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Quantera founder Terry Bates, Ph.D. ’23, explains the operation of the startup's spectrometer to undergraduate interns Nick DeMayo ’26 and Alexis Sherman ’26, both from Cornell Engineering.

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Newly admitted into the Praxis Center business incubator, Quantera aims to improve scientific sample collection.

  • Food Science
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In September, Michelle Holeck (Administrative Assistant at CBFS) had the opportunity to attend the 60th Annual Meeting of the Organization of Biological Field Stations (OBFS) in Gothic, Colorado. This gathering brought together members from...
  • Biological Field Station
  • Natural Resources and the Environment Section
Gerald Chan poses with two attendees of CALS Innovation Day

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AI-powered precision farming systems, smart insect traps for pest control and nutrient-enhanced crops were some of the projects showcased at the second CALS Innovation Day, hosted by the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences’ Research and...
  • Biological and Environmental Engineering
  • Microbiology
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
Extension support specialist Cynthia James leads a cooking demonstration

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A new Cornell-led training program aims to provide New York food educators and producers with the skills and equipment they need to boost compliance with modern food safety standards and foster the development of innovative food products.

  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • Cornell Food Venture Center
image of dairy workers in PPE standing outside a dairy plant

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$3 billion in recent private investments in dairy manufacturing have supercharged the need for companies to find new workers. Cornell is helping with extension trainings and bootcamps.

  • Dairy Food Extension
  • Food
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Aplin, a dedicated teacher and mentor whose research and extension work helped food producers, distributors and retailers improve their businesses, died Sept. 17 in Exeter, New Hampshire.

  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
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The Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability and long-time collaborator Environmental Defense Fund announce their 2025 awardees for joint research and seek new proposals for 2026 initiatives.

  • Cornell Atkinson
  • Biological and Environmental Engineering
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
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The timing of emissions reductions, even more so than the rate of reduction, will be key to avoiding catastrophic thresholds for ice-melt and sea-level rise, according to a new Cornell study.

  • Biological and Environmental Engineering
  • Climate Change
  • Environment
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We are thrilled to announce that Cornell Landscape Architecture has been named a finalist for the Ribas Piera International University Prize 2025, part of the 13th Barcelona International Landscape Biennial. The award ceremony will be held on...
  • Landscape Architecture
Diabetes testing kit

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Persista Bio aims to help the daily life of the 9 million people worldwide suffering from Type 1 diabetes.

  • Biological and Environmental Engineering
  • Disease
Shelves of wheels of cheese.

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Raw milk cheese products contained infectious avian influenza virus when made with contaminated raw milk, creating potential health risks for consumers.

  • Food Science
  • Food
  • Disease
The view from Roger Gendron's front porch, in Hamilton Beach, Queens, after Winter Storm Elliot hit in December 2022. Gendron, president of the New Hamilton Beach Civic Association, has been working with New York Sea Grant for years to document the frequent flooding in his neighborhood.

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  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
Andy Turner on a farm tour

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  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
Onions being chopped with a knife.

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One solution for preventing pungent aerosols from ejecting into the air: Cut onions slowly with a sharpened blade.

  • Biological and Environmental Engineering
  • Food
a view of a flooded street with houses.

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The MyCoast New York app has already provided forecasters and emergency managers with a new understanding of flooding around the state, as sea levels rise and storms intensify.

  • New York Sea Grant Institute
  • New York State Water Resources Institute
  • Water
An assortment of apples and other produce

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Food systems make up roughly 30% of total greenhouse gas emissions globally. But transforming them could cut these emissions by more than half, according to a report released Oct. 3 from a commission of global experts.

  • Cornell Atkinson
  • Agriculture
  • Climate Change
Superb Fairywren and Horsfield’s Bronze-Cuckoo on a branch

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New research sheds light on the evolution of language, discovering a link between innate and learned vocalizations.

  • Lab of Ornithology
  • Animals
Beach landscape in VR

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Researchers in the Virtual Embodiment Lab found that engagement in social virtual reality, whether with loved ones or total strangers, enhances pain tolerance.

  • Communication
Hand holding a phone with charts displayed with a cow in the background.

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Cornell University has been awarded a portion of a $2 million planning initiative from the U.S. National Science Foundation to establish AI4Ag, a national testbed for artificial intelligence in agriculture.

  • Animal Science
  • Animals
  • Dairy
Radar indicated bird migration on September 25, 2025 from BirdCast.

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More than 1.2 billion birds streamed south Thursday night, the largest single-night total ever recorded by the live radar project BirdCast.

  • Lab of Ornithology