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The Next Generation Cassava Breeding Project (NextGen Cassava) is blending advanced breeding technologies with equally sophisticated approaches to gathering market intelligence to serve a single purpose: meeting the everyday needs of millions of...

Today, cassava is cultivated on millions of smallholder farms across sub-Saharan Africa and consumed daily in a wide range of African dishes. This versatile food crop can be harvested and boiled fresh or dried and processed into flour or cassava...

At the start of the NextGen Cassava initiative, scientists were eager to unlock the genetic potential of cassava. But they were equally committed to exploring the preferences of people growing cassava. They wanted assurances that their advanced...

A familiar face around Frank B. Morrison Hall, students are likely to know Debbie Cherney in one of the many courses she teaches in Cornell CALS Department of Animal Science. Cherney introduced the Animal Welfare course to the department and is...

This is the fifth in a series of stories detailing actions CALS students, faculty and staff have taken over the past several years to make our community a more diverse, equitable and inclusive place for everyone. In fall 2021, CALS announced its first-ever faculty cohort initiative focused on hiring a group of scientists whose work explicitly addresses systemic challenges facing marginalized communities through transdisciplinary collaboration. The first search was received with great enthusiasm and 381 people applied for the six positions.

Article by: ASBMB Today Staff Scott Emr, a professor at Cornell University, got a lifetime achievement award in May during the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology’s meeting on ESCRT biology in Madison, Wisconsin. Endosomal...

Meet Lawrence Jin, associate professor of finance, Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management.

Meet Wendong Zhang, assistant professor of applied economics and policy, Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management.

Meet Eirene Markenscoff-Papadimitriou, assistant professor, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics.

Meet Yiqi Luo, Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor, School of Integrative Plant Science.

Meet Chuan Liao, assistant professor, Department of Global Development.

Meet Swanne Gordon, assistant professor, Department of of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology.

Meet Hale Ann Tufan, associate professor, School of Integrative Plant Science.

Meet Andrés López-Sepulcre, assistant professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology.

Meet Monica Cornejo, assistant professor, Department of Communication.

Juan Carlos Ramos is the new on-farm research coordinator for the Nutrient Management Spear Program (NMSP), housed in Cornell CALS Department of Animal Science. Ramos' extension focus will explore farmer-driven research covering nutrient...

Solar energy developers and farmers need land to operate, and a Cornell research project aims to demonstrate how co-locating solar arrays on farmland can be an environmentally friendly way to benefit both the renewable energy and agriculture industries.

As a young researcher working with plant breeders to develop improved wheat varieties for smallholder farmers, Hale Ann Tufan confronted a profound dilemma. It wasn’t an issue of gnarly plant genetics or unruly research fields — commonplace...