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CURIE Academy students at Cornell Orchards

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Forty-five high school students from across the country took part in the 2024 CURIE Academy, a Cornell Engineering program for high school students interested in pursuing undergraduate studies in engineering.

  • Biology
  • Plants
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
Cornell Food Venture Center Pilot Plant

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The gift from the Seneca Foods Foundation will help food producers of all sizes bring their products to market.

  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Cornell Food Venture Center
  • Food Science
Adult spotted lantenfly

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The New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets identified the invasive pest in Romulus, New York, following reports from Cornell’s New York State Integrated Pest Management Program.

  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • Cornell Integrated Pest Management
  • Viticulture and Enology
Grass and soil

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Cornell and global researchers are finding ways to control disease-carrying aquatic plants in Senegal by turning the flora into inexpensive compost or livestock feed – and helping the economy.

  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Cornell Atkinson
  • Plants
An adult spotted lanternfly sitting on a branch

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Following a report from an alert town of Romulus resident, Ag and Markets inspectors traveled to the infestation site, where they were able to confirm the presence of SLF nymphs. The first SLF in the U.S. were confirmed in Berks County...
  • Cornell Integrated Pest Management
New York farm damaged by a tornado

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A network of staff and experts in Cornell Cooperative Extension offices across the state mobilize to help and share information after weather emergencies.

  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • Environment
  • Agriculture
 Logan Lee aboard a Cornell Biological Field Station boat

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Quagga mussels – the deleterious invasive species from Eastern Europe seen throughout Oneida Lake – may provide an unexpected benefit for the life cycle of mayflies: They’re flourishing.

  • Biological Field Station
  • Natural Resources and the Environment Section
  • Environment
Alistair Hayden, right, speaks with Adam Hughes outside a building

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Alistair Hayden brings his West Coast experience in wildfires and earthquakes to help New York communities maintain health and become more disaster resilient in the face of climate change.

  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • Cornell Atkinson
  • Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Sarah Dressel-Nikles '11, right with check, president of the Hudson Valley Research Laboratory board, New York State Sen. Michelle Hinchey (D-41st), left with check, and Jared Buono, director of the lab with CALS leaders, lab staff and board, and members of the New York Farm Bureau.

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The Hudson Valley Research Laboratory in Highland, New York, a partnership between Cornell AgriTech and area growers, is receiving $1 million in capital funding from the state for improvements that will take the research facility into the future...

  • Hudson Valley Lab
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
Local beekeepers and researchers examine an open log with a Melipona favosa nest during a workshop

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Cornell Atkinson’s annual Academic Venture Fund will provide nearly $1 million in seed funding to support research teams across five colleges and 11 departments, many with key external partnerships.

  • Cornell Atkinson
  • Animal Science
  • Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Smoke from wildfires burning in Canada shroud the Sage Hall tower, foreground, and McGraw Tower

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To help local emergency managers assess danger, Cornell researchers have created the Mortality Estimation Tool to map predicted, smoke-attributed mortality statistics in near-real time.

  • Cornell Atkinson
  • Northeast Regional Climate Center
  • Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
A farm worker prepares a field for planting

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Cornell researchers have tested an ecological tool in the fight to control weeds in silage soybean and corn fields: adding carbon to soil in the form of sawdust and rye hay.

  • Soil
  • Crops
  • Horticulture Section
grain seedheads frame field day crowd

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  • Cornell Integrated Pest Management
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
Man pointing at slideshow and talking.

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Agustin Olivo of Cornell’s Nutrient Management Spear Program (NMSP) defended his PhD dissertation in early June. Read on to learn more about Olivo and his work with nutrient management and greenhouse gas emissions in dairy systems, and to see...
  • Animal Science
  • Agriculture
  • Dairy
Nonna’s Nopales gnocchi in a dish

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Cornell IFT team goes to Chicago with their Nonna’s Nopales futuristic food product – gnocchi made from superfood cactus paddles.

  • Food
  • Food Science
Group tours watershed site

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The new report, Natural Resource Protection in the Hudson Valley: Municipal Conservation Stories, presents case studies from seven Hudson Valley towns and highlights the experiences, challenges, and successes of elected officials and municipal...
  • Global Development Section
  • Natural Resources and the Environment Section
  • Environment
overhead image of a city in Tanzania

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As urbanization continues to reshape our world, the focus on urban and peri-urban food systems becomes increasingly crucial. The latest report from the High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE-FSN) of the UN Committee on...
  • Global Development Section
  • Development Sociology
  • Food
Alejandro Calixto, Director of the New York State Integrated Pest Management Program at Cornell University

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The Joro spider, an arachnid that's been in the United States for years in some southern states, has been trending in the news lately as the next potentially invasive species to land in New York State. Some media hypes giant, venomous, flying...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
Portrait of Antonio DiTommaso

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Antonio DiTommaso, professor and outgoing head of the School of Integrative Plant Science’s Soil and Crop Sciences Section, has been named associate director of the Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station (Cornell AES), effective July...
  • Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station
  • Soil and Crop Sciences Section
  • Agriculture
Officials break ground for the National Grape Improvement Center on June 26 at the Cornell AgriTech campus in Geneva, New York. From left: David Schulenberg, chief of staff for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Planning Branch; Simon Liu, administrator of the USDA Agricultural Research Service; Xochitl Torres Small, USDA deputy secretary; U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-New York); Christine Smart, Goichman Family Director of Cornell AgriTech and associate dean of CALS; Cornell University Provo

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The National Grape Improvement Center is expected to propel innovation, foster collaboration and revolutionize grape production nationwide.

  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Agriculture
  • Fruits