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  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Biology Section
  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section

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Awards Graduate student Ria Gualano received a Mellon/American Council of Learned Societies Dissertation Innovation Fellowship. The program supports 45 doctoral students in the humanities and social sciences pursuing innovative approaches to...

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Grape pomace, a waste stream from the wine and table grape industry, may improve the gut health of poultry and other animals.

  • Food Science
  • Viticulture and Enology
  • Animals
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  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture Section
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A new computational method developed by researchers at Cornell sheds light on how going dormant – sometimes for multiple generations – has affected the evolution of the tuberculosis bacterium and other organisms that can temporarily drop out of...

  • Computational Biology
  • Health + Nutrition
  • Disease
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The Cornell Center for Social Sciences has awarded spring Seed Grants and the inaugural Grant Preparation Funds to support impactful social science research. Faculty can now apply for up to $115,000 in funding, with the next deadline approaching...

  • Department of Communication
  • Communication
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by Caroline Stamm '24 Rising global demand for milk places greater pressure on dairy farmers and the land, water and feed they depend on. Feed production and cow digestion significantly contribute to greenhouse gas emissions, but optimizing cow...
  • Animal Science
  • Agriculture
  • Biology
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Cornell researchers found that by prioritizing the perspectives of white Americans instead of those from underrepresented groups, studies of pandemic disparities likely missed important insights from those most affected by COVID-19.

  • Department of Communication
  • Communication
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  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Biology Section
  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
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North American bird populations are declining most severely in areas where they should be thriving, according to new Cornell research.

  • Lab of Ornithology
  • Animals
  • Environment
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Research and development of new agricultural technology takes time. Prototypes of devices such as biosensors for tracking livestock health and soil moisture sensors for crop fields require multiple iterations of testing, validation and redesign...
  • PRO-DAIRY
  • Animal Science
  • Agriculture
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  • Arnot Teaching and Research Forest
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
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“Rebranding as Cornell IPM highlights our connection to Cornell University and reinforces our commitment to its Land-Grant mission,” said Alejandro Calixto, director of Cornell IPM. “As we honor our 40-year legacy and plan for the future, we...
  • Cornell Integrated Pest Management

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Lori Leonard, professor of global development, will transition from her role as chair of the Department of Global Development to the role of senior associate dean effective July 1, as announced April 24 by Benjamin Z. Houlton, the Ronald P...

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This fact sheet authored by PRO-DAIRY business management specialist Mary Kate MacKenzie was shared in the April 2025 PRO-DAIRY e-Leader newsletter, distributed to an email list of nearly 7,000 dairy producers, agriservice, and legislators. In...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • PRO-DAIRY
  • Animal Science
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Nine doctoral candidates were inducted into the Cornell Chapter of the Bouchet Graduate Honor Society, which recognizes scholarly achievement and promotes diversity in doctoral education.

  • Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section
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In collaboration with farmers, researchers found that emission intensities from New York state dairy farms were lower per gallon of milk than national estimates and among the lowest reported across continents.

  • PRO-DAIRY
  • Animal Science
  • Agriculture
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Researchers found that at low levels of mercury, selenium additions did seem to help mayfly larva from accumulating mercury. But at high mercury levels – the condition in which environmental remediation is most needed – selenium actually made...

  • Biological and Environmental Engineering
  • Water
  • Ecosystems
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A new publicly available tool uses data from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s eBird program to track and estimate the diversity of wild bees across the eastern and central U.S. - with implications for conservation and agriculture.

  • Cornell Atkinson
  • Lab of Ornithology
  • Entomology
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Provost Kavita Bala and professors Anurag Agrawal and Dr. M. Virginia Pascual have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the academy announced on April 23.

  • Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Biodiversity
  • Environment