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Bangladeshi farmers reap higher yields, profits from Bt eggplant

  • Global Development Section
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Department of Entomology
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Going remote: Food science students find new ways to support industry partners
With the help of Bruno Xavier, senior extension associate at the Cornell Food Venture Center, students in Food Science 4000 were able to translate virtual education challenges into an opportunity to think outside of the box. Thanks to student ingenuity, members of the food industry were able to find solutions for a variety of production challenges.
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Food Science
  • Food
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Saving the planet, one shade-grown cup at a time
Collaborative research shows that growing coffee under trees — a practice called shade-grown coffee — can support farmers, protect biodiversity and preserve the environment.
  • Lab of Ornithology
  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
  • Natural Resources and the Environment Section

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NSF-funded antimicrobial technology targets COVID-19

Its potential to prevent COVID-19 from contaminating private and public spaces has attracted the interest of the National Science Foundation, which on May 21 awarded the company $256,000 from its COVID-19 Rapid Response Research (RAPID) program...

  • Biological and Environmental Engineering
  • Health + Nutrition
  • Bacteria
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Adam Howell: Leading institutional change through Cornell’s Employee Assembly
Adam Howell, communications specialist for the Cornell Local Roads Program, has served as the chair of Cornell University’s Employee Assembly (EA) since 2017. Here, Howell reflects on his experience in the EA, both as a leader and as a CALS...
  • Biological and Environmental Engineering
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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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Wheat initiative celebrates women leaders in fight to end hunger

  • Global Development Section
  • Global Development
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Algal genome provides insights into first land plants
The report, “ The Penium margaritaceum Genome: Hallmarks of the Origins of Land Plants,” was published May 21 in the journal Cell. Penium margaritaceum belongs to a group of freshwater algae called charophytes, and specifically to a subgroup...
  • Cornell Atkinson
  • Boyce Thompson Institute
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
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Students, faculty make art in the time of coronavirus
Many students adapted and even stepped up their game, finding creative ways to continue working Art student Patrick Brennan, M.F.A. ’20, offered a thoughtful perspective on being an artist restricted by social distancing. He posted a video...
  • Landscape Architecture
  • Health + Nutrition
  • Communication
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Alum’s ‘crazy idea’ helped launch craft beer revolution
The English and education degrees Steve Hindy ’71, MAT ’73, earned at Cornell ended up serving him well, if not quite how he’d planned. “I think I failed as an English teacher,” Hindy said, “but it turned out I was a pretty good beer teacher.”...
  • Food Science
  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
  • Food
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Merrill Scholars near and far honor their teachers, mentors
As a first-generation college student whose family – refugees from Indonesia – arrived in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, when he was only a year old, Malikul Muhamad ’20 credits his teachers and professors with helping him chart a successful course...
  • Global Development
  • Plants
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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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Cornell farm tractor gets clean, green biodiesel makeover
Instead of emitting the notoriously noxious black diesel smoke, the tractor now emits a much lighter colored exhaust with a smell more reminiscent of French fries than farm implements. That’s thanks to its soy-based biodiesel fuel, as the...
  • Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station
  • Agriculture
  • Environment
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Field Note

Abbie Cox '21: Exploring the international dairy industry
Growth is only possible by leaving your comfort zone. I am currently looking out at calf hutches, free-stall barns and feed bunks. Not an unusual sight for a student pursuing a degree with a focus in dairy science — except we are in Tianjin...
  • Animal Science
  • Agriculture
  • Food
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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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Global Big Day bird-watching event sets world record
Birdwatchers participating in Global Big Day, organized by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, set a world record on May 9 by documenting 2.1 million bird observations. An all-time high of more than 50,000 participants recorded 6,479 species and...
  • Lab of Ornithology
  • Animals
  • Nature

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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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COVID-19 impact: Mary Jo Dudley on vulnerable farmworkers

Mary Jo Dudley, MRP ’96, an expert in farmworker issues, talks about how the pandemic has underlined the importance of farmworkers, who are crucial to maintaining the country’s food supply. Farmworkers are essential workers, and are particularly...

  • Global Development Section
  • Agriculture
  • Food
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CALS co-sponsors forum detailing economic realities on NYS farms
Cornell CALS co-sponsored with the New York Farm Bureau a 'Legislative Forum on Economic Realities of COVID-19 on NYS Farms' on May 18. ▶ Watch the forum Moderated by Julie Suarez, associate dean of Land-Grant Affairs and Jeff Williams, director...
  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
  • Agriculture
  • Food
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Online showcase celebrates students’ community engagement
The university’s Office of Engagement Initiatives (OEI) celebrated the students’ work from this academic year at the Community Engagement Showcase 2020. Rather than the annual in-person celebration with posters and face-to-face interaction, this...
  • Animal Science
  • Animals
  • Environment