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  • American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program
Oshi Ghee

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Oshi Ghee began with a Facebook post. Aashna Ahmed was visiting her parents in Upstate New York. Her mother was making a pot of ghee, the cousin of clarified butter that’s a staple in Bangladeshi families like Ahmed’s. While ghee has been...
  • Center of Excellence in Food and Agriculture
  • Cornell AgriTech
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Cornell researchers have found that a new DNA sequencing technology can be used to study how transposons move within and bind to the genome.

  • Molecular Biology and Genetics
Jules Ginenthal, natural areas stewardship coordinator, plants a black ash sapling.

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Cornell Botanic Gardens is collaborating with conservation partners to propagate trees resistant to emerald ash borers.

  • Cornell Botanic Gardens
  • Plants
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November 19, 2025 Invited Lectures Graduate student Ria Gualano delivered an invited talk titled “Virtual Reality Avatars and Storytelling” as part of Disability and Extended Reality Technologies: A Research Day at the University of Michigan’s...

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November 19, 2025 Invited Lectures Graduate student Ria Gualano delivered an invited talk titled “Virtual Reality Avatars and Storytelling” as part of Disability and Extended Reality Technologies: A Research Day at the University of Michigan’s...

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New York’s fishing industry contributes $5 billion annually to the state economy and supports an array of other public goods, including food security, mental health, social connection and wildlife conservation. First established in 1864, the...
  • Natural Resources and the Environment Section
  • Animals
  • Environment
4-H member Nate de Jong on stage at Grow NY

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Competing for a grand prize of $1,000, eight finalists took the stage to pitch food-system innovations at the Grow-NY Youth Competition November 13 in Canandaigua, New York. The event, held on the final day of Empire State Development’s Grow-NY...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
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Eight Cornell faculty, including Provost Kavita Bala, are featured as “New Heroes” in a portrait series by Christopher Michel, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine’s inaugural artist-in-residence.

  • Molecular Biology and Genetics
People looking at wall displays at the opening of “Hello, Human! The Emerging Science of Plant Communication and Smart Agriculture” at Cornell’s Mann Library

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The opening of “Hello, Human! The Emerging Science of Plant Communication and Smart Agriculture” at Cornell’s Mann Library brought together researchers, students, and campus partners to showcase how plants communicate.

  • Mann Library
  • Plants
Emma Alexander standing on top of Phnom Kulen Mountain

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Being a Global Intern in Cambodia helped Emma Alexander explore her career interests and opened a world of possibilities in global studies.

  • Communication
Christy Hoepting jumping in a field of onions, with onions in her hands

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Christy Hoepting, vegetable specialist with the Cornell Cooperative Extension’s (CCE) Cornell Vegetable Program, discovered her calling in the rich, black soil of Ontario Canada's muck fields, where she saw firsthand how applied research could...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • Field Crops
  • Vegetables
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Three varieties join the “Galaxy Suite” of grape tomatoes, a snack-sized Cornell-bred medley.

  • Cornell AgriTech
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture Section
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The Cornell Lab of Ornithology's recently renovated Visitor Center received two awards from the Society for Experiential Graphic Design (SEGD) and a Gold in exhibit and print from Graphis Awards. These prestigious awards honor installations that...

  • Lab of Ornithology
Unicorn kale

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The "it" vegetable just got a glow-up, fulfilling consumers' desires for quirky and aesthetically pleasing foods.

  • Cornell AgriTech
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture
A researcher form the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation collects specimens for Oak Wilt assessment in Prospect Park, Brooklyn.

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Violent storms can leave trees tangled in power lines, blocking roads and trails. Getting downed trees cleared quickly is crucial to helping New York state communities recover. Nowhere is this more important than in the Adirondacks, where...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
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Fruit and vegetable farmers across the U.S. said that labor was the biggest barrier to adopting sustainable practices, with many farmers perceiving the labor requirements to be higher than they are.

  • Agriculture
  • Global Development
  • Crops
Biosensor technology

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Cornell researchers have developed a powerful new biosensor that reveals, in unprecedented detail, how and where kinases – enzymes that control nearly all cellular processes – turn on and off inside living cells.

  • Molecular Biology and Genetics
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November 12, 2025 Awards Graduate student Rosie Nguyen placed first in the Student Paper Competition at the Global Fusion 2025 Conference, which celebrates outstanding scholarship in global media and international communication. Her winning...