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Making space: creating a female culture in STEM
Karina Popovich ’23 is working with her peers to redefine preexisting notions about who belongs in STEM fields and transform the faces of tech and science to include more women.
  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
  • Applied Economics

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Agrawal, Hanson elected to National Academy of Sciences

Anurag Agrawal, the James A. Perkins Professor of Environmental Studies in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, and Maureen Hanson, the Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor in the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics (CALS, Arts and...

  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Biology Section
  • Molecular Biology and Genetics
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Fuchs recognized by American Phytopathological Society

  • Cornell AgriTech
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section
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Big Red Bun inspires community, promotes well-being
When Finn hopped into the life of Erin Scannell ’21 in February 2019, she found herself taking a lot of photos of the lovable Holland Lop bunny. With floppy ears, long whiskers and distinctive orange fur, Finn quickly captured the hearts of Scannell’s friends and classmates, too — inspiring Scannell to create the Big Red Bun Instagram account. Two years later, Finn’s account has surpassed 10,000 followers and has become a source for Cornellians worldwide to follow his adventures on campus and find messages in support of COVID-19 safety and mental health and well-being.
  • Animal Science
  • Animals

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Grants advance social sciences research, collaboration

More than $271,000 in grants were awarded to Cornell faculty this spring by the Cornell Center for Social Sciences (CCSS). The grants funded 19 proposals for studies and conferences involving more than 30 faculty members and researchers across campus.

  • American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program
  • Natural Resources and the Environment Section
  • Department of Communication

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Hanson, Grafstein elected to arts and sciences academy

Maureen Hanson, the Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor in the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and in the College of Arts and Sciences, and Bernice Grafstein, the Vincent and Brooke Astor...

  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Biology Section
  • Molecular Biology and Genetics
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Skipping the second shot could prolong pandemic, study finds
In a nationally representative survey of more than 1,000 American adults conducted in February, less than half of respondents said they believed the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines provided strong protection against COVID-19 a week or two...
  • Biological and Environmental Engineering
  • Biology
  • Communication

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Anna Katharine Mansfield appointed associate director of Cornell AgriTech

Anna Katharine Mansfield , an enologist known for her work in elevating the success of New York state’s craft beverage industry, has been appointed associate director of Cornell AgriTech , effective July 1. As an associate professor of food...

  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Cornell Craft Beverage Institute
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
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Antibiotic control of fire blight has minimal impact on native microbiome

  • Cornell AgriTech
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section
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New study to explore rural communities and inequality in the United States

  • Global Development Section
  • Global Development
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Taagen receives 2021 Women in Triticum Early Career Award

  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section

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Borlaug Global Rust Initiative announces 2021 wheat science award winners

  • Global Development Section
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
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Jack Sillin ’22: Leveraging Twitter to advance meteorological conversations
As an atmospheric sciences major in Cornell University’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Sillin has used his platform for everything from monitoring developing storms, to combining datasets to reveal new observations about how radar...
  • Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
  • Communication
  • Environment
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What Counts as a Microbe? SIPS grad Hariharan shares thoughts in ASM News

  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Soil and Crop Sciences Section
  • Microbiology
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Making waves in Breedbase: Software eases use of handheld spectrometers

  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
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Economics alum Max Seibald ’09 opens doors for others through lacrosse

  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
  • Applied Economics
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North Campus kitchen to cultivate culinary, dietetic discovery
Welcome to the Discovery Kitchen, a state-of the-art teaching kitchen now under construction through a partnership between Cornell Dining and the Division of Nutritional Sciences (DNS)
  • Nutritional Sciences
  • Food Science
  • Food
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Earth Day forum: Barrett maps food systems past mid-century
“We’re looking expressly beyond the Sustainable Development Goal horizon of 2030,” said Barrett, the Stephen B. and Janice G. Ashley Professor of Applied Economics and Management in Cornell’s Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and...
  • Cornell Atkinson
  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
  • Global Development Section
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Global food systems expert joins Cornell to drive collaborations
Mario Herrero will be a professor of sustainable food systems and global change in the Department of Global Development, and he has been appointed to a five-year term as a Nancy and Peter Meinig Family Investigator in the Life Sciences. Herrero...
  • Cornell Atkinson
  • Global Development Section
  • Agriculture
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Citizen science data tracks battle of birds vs. bacteria
House finch eye disease causes red, swollen, watery or crusty eyes. Afflicted birds can recover, but may die because they cannot see well enough to find food or avoid predators. The latest analyses, based on the observations of Project...
  • Lab of Ornithology
  • Animals
  • Bacteria