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Biochemistry, molecular and cell biology Ph.D. candidate wins Three Minute Thesis competition

“My thesis explores the blueprint behind building a small intestine. I call it ‘to be or “knot” to be’,” began Bhargav Sanketi, a doctoral candidate in biochemistry, molecular and cell biology, at the sixth Cornell University Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition.

  • Food Science
  • Entomology
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Residence hall names honor McClintock, Hu, Cayuga Nation
For the Indigenous Cayuga Nation, who call themselves Gayogo̱hó ꞉nǫʼ (pronounced Guy-yo-KO-no), Cornell will use the word Ganędagǫ: (pronounced Gah-NEH-dah-go) – literally meaning “it’s in the hill” in the Gayogo̱ hó ꞉nǫ' language. This is the...
  • American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
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Spider study explores how body type affects running
Cornell researchers discovered that male huntsman spiders, who travel long distances to find mates, have small bodies relative to their long legs, while the females, who secure and defend their nests and don’t stray far from it, have bigger abdomens compared to their leg lengths.
  • Biology
  • Evolution
  • Entomology
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′Yemisi Awosan: Celebrating culture one recipe at a time
What inspired you to launch Egunsi? As a young adult, I spent hours in the kitchen helping my mother prepare meals for our family, but I had never really done any cooking on my own. It wasn’t until I went away to college at the University of...
  • Center of Excellence in Food and Agriculture
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Food Science
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Virtual wine event addresses COVID-19, climate change
Hosted by Cornell’s Extension Enology Lab and Finger Lakes Grape Program in partnership with the New York Wine and Grape Foundation (NYWGF), this year’s event drew 471 attendees from across 12 states and Canada. One of the conference’s most...
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Cornell Craft Beverage Institute
  • Beverages
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‘Racism in America’ webinar to focus on health
In the next webinar of the College of Arts and Sciences’ (A&S) yearlong series, “ Racism in America,” panelists will focus on the impact of racism on access to health care and health outcomes. The March 29, 7 p.m. event, held in partnership with...
  • Department of Communication
  • Health + Nutrition
  • Communication
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Shade-grown coffee could save birds, if people drank it
“One of the most significant constraints to purchasing bird-friendly coffee among those surveyed was a lack of awareness,” said Alicia Williams, former research assistant at the Cornell Lab and Virginia Tech and lead author of “Tapping...
  • Animals
  • Environment
  • Food
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Nearly 1,000 gather for conversation on safer fieldwork
Witnessing incidents of violence against people of color in the media, two doctoral candidates in the field of ecology and evolutionary biology decided to create a set of best practices on how researchers can stay safe while conducting fieldwork...
  • Lab of Ornithology
  • Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Environment
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Mary Nichols ’66 brings a fresh air to Cornell Atkinson
In the summer of 1964, Mary D. Nichols ’66 joined 30 other Cornell student volunteers to explain civics and to register Black citizens as voters in a deep-South Tennessee county. She traces her passion for justice and the environment to that moment.
  • Cornell Atkinson
  • Natural Resources and the Environment Section
  • Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
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Going underground: Grant roots out rapid apple decline culprit
This effort is thanks to a recent $299,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture. The three-year project, “Root Traits and Rapid Decline of Apple Trees in High-Density Orchards,” is one of the...
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section
Bosco with eastern American black walnut (Juglans nigra)

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Bosco receives Botany in Action Fellowship

  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture Section
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Leading Through Extension: Engaging Youth In Trying Times
In this episode of “ Extension Out Loud,” a podcast by Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE),  Andy Turner, director of  New York State 4-H Youth Development, shares how the program’s holistic, positive youth development approach is designed to...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
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LeadNY opens applications for leaders in food, agricultural sectors
LeadNY, a pioneering training program for mid-career professionals, provides intensive one- or two-year programs to improve leadership skills, self-awareness, issues analysis, critical thinking and civic engagement. Based at Cornell University’s...
  • Global Development Section
  • Agriculture
  • Global Development
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Gene discovery may help peaches tolerate climate stress
The study, co-led by Boyce Thompson Institute faculty member Zhangjun Fei, examined the genomes of peach’s wild relatives and landraces – varieties that have adapted over a long time to specific local conditions – from seven regions in China...
  • Boyce Thompson Institute
  • Agriculture
  • Food
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Food supply chain app wins digital ag hackathon
The event, held virtually March 5-7, brought together 176 students from 32 teams representing five of the world’s top agriculture schools for a 36-hour hackathon. A mix of undergraduate and graduate students in fields ranging from agriculture...
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Cornell Institute for Digital Agriculture
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
No-till tarping practices are compared side-by-side to no-till and conventional tillage in permanent beds on the Cornell Thompson Research Farm in Freeville, NY.

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Join Farmer to Farmer “Tarp Talk” Webinars in March
Tarps are clearly a multifunctional tool for small farmers and are being sized, sourced, and applied to fit the farm.
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Agriculture
  • Organic

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Three life scientists awarded 2021 Schwartz funds

Three faculty members – investigating topics ranging from microbes secreted by beetles that preserve carcasses, to improving type-2 diabetes treatments in adolescent girls in low-income homes, to developing new biodegradable metallic surgical implants – are winners of 2021 Schwartz Research Funds for Women and other Underrepresented Faculty in the Life Sciences.

  • Microbiology
  • Microbiology
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Atkinsons’ $30M gift to name multidisciplinary building
A $30 million commitment from David R. Atkinson ’60 and Patricia Atkinson will name a new multidisciplinary building on campus, intended to foster innovative and collaborative research in priority areas of sustainability, public health, cancer biology, immunology and computational biology.
  • Cornell Atkinson
  • Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Biology
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SIPS faculty team up for sweet potato improvement
Gaurav Moghe , assistant professor of plant biology, is an expert in plant biochemistry (phytochemistry) — researching the evolution and applications of plant metabolism. Horticulture Professor Steve Reiners is an authority on vegetable...
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture Section
  • Plant Biology Section
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NextGen Cassava researcher awarded Cornell's Africa Fund Fellowship

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