments. “In Belize, use of healing plants is a centuries-old tradition that’s...
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New library shelves 3,400 bottles of wine
The newest library on campus contains no books and offers no borrowing privileges. Located in the basement of Stocking Hall, it lacks the soaring windows and grand views of other locations. Students can’t access the library, and since it’s kept...

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Skin regeneration is product of two types of stem cells

Stem cells are essential for tissue regeneration and, in a recent study, Cornell researchers have challenged a long-standing model regarding epidermal stem cells and their role in skin repair. The widely held belief is that some of the epidermal...

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Chris Smart named interim SIPS director as Collmer concludes term
Christine Smart, professor of Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology, has been named interim director of the School of Integrative Plant Science (SIPS), effective July 1. She will take over for Alan Collmer, the Andrew J. and Grace B. Nichols...
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Maize genome ‘dark matter’ discovery a boon for breeders
For astronomers, “dark matter” is the largely hypothetical substance that accounts for approximately 85 percent of the matter in the universe. Now, plant scientists have discovered a different kind of “dark matter” in the maize genome: a tiny...
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Researchers nudge healthy food selection in food pantries
Grocery stores have long deployed insights from behavioral economics to influence the purchase of targeted foods. But can similar tactics work in community food pantries to nudge clients to make healthier food choices? Researchers from the...
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NSF grant aids Cornell research into crop yield increases
Increasing crop yields will become a larger priority as the population grows and the amount of farmland decreases. Adrienne H.K. Roeder, Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology/Integrative Plant Science is studying a natural mechanism...
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New Cornell food safety lab continues legacy of excellence
Cornell has a fresh new facility for food safety research. The Rich’s Food Safety Lab officially went into service April 28 as Cornell expands its position as a global leader in food safety. Located at 352 Stocking Hall, the Rich’s Food Safety...
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Cornell agricultural advocate earns Excellence in IPM award
Lee Telega loves farming. Respects science-based knowledge. Cares deeply for the environment. Navigates the halls of New York’s legislature as comfortably as he once navigated a tractor. These attributes were a perfect match for Telega’s...

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CALS leaders named to food security commission

A trio of leaders from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) have been named to a new commission tasked with addressing domestic and global food security challenges and ensuring universal food security by 2050. Kathryn J. Boor, the...

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New winemaking scholarship helps Suffolk Co. students, Long Island Merlot Industry
Future Suffolk County Cornell students will have the opportunity to grow alongside Long Island’s unique Merlot terroir, thanks to a new scholarship for viticulture and enology. The LIMA East End Enology/Viticulture Scholarship and Internship...

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Cornell microbial geneticist Stanley Zahler dies at 89

Professor Emeritus Stanley Zahler, whose work during his 35-year Cornell career left a lasting imprint on the teaching of microbial genetics at the university, died April 26 in California. He was 89 years old. Zahler joined Cornell in 1959 as an...

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Kenong Xu goes to Washington to collect research prize
President Obama welcomed more than 100 leading scientists and engineers from across the country on May 5 to thank them for their work on some of the most challenging and complex issues in science and technology. Those individuals, including...
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Relationships at root of Cornell Vegetable Program’s reach
Commercial vegetable grower Nelson Hoover does not own a car, a computer or a degree. In fact, the 28-year-old never attended high school. But for over a decade, Hoover, a member of the Groffdale Mennonite Conference in Penn Yan, New York, has...
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Climate change info now easier for New Yorkers to find, thanks to Cornell scientists, librarians
Type “New York climate data” into Google and be prepared for a deluge of nearly 8 million search results. Somewhere in that vast flood may be the relevant information you need, but wading through what’s trivial and out of date can be a...
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Minglin Ma wins Hartwell award for diabetes work
Minglin Ma, assistant professor in the Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering, has received a Hartwell Individual Biomedical Research Award, which supports scientists pursuing biomedical research to advance children’s health. Ma...
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Boots on the farm: Helping military vets enter agriculture
As a member of the Seabees, the U.S. Navy’s elite construction battalion, James Turrell spent seven years putting his blood, sweat and building expertise to work all over the world, including stops in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and Fukishima Japan...