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Meet our faculty: Daniela Scur
Academic focus: Organizational economics, development economics, entrepreneurship Previous positions: Postdoctoral Research Associate, IDE@MIT, MIT Sloan, 2018-2019. Academic background: Ph.D. in Economics, Department of Economics, University of...
  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
  • Applied Economics
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Meet our faculty: Yi Athena Ren
Academic focus: Reproductive Biology and Integrative Endocrinology Previous positions: Postdoc and Instructor, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, 2012-2018. Academic background: Ph.D., Department of Animal...
  • Animal Science
  • Animals
  • Physiology
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Meet our faculty: Xiangtao Xu
Academic focus: Ecological modeling, vegetation-environment Interactions, plant functional ecology, plant hydraulics, ecological remote sensing, global change biology Previous positions: Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Department of Organismic...
  • Cornell Atkinson
  • Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Biology
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Project partners researchers, librarians & AI to fight hunger
But research sometimes points in different directions. So it can be hard for policymakers to decide where to dedicate limited funds, and how best to help farmers adopt the right crops. Ceres2030, a global effort led by International Programs in...
  • International Programs
  • Global Development Section
  • Agriculture
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Eastern Broccoli Project on track to meet $100M goal
“I think we’re going to hit it,” said Thomas Björkman, Cornell professor of horticulture and the project’s principal investigator. Between 2012 and 2017, the number of New York state broccoli farms increased from 290 to 535, and the number of...
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
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Can rice be grown in New York's climate?
“I said, ‘That’s the one I’m looking for, the wetland is good for the rice,’” Badjie said, flashing an easy smile. “Dawn said, ‘No, you can’t grow rice here. Are you crazy?’” Few farmers attempt to grow a warmth-loving crop like rice in the...
  • International Programs
  • Agriculture
  • Plants
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Restoring Long Island's shellfish population
“Clamming and fishing, they’re in your blood,” says Warner, as Hampton Bays, a coastal village in Southampton, New York, fades into the distance. “It’s a lifestyle, not a job.” That lifestyle – and Long Island’s coastal ecosystem, economy and...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • Animals
  • Organisms
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Why has North America lost 3 billion birds?
According to research published Sept. 19 by the journal Science, the total breeding bird population in the continental U.S. and Canada has dropped by 29 percent since that year. “We were astounded by this result … the loss of billions of birds,”...
  • Lab of Ornithology
  • Animals
  • Environment
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How can we protect New York state’s berry industry?
Cornell University’s berry team provides expertise in horticulture, entomology, plant pathology, agricultural economics, plant breeding and management practices for New York state’s $20 million berry industry.
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
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Street smarts: Cornell paves the way for safer roads in NYS
A half-mile snippet of Albro Road, a sleepy byway in Sherburne, New York, 36 miles south of Utica, had severe cracks in its pavement. They made for a teeth-chattering ride. “I don’t think you’d want to have an open coffee cup in your hand on...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • Biological and Environmental Engineering
  • Applied Economics
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Wheat expert calls for global unity to avert future hunger crises
A global alliance of countries and research institutions, including Cornell, committed to sharing plant genetic material, has secured food access for billions of people, but a patchwork of legal restrictions threatens humanity’s ability to feed...
  • International Programs
  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
  • Global Development
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A sea of troubles: Marine ecosystems send an SOS
Marine ecologist Drew Harvell was a University of Washington doctoral student in zoology in 1982 when she went on a research trip off Panama’s western coast with one of the world’s foremost experts in the biology of coral reefs. Then twenty-six...
  • Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Animals
  • Biology
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Meet our Faculty: Andrew McDonald
New faculty member Andrew McDonald is an associate professor in the School of Integrative Plant Science, Soil and Crop Sciences Section with a focus on cropping systems ecology and sustainable agricultural development.
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Meet our Faculty: Corrie Moreau
Corrie Moreau is a professor in the Department of Entomology, the Martha N. and John C. Moser Professor of Arthropod Biosystematics and Biodiversity and curator of the Cornell University Insect Collection (CUIC) in the Department of Entomology.
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Meet our Faculty: Katherine Sender
Professor Sender focuses her research and teaching on gender, sexuality, and gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer media.
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New roots are foundation for big changes
Apple-growing operations over the past half-century have undergone a stark transformation. But the story of the modern apple orchard begins in many ways below ground.
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Agriculture
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The great disruption: What happens when Earth's population hits 10 billion?
Rapid and radical changes are happening across agriculture as digital technology expands a farmer’s capacity to produce high-quality, nutritious food.
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Cornell Institute for Digital Agriculture
  • Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station
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A new order: Controlling the boundaries of social media
Social boundaries are collapsing online, complicating how people engage with news, politics and each other.
  • Department of Communication
  • Communication
  • Media
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How can we deliver clean, safe water to NYC?
Millions of times each day, New Yorkers turn on the faucet, relying on water supplied from about 125 miles away in the Catskill Mountains. Cornell CALS expertise keeps the award-winning water pristine.
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • Animal Science
  • Agriculture
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Meet Our Faculty: Buz Barstow
Buz Barstow, assistant professor, Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering Academic focus: I’m an applied physicist working on synthetic biology and sustainable energy. Previous positions: Burroughs-Wellcome Fund CASI fellow...