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Jian Hua checking on Arabidopsis plants

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Jian Hua: Discovering how the environment affects plant growth and health
Jian Hua is a professor in the Plant Biology Section of the School of Integrative Plant Science . Her discoveries of how temperature and other environmental factors affect plant growth and immune response provide fundamental guidance for...
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Biology Section
A ruby-throated hummingbird spreads its wings.

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Juliet Carroll: Using hummingbirds to protect New York’s berries
Research at Cornell in fruit IPM has created solutions that, in some cases, have erased the need for pesticide applications. I work with CALS faculty and CCE educators to deliver IPM solutions to the fruit industry. I truly stand on the...
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
Cheryl Bilinski

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Meet Cheryl Bilinski: Serving Up a Healthier Local Food System
Can you share a quote or saying that reflects the work you do?  Novelist and farmer Wendell E. Berry said, “Eating is an agricultural act.” This quote means different things to different people, but to me, it aptly and succinctly reinforces the...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • Agriculture
  • Health + Nutrition
Leadership development group receives training outdoors

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The business case for investing in leadership training
LeadNY Executive Director Larry Van De Valk reflects on the value of leadership development and professional training as the 35 year old program recruits its 19th class. LeadNY is for committed leaders in the agriculture and food industries who...
  • Global Development Section
Gymnasium set up as vaccine site

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Extension Connections Help Bring COVID-19 Vaccinations to NYC Neighborhoods
Community partnerships work! In the spring of 2021, Cornell University Cooperative Extension – New York City (CUCE-NYC) has been connecting the Community Healthcare Network with the community engagement team at Weill Cornell Medicine's Clinical and Translational Sciences Center (CTSC) so that medical students could volunteer with community-based vaccination clinics.
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • Health + Nutrition
Weill Cornell Medical College

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Veer Vekaria ’19: Embracing life-long learning in the medical field
How did your Cornell CALS experience support your personal and professional goals? CALS is defined by the electricity and interplay between all the disciplines it houses. When I first started at Cornell, I felt like a cookie-cutter pre-med...
  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
  • Biology
  • Health + Nutrition
Julie Raway picking greens in a large garden

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Meet Julie Raway: Advancing school nutrition programs across New York state
Julie Raway is a registered dietitian with Broome Tioga BOCES Food Services, a farm to school chair of the New York School Nutrition Association, and a leader of the Cornell Cooperative Extension Farm to School Program Work Team.
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • Agriculture
  • Health + Nutrition
View from above of Earth showing city lights

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So you want to change the environment to stop climate change? This researcher has questions

  • Global Development Section
  • Global Development
  • Environment
Buckler leading tour at Museum of the Earth

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Carlyn Buckler: Understanding and communicating science
Carlyn Buckler is an associate professor of practice in the Horticulture Section of the School of Integrative Plant Science. She teaches three innovative classes, heads up the Master of Professional Studies Hemp Science Focus Area, and is active...
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture Section
  • Plants
6 women sit at press conference table

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How Sameena Nazir MPS ‘10 is amplifying women’s voices in Pakistan

  • Global Development Section
  • Agriculture
  • Global Development
Four girls trek across the desert in Morocco on camels

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Jessica Snyder ’20: Preparing for a career in international development

  • Global Development Section
  • Global Development
Graduate student works with middle school students.

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Brennan Hyden: Exploring willow’s potential as a sustainable bioenergy crop
Brennan Hyden is a Ph.D. candidate working in the lab of Larry Smart , professor of horticulture at Cornell AgriTech , where his work focuses on using willow as a sustainable bioenergy crop. For his excellence in bioenergy research, Hyden was...
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture Section
A drawing of an outline of New York state with a plant and shield on a blue background

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New year, new look: Excited to unveil LeadNY’s new branding!

Group stands together with Clinton Development Initiative banner

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A community approach to smallholder farm success in Africa

  • Global Development Section
  • Agriculture
  • Global Development
Wine bottle and two wine glasses at sunset.

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Juan Micieli-Martinez: Adapting to an ever-changing industry with the Cornell Craft Beverage Institute
What is your role in the wine industry? A lot of people know me as the former winemaker for Martha Clara Vineyards, which sold in 2018, but I’ve been keeping really busy ever since. My most exciting role right now is as a winemaker and co-owner...
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Cornell Craft Beverage Institute
  • Food Science
Village in a valley in Nepal with mountains in the background

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Promoting gender equity and social inclusion in Nepal

  • Global Development Section
  • Agriculture
  • Global Development
Louise Erskine looks off into the distance holding a camera

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Building Food and Community Solidarity Across North America: A Photo Series

  • Global Development Section
  • Agriculture
  • Global Development

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Celebrating the memory of sustainability student, artist and activist KAR Robison

“My primary connection with KAR was to help create a meaningful academic plan that would fulfill both major requirements as well as incorporate KAR’s many, many other interests. However, our conversations often diverged from academic planning...

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Remembering KAR Robison, student, activist and artist

I was very saddened by the news of KAR’s passing. They had enrolled in two courses with me in the spring of 2020: Underground Railroad Seminar (an Africana course) and the Rural Humanities Seminar (offered through the Rural Humanities Initiative...

A laptop on a wooden table with a notepad and pen and a cup of coffee

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The 2020 CALS Global Fellows Program: Working around the world from home
For the past five years, the CALS Global Fellows Program (GFP) has worked with international partners to create meaningful, professionally-focused internships and research opportunities for undergraduate students in any major in CALS and Dyson...
  • CALS Global Fellows Program
  • Department of Communication