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New scholars join Tata-Cornell Institute
The new scholars, Apurva Borar and Whitman Barrett, are pursuing doctoral degrees in applied economics and management and soil and crop sciences, respectively. Kasim Saiyyad, who earned a master’s in applied economics and management in May 2021...
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Einaudi Center announces new Global Public Voices fellows

  • Global Development Section
  • Nutritional Sciences
  • Environment
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Andy Vail promoted to assistant dean and senior director
Andy Vail ’95 will oversee the college’s capital projects portfolio and provide senior leadership for its 500 buildings, 17,000 stewarded acres and 70 full-time employees.
  • Cornell AgriTech
Quirine Ketterings, Olivia Godber, Agustin Olivo and the owners of Whey Street Dairy inspecting cover crops.

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Chobani grant supports future of sustainability in dairy
A $500,000 grant from Chobani to Quirine Ketterings, professor of nutrient management in the Department of Animal Science in Cornell CALS and director of the Cornell Nutrient Management Spear Program (NMSP), will allow continued development of...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • Animal Science
  • Agriculture
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Enzyme research unlocks gateway for new medicines
The new findings published in Science capture never-before-recorded stages of a molecular construction process, with implications for future pharmaceutical development.
  • Molecular Biology and Genetics
  • Biology
  • Genetics
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Cornell’s Chatrchyan represents Armenia at COP26 talks
Working with the Armenian delegation at COP26, Allison Chatrchyan aims to shape U.N. agriculture policy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase carbon sequestration.
  • Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
  • Global Development Section
  • Agriculture
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Secrets of quillwort photosynthesis could boost crop efficiency
Researchers have assembled a high-quality Isoetes genome that furthers understanding of how these aquatic plants regulate CAM photosynthesis to compete for carbon dioxide underwater, and how that regulation differs from terrestrial plants.
  • Boyce Thompson Institute
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Biology Section
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New course tackles environmental justice and policy
A new course in environmental justice and policy will be offered beginning in spring 2022.
  • Global Development Section
  • Natural Resources and the Environment Section
  • Environment
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Bitcoin mining yields climate chaos, faculty tell NYS Assembly
Four Cornell faculty testified to the NYS Assembly Oct. 27 on how firing up once-shuttered carbon-based power plants – to process cryptocurrency – could pause environmental progress.
  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
  • Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Energy
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Seed to Supper sows confidence while addressing food insecurity
Over 2.9 million New Yorkers across the state — a third of whom are children — rely on food assistance programs. Even temporary food insecurity can be discouraging and disempowering for families — a hard lesson many learned during the height of...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture Section

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Five Questions for Three Viticulture and Enology Graduate Students

  • Food Science
  • Viticulture and Enology
  • Food
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Sperm switch swimming patterns to locate egg
This change in behavior, called hyperactivation, enables the sperm to sweep the area once in the egg’s proximity, which improves the sperm’s chances of finding it. For the in vitro study, the researchers designed microfluidic chips with micron...
  • Food Science
  • Biology
  • Health + Nutrition
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Student team creates award-winning food concept for NASA
A team of graduate students in food science, mechanical engineering and biological engineering is among the winners of Phase 1 of the NASA Deep Space Food Challenge.
  • Food Science
  • Food
  • Health + Nutrition
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Scientists bring efficiency to expanding offshore wind energy
Cornell research shows how to make offshore wind farms more efficient in the face of impending rapid expansion, as the U.S. Department of the Interior plans leasing federal waters.
  • Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
  • Energy
  • Environment
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Upgraded facility to study dairy industry emissions
Four climate-controlled respiration chambers will be built in the Large Animal Research and Teaching Unit to study gas exchange of dairy cattle and other livestock with the goal of reducing emissions.
  • Animal Science
  • Animals
  • Climate Change
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Funny name, rewarding job: University seeks ombudsman
The independent Office of the University Ombudsman provides a space for faculty, students and staff to engage in candid and confidential discussions about academic or workplace concerns. Charles Walcott, Ph.D. ’59, plans to retire later this year as university ombudsman, the part-time position he’s held for a decade.
  • Lab of Ornithology
  • Neurobiology and Behavior
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Cornell experts to discuss food, ag trends at Grow-NY Summit
“A Call For Innovation: New York’s Agrifood System,” a report published this past spring by Cornell’s Center for Regional Economic Advancement, is the basis for the topics to be addressed at this year’s Grow-NY Summit, slated to bring food and ag innovators together at the Syracuse Oncenter on Nov. 16-17.
  • Center of Excellence in Food and Agriculture
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
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Project aims to improve accuracy of climate change models
Flavio Lehner won a three-year, $500,000 grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to improve climate models on which future U.S. water projections are based.
  • Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
  • Environment
  • Water
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Coffman, DeVries honored for food security impact in Africa
Two Cornell alumni with deep ties to plant breeding efforts in Africa were recognized for outstanding work building capacity to improve food security on the continent. Ronnie Coffman, Ph.D. ’71 and Joe DeVries, Ph.D. ’95 received the...
  • Global Development Section
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section

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Entrepreneur of the Year to be honored at NYC entrepreneurship conference

Jessica Rolph ’97 MBA ‘04, the 2021 Cornell Entrepreneur of the Year, will be one of the featured speakers for the 2021 Eclectic Convergence conference Nov. 12 at Cornell Tech in New York City.

  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
  • Agriculture