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Moreau to succeed Angert on CALS leadership team

Corrie Moreau, professor of entomology and of ecology and evolutionary biology, will transition from her role as senior associate dean for the Office of Access and Community Empowerment to the role of senior associate dean currently held by...

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Andrea Strongwater ’70 named CALS’ first artist-in-residence

The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences welcomes its first artist-in-residence, Andrea Strongwater ’70, this winter. She will showcase her series, “The Lost Synagogues of Europe,” March 6 in Mann Library.

  • Animals
  • Entomology
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CALS ACE continues Inclusive Leadership Series this fall
The next event, “Working in Diverse Teams,” will focus on developing interpersonal skills to work productively and collegially with individuals with different identities and life experiences. It will be held Oct.18 from 1:30-3 p.m. in the CALS...
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Events celebrate Nabokov as butterfly scientist

On March 14 and 15, a series of free public events at Mann Library will celebrate Russian novelist and former Cornell professor Vladimir Nabokov's lesser-known but impactful contributions to the science of collecting, classifying and...

  • Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Department of Entomology
  • Entomology
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Gender-inclusive workshop series seeks to empower, educate
A new workshop series seeks to uncover and dismantle the sometimes-hidden biases that women and gender-expansive people experience in attaining and being successful in leadership positions. The Gender Inclusive Leadership Series, sponsored by...
  • Mann Library
  • Entomology
  • Communication
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Student Spotlight: Sylvana Ross
What is your area of research and why is it important? I am interested in understanding how organisms’ interactions within cities influence their ecology and evolution. I am aiming to study the genetic variation between urban and natural ant...
  • Department of Entomology
  • Evolution
  • Climate Change
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Corrie Moreau to lead diversity and inclusion efforts at CALS
Benjamin Z. Houlton, the Ronald P. Lynch Dean, has announced the appointment of Corrie S. Moreau as the inaugural senior associate dean of diversity and inclusion for CALS. Her three-year appointment is effective Jan. 2, 2023, and will run through Dec. 31, 2025.
  • Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Department of Entomology
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Analysis of huntsman spiders reveals patterns of social behavior
A new study of huntsman spiders links evolutionary lineages with life history traits, providing patterns for predicting social behaviors in other less-studied species.
  • Department of Entomology
  • Entomology
  • Behavior
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Bugged out! Exhibit displays insect diversity and importance
An exhibit at the Paleontological Research Institution’s Museum of the Earth in Ithaca – created in collaboration with Cornell entomologists – offers a fascinating education in the diversity of insects and their importance to life on Earth.
  • Department of Entomology
  • Entomology
  • Organisms
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Field Note

A brilli-ANT new species
A new ant species recently discovered in New Mexico has been named Strumigenys moreauviae, after CALS faculty member Corrie Moreau, the Martha N. and John C. Moser Professor Arthropod Biosystematics and Biodiversity.
  • Department of Entomology
  • Entomology
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CALS assesses curriculum to improve diversity, equity, inclusivity in teaching
This is the second in a series of stories detailing actions CALS students, faculty and staff have taken over the past year to make our community a more diverse, equitable and inclusive place for everyone. Here, we highlight college efforts to design a more inclusive curriculum and detail some of the courses CALS faculty have developed or adapted to address issues of racial, social, gender, economic and environmental justice.
  • Department of Entomology
  • Global Development Section
  • Natural Resources and the Environment Section
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Twenty receive awards recognizing inclusive excellence
Students, faculty and staff were recognized for their commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion and excellence within the graduate community at the 2021 Graduate Diversity and Inclusion Awards and Recognition Celebration.
  • Department of Communication
  • Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Department of Entomology
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Gut microbes in plant-eating ants help build tougher armor
Gut bacteria in a species of herbivorous ant play a major role in processing nutrients that allow the ants to build tough exoskeletons, an international team of researchers has found.
  • Department of Entomology
  • Entomology
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Stories stay, lessons leave: New class examines systemic bias in STEM
“If I'm treating someone, I want the treatment to be made for them. Some people are allergic to things. Some people don't process things the same way. But no matter what, the people come first,” Bucknor said. “I was searching for that connection...
  • Chemical Ecology Group
  • Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Department of Entomology
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Multimedia

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Corrie Moreau: Sharing 7 million insects with the digital world
As director and head curator of the Cornell University Insect Collection, Corrie Moreau has numerous tasks on her to-do list, including one that could last her entire career: digitizing the collection’s 7 million specimens. Digitization is a...
  • Department of Entomology
  • Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Biology

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Meet our new faculty - spring 2019

  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Soil and Crop Sciences Section
  • Department of Entomology