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Seed systems sustainability in West Africa: For producers, by producers

  • Global Development Section
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
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Hummingbirds exert fine control over body heat
Scientists have found that hummingbirds have more than one level of torpor, the energy-saving state they enter at night.
  • Lab of Ornithology
  • Animals
  • Behavior

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Julie Suarez Named CCE Friend of Extension

As the associate dean for land-grant affairs in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Julie Suarez is recognized across the state as an advocate for New York agriculture and a trusted partner in furthering the outreach conducted by...

  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
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Academic Integration office reports 15 new seed grants
Cornell's Office of Academic Integration has announced 15 new multi-investigator seed grants, including support for a project on climate change, pollen and asthma attacks and another to develop a microbial delivery system for a unique treatment of colorectal cancer.
  • Cornell Atkinson
  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
  • Nature
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Ready, set, count: Great Backyard Bird Count turns 25
The 25th annual Great Backyard Bird Count is scheduled for Feb. 18-21. All are invited to join the count so that as many birds as possible can become part of a massive database used by scientists to track changes in bird populations over time.
  • Lab of Ornithology
  • Animals
  • Biodiversity

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Michael Walter, environmental engineer, dies at 75

Michael Walter, professor emeritus and former chair of the Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering, who was known for his affability and inclusivity, died Nov. 5 in Lansing, New York.

  • Biological and Environmental Engineering
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Graduate Fellowship honors Cornell’s first Black Ph.D. graduate
The Thomas Wyatt Turner Fellowship aims to increase the number of students from historically underrepresented backgrounds engaging in research in inclusive and sustainable agricultural development and related fields. This includes, but is not...
  • Global Development Section
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Global Development
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Look who’s talking now: the fishes
A new study from Cornell University finds that fish are far more likely to communicate with sound than previously thought — and some fish have been doing this for at least 155 million years.
  • Lab of Ornithology
  • Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Animals
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From bats to bears, program protects NYS wildlife from disease
The New York State Wildlife Health Program mobilizes experts when disease strikes wild animals and prevents outbreaks by translating data into policy.
  • Department of Communication
  • Animals
  • Environment
The statue of Ezra Cornell on the Arts Quad is seen covered in snow following a winter storm

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Seven faculty members elected AAAS fellows

  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
  • Global Development Section
  • Nutritional Sciences
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Bruce Lewenstein appointed university ombudsman
Bruce Lewenstein, professor of science communication in both the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and the College of Arts and Sciences, has been appointed Cornell’s 13th university ombudsman.
  • Department of Communication
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Prabhu Pingali Named AAAS Fellow
Prabhu Pingali, director of the Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (TCI), was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) on Wednesday, January 26. Pingali was honored “for distinguished...
  • Global Development Section
  • Agriculture
  • Global Development
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Indigenous-Cornell partnership publishes Gayogo̱hó:nǫʔ history
The Tompkins County Historical Commission will release a short book written by Cornell Professor Kurt Jordan with the help of Gayogo̱hó:nǫʔ community members, titled “The Gayogo̱hó:nǫʔ People in the Cayuga Lake Region: A Brief History.”
  • American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program
  • Land
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Grants fund study, outreach on sustainable milk production
Two National Science Foundation grants totaling more than $1.2 million will fund projects to test a novel strategy to make milk production more efficient and sustainable and outreach to communicate animal science to the public.
  • Animal Science
  • Agriculture
  • Animals
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CLASP participants celebrate growth in learning partnerships
As Cornell employees and students work together in lifelong learning partnerships with the Community Learning and Service Partnership (CLASP), a wealth of accomplishments and comradery builds up over the semester. Traditionally, this treasure...
  • Global Development Section
  • Global Development
Field of sorghum in Haiti

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New initiative catalyzes sustainable seed systems from Caribbean to the Atlantic
The ILCI-Caribbean-Atlantic Seed Systems Initiative (CASSi) — led by the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Crop Improvement (ILCI), in partnership with Seed Systems Group, Quisqueya University in Haiti and Institut Sénégalais de Recherches...
  • Global Development Section
  • Agriculture
  • Global Development
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Cornell to co-lead NIH center for precision nutrition research
The NIH on Jan. 20 announced the Division of Nutritional Sciences and RTI International (RTI), a nonprofit research institute, will co-lead a new center that coordinates research for the NIH’s Nutrition for Precision Health study. Part of the...
  • Global Development Section
  • Nutritional Sciences
  • Food
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Chobani to address diversity in ag with $1M expansion of Scholars Program
Chobani has announced changes to its successful Chobani Scholars Program, adding a pledge of $1 million and a focus on supporting historically underserved students who wish to pursue a broad set of agricultural interests.
  • Animal Science
  • Food Science
  • Animals
Greater adjutant stork

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Film reveals efforts to save world’s rarest stork
A new film, “Hargila,” illustrates how the greater adjutant stork is slowly being pulled back from the brink of extinction thanks to a community effort inspired by a wildlife biologist in India.
  • Lab of Ornithology
  • Animals

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Don Barton, former director of Cornell AgriTech, dies at 100

Barton, who joined the Cornell faculty in 1951, served as the ninth director of the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva – now known as Cornell AgriTech – from 1960 until his retirement in 1982.

  • Department of Entomology
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section