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Sustainability meeting focuses on social justice, environment
The New York Coalition for Sustainability in Higher Education formally organized the conference with hosts Cornell and Ithaca College. It featured three days of problem-solving workshops, such as finding ways to engage students with the United...
  • Cornell Atkinson
  • Global Development Section
  • Natural Resources and the Environment Section
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Grant to fund study of acoustics in turfgrass pest control
Now, thanks to a two-year, $199,922 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute for Food and Agriculture, a team of Cornell scientists will use acoustic technology to develop efficient and affordable ways to manage soil...
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Natural Resources and the Environment Section
  • Plants
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Study of fungi may improve baby food, agriculture, food safety
Researchers from Cornell, Oregon State University and the North-West University–Potchefstroom in South Africa will team up on the four-year Dimensions of Biodiversity grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The funding program requires...
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section
  • Health + Nutrition
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Tomato could get genetic reboot from wild ancestor
Although today’s tomatoes are larger and easier to farm than their wild ancestor, they also are less resistant to disease and environmental stresses like drought and salty soil. Researchers from Boyce Thompson Institute have created a high...
  • Boyce Thompson Institute
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section

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A.D. White Professor-at-Large nominations due Dec. 11

Cornell faculty members have until Friday, Dec. 11, to submit nominations for the A.D. White Professors-at-Large Program, in the areas of humanities, life sciences and physical sciences. The program particularly encourages the nomination of...

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Scientists map soils’ potential to combat climate change
With that in mind, two Cornell soil scientists have helped develop a powerful new tool that will help researchers and policymakers map the global potential for carbon sequestration. Soils Revealed is an open-access, interactive platform that...
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Soil and Crop Sciences Section
  • Soil

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Mildred Warner honored by planning schools association

Mildred Warner, M.S. ’85, Ph.D. ’97, a professor of city and regional planning in the College of Architecture, Art and Planning (AAP), has received the Margarita McCoy Faculty Award for the advancement of women in planning in higher education...

  • Cornell Atkinson
  • Global Development Section
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Community conservation reserves protect fish diversity in tropical rivers
Now, a collaboration between researchers from Cornell and the University of Wisconsin-Madison has found that small, community-based reserves in Thailand’s Salween River Basin are serving as critical refuges for fish diversity in a region whose...
  • Cornell Atkinson
  • Natural Resources and the Environment Section
  • Natural Resources
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Sontag Foundation grants $1.2M for brain cancer research
The awardees are Marcos Simoes-Costa, assistant professor of molecular biology and genetics in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, and Dr. Dan A. Landau, associate professor of medicine and a member of the Sandra and Edward Meyer...
  • Molecular Biology and Genetics
  • Development
  • Genetics
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Poultry biotech startup wins $1M Grow-NY top prize
Soos and six other finalists were awarded a total of $3 million in prizes following the Grow-NY Food and Ag Summit, Nov. 17-18. Administered by Cornell and funded by Empire State Development, Grow-NY capitalized on the virtual format to expand...
  • Center of Excellence in Food and Agriculture
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Organic
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Study: Air pollution laws aimed at human health also help birds
Improved air quality under a federal program to reduce ozone pollution may have averted the loss of 1.5 billion birds during the past 40 years, the study found. That’s nearly 20% of bird life in the United States today. The study, conducted by...
  • Lab of Ornithology
  • Natural Resources and the Environment Section
  • Environment
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Learning Curve: Communication course offers some normalcy in COVID semester
In normal times, an audience of that size would be a sparse turnout for a venue that can accommodate more than 1,300. But due to the need for social distancing to prevent the spread of COVID-19, there are just 100 available spots scattered...
  • Department of Communication
  • Communication
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Worm-like, soil-swimming robots to measure crop underworld
Now, a Cornell project funded by two separate three-year grants will develop worm-like, soil-swimming robots to sense and record soil properties, water, the soil microbiome and how roots grow. A $2 million National Science Foundation (NSF) grant...
  • Cornell Institute for Digital Agriculture
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture Section
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Five faculty members elected AAAS fellows
The association elected 489 new fellows in 2020, honoring their efforts to advance research and its applications in scientifically or socially distinguished ways. New fellows will be presented with an official certificate and a gold and blue...
  • Lab of Ornithology
  • Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
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Sweet Science: Conceived by CALS grad students, Grabanzos are a healthier alternative
Born in a food science class in CALS, the novel product does involve those hearty legumes, also known as garbanzo beans—but by the time the tasty snack gets to your mouth, they’re all but unrecognizable. Sold online and in a growing number of...
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Food Science
  • Food
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Researchers identify genetics behind deadly oat blight
The study, “ Victorin, the Host-Selective Cyclic Peptide Toxin from the Oat Pathogen Cochliobolus victoriae, is Ribosomally Encoded,” was published Sept. 15 in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Victoria blight is...
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section
  • Disease

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Schwartz research award applications due Dec. 11

Established in 2016, the competitive award supports faculty in Ithaca, Geneva and at Cornell Tech who are leading innovative research and pilot experiments expected to generate preliminary data that could lead to securing a larger grant. Due to...

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Cornell tool connects farmers to Walmart climate goals
To address this need, researchers in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) have developed an online greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions accounting tool, FAST-GHG, to help quantify these emissions in crop production. Walmart Inc. is...
  • Cornell Atkinson
  • Global Development Section
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
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Doctoral student contributes to global ocean-predator study
The multiyear study showed how – as persistent global warming heats the oceans – rising temperatures can reconfigure entire communities of marine predators and impact creatures lower on the food chain. The study was led by the Marine Global...
  • Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Plants
  • Water
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Meet our faculty: Angeline Pendergrass
Academic focus: Extreme precipitation, Earth’s hydrologic cycle and climate change Research summary: I study precipitation and the flow of water and energy through the climate system with which it is associated. My interests include extreme...
  • Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
  • Water
  • Climate Change