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Dream Work—Unpaid Labor in the Gig Economy
Stories abound of so-called social media influencers who earn thousands of dollars for a single post. The New York Times reported in July 2019 that the YouTube star du jour, Emma Chamberlain, made as much as $2 million a year from her videos...
  • Department of Communication
  • Behavior
  • Communication

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Rebekah Jones ’20: Looking for answers in criminal justice

Rebekah Jones ’20 grew up in Queens, New York, observing the everyday lives of New Yorkers. This sparked her enthusiasm for social science research. After completing a social science research-oriented program in high school, Jones applied to...

  • Development Sociology
  • Global Development
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Sumanta Basu: Analyzing data, finding hidden structure
“Statistics is unique; it’s like a language of science,” says Sumanta Basu, Statistics and Data Science/Computational Biology. “It gives researchers a rigorous framework to clearly present the logic behind their algorithms and analyses, as well...
  • Computational Biology
  • Statistics and Data Science
  • Molecular Biology and Genetics
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New species of downy mildew named in honor of SIPS researcher
There are species named after scientists like Charles Darwin ( Geochelone nigra darwini) and figures in popular culture ( Notiospathius johnlennoni). Dick Korf, who worked as a fungal taxonomist in Cornell's Plant Pathology Department from 1951...
  • Long Island Research & Extension Center
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section
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Senior seeks to honor mentor’s memory with cancer research
In a seminar room in the Physical Sciences Building last fall, Brian Lee ’20 delivered a short lecture on cancer research at CURBx – the Cornell Undergraduate Research Board’s TED-style talks. He packed a thesis-full of detail into a few minutes...
  • Microbiology
  • Molecular Biology and Genetics
  • Biology
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Celebrating the CALS Class of 2020
As this semester draws to a close, we would like to take moment to recognize the CALS graduating class of 2020 and echo the sentiments President Pollock shared in her recent address to the Cornell community. During their time at Cornell, members...
  • Animal Science
  • Global Development Section
  • School of Integrative Plant Science

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Elizabeth Brock, M.S.’06, D.V.M. ’15, brings love of dairy cows to National Board for Bovine Practitioners

“I think where most girls have their horse phase at 10 or 11, I was obsessed with cows instead,” she says. When she took a course at the University of New Hampshire that gives students experience managing a registered herd of Holsteins, her mind...

  • Cornell Dairy Center of Excellence
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Soil and Crop Sciences Section

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An inside look at the Long Island Horticultural Research and Extension Center’s plant breeding programs

Horticulture Professor Mark Bridgen serves as the director of the Long Island Horticultural Research and Extension Center in Riverhead, NY. There, the 68-acre facility is dedicated to providing research and extension services that support Long...

  • Long Island Research & Extension Center
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture Section

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Meet our faculty: Abigail Snyder

Research focus: I study how the physical and spatial attributes of food processing environments influence the formation of microbial communities on those environmental surfaces and make it easier or more difficult to manage that environmental...

  • Food Science
  • Food
  • Bacteria

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Meet our faculty: Kaitlin (Katie) Gold

Research focus: proximal and remote plant disease sensing and applied grape pathology Research summary: I study how proximal and remote sensing can be used to make earlier, faster, and more accurate grape disease detection and management...

  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section
  • Plants
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Prabhu Pingali: Transforming food systems in India

  • Global Development Section
  • Nutritional Sciences
  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
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AgriTech Center of Excellence helps food, ag startups thrive
Since September 2018, the Center of Excellence for Food and Agriculture has supported more than 75 small, New York state-based companies. In this feature story, read about how the center has helped three of those businesses thrive.
  • Center of Excellence in Food and Agriculture
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Cornell Craft Beverage Institute
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Genetic ingenuity: What does it take to put produce on your plate?
Our plant breeders are known for their innovative work in creating new varieties of fruits and vegetables. Developing these varieties is a complex yet creative process, and getting the varieties onto supermarket shelves also requires a tremendous amount of effort. Susan Brown, professor of horticulture, and Phillip Griffiths, associate professor of horticulture, explain how they bring the varieties they develop from seed to supermarket.
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture Section
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Q&A with reproductive biologist Yi Athena Ren
How did you become interested in reproductive biology? It all started when I attended a lecture by a well-respected reproductive biology professor at my undergraduate university in China. I was dabbling in research at that time, and his lecture...
  • Animal Science
  • Animals
  • Biology
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Martha Furie '74 & Chenab Khakh '20 talk biology, CALS and women in STEM
Research at Cornell MARTHA: When I was here for undergrad, we science majors were busy! Can you believe that I had a three-hour chemistry lab at 8 a.m. on Saturdays? My career trajectory was shaped by my work in Dr. Adrian Srb’s lab, studying...
  • Microbiology
  • Molecular Biology and Genetics
  • Plant Biology Section
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A decade of impact: Kathryn J. Boor, the Ronald P. Lynch Dean
As a teenager, she honed her leadership skills as an active member of 4-H, part of Cornell Cooperative Extension. She first visited Cornell as a New York State 4-H Congress delegate, and her lifelong dedication to the College of Agriculture and...
  • CALS Global Fellows Program
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Cornell Institute for Digital Agriculture

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Anna Botsford Comstock: Scientific illustrator, naturalist and leader

Carol Anelli, professor and associate chair of the Department of Entomology at Ohio State University, came to Cornell in October 2018 to talk about the accomplishments of Anna Botsford Comstock. Comstock graduated from Cornell in 1875 and later...

  • Department of Entomology
  • Organisms
  • Environment
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Winter break trips celebrate 25 years of connecting students with international dairy industry
These international experiences have a powerful and lasting impact on students, shaping how they think about national and international food systems. Going into the first trip in 1996, 15 of the 42 students had never left New York state, and...
  • Dairy Fellows Program
  • Animal Science
  • Agriculture
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Extension shares community connections in Albany
In the Capitol lobby, which was lined with CCE banners and tables, lawmakers engaged with interactive displays highlighting CCE-led initiatives such as 4-H Camps, farm-to-school programs, robotics, food systems, and Relatives and Parents...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
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Shariah Harris '20, a trailblazing polo star, has been breaking barriers since age 8
Known for having a skill set rarely seen in women’s polo, Harris has caught the eye of polo’s elite – not just as one of the best women’s intercollegiate players, but as one of the best in the United States. In 2016, as a senior in high school...
  • Animal Science