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Researchers to explore perennial grains with $1.77M grant
One of our researchers is helping organic farmers in upstate New York start growing perennial grain crops, which can be planted once and will yield grain for multiple years — supporting commercial products such as breads, cereals, beer and whiskey.
  • Soil and Crop Sciences Section
  • Food Science
  • Food
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Tidball advises NY State Senate on veterans outdoor act
Tidball, senior research associate in the Department of Natural Resources, in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, served as a consultant to members of the New York State Senate on the Outdoor Rx Act, a bill that seeks to make it easier...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • Environment
  • Nature
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Youth development program supports next generation of dairy leaders
Alfredo Resendiz ’19, the first member of his family born in the United States and the first to go to college, developed a passion for agriculture through JDL. “These types of programs do have impact, especially within schools that have no...
  • Dairy Fellows Program
  • Animal Science
  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
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Finger Lakes Harvest Shifts Focus to Online Sales
As events and businesses began to shutter last month in response to increasing concerns over the spread of COVID-19, so did Finger Lakes Harvest’s primary sales outlets. “We showcase our products at approximately 50 specialty shows and farmers...
  • Center of Excellence in Food and Agriculture
  • Food
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New York’s rural schools prove resilient during COVID-19
New York state’s early response to the COVID-19 crisis contained a daunting directive to its public schools: Shut down now. On March 16, the state ordered schools to switch immediately from classroom instruction to remote teaching delivered...
  • Global Development Section
  • Global Development
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Psyllid peptides could fight citrus greening disease
Because there is no cure, HLB is a major threat to the $10 billion citrus industry in Florida, where it was first detected in 2005, and to the $7 billion industry in California, where it appeared last year. Researchers from the Boyce Thompson...
  • Boyce Thompson Institute
  • Department of Entomology
  • Plants
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A decade of impact: Kathryn J. Boor, the Ronald P. Lynch Dean
As a teenager, she honed her leadership skills as an active member of 4-H, part of Cornell Cooperative Extension. She first visited Cornell as a New York State 4-H Congress delegate, and her lifelong dedication to the College of Agriculture and...
  • CALS Global Fellows Program
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Cornell Institute for Digital Agriculture
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Future droughts may ‘eclipse’ those of the past
By using new tools to measure the levels of soil moisture in different climates, new Cornell research shows that even minor global warming could amplify drought hazards around the world.
  • Cornell Atkinson
  • Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
  • Plants
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Produce grower training offered through eCornell
Farms have many microbial risks, and in order to protect the fruits and vegetables grown and packaged on a farm, every grower needs to be able to identify and reduce those risks. Cornell’s new online Produce Safety Alliance Grower Training course complements an existing in-person course that, since 2016, has reached more than 56,000 individuals in all 50 U.S. states, territories and commonwealths and 32 other countries.
  • Food Science
  • Agriculture
  • Food
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Wallflowers could lead to new cancer, heart drugs
For decades, researchers have tried to understand how plants biosynthesize cardenolides, knowledge that could help them discover and develop safer versions of the drugs. Unfortunately, the cardenolides’ best-known plant sources – foxglove and...
  • Boyce Thompson Institute
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Biology Section
Francine Jasper

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Fostering social change through international agricultural education
Francine Jasper is an expert in the field of international education administration. She develops training programs with faculty and other professional resources for visiting scholars and has trained hundreds of professionals from nearly 90...
  • Global Development Section
  • Agriculture
  • Global Development
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Dogs trained to detect oak wilt, invasive species
A Cornell plant disease specialist is teaming up with land managers and conservationists to teach dogs how to sniff out invasive species — hoping to catch pathogens before it's too late.
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Disease
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Cornell helps forge a new field: finance sustainability
In a special climate change issue of the Review of Financial Studies, nine new research papers – including two from Cornell – have staked new territory for scholarly study: finance sustainability. “There are many finance questions that pertain...
  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
  • Applied Economics
  • Environment

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Tracker helps social scientists coordinate COVID-19 response

Nathan Matias, assistant professor of communication in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and founder of the Citizens and Technology (CAT) Lab, recognized that it would be helpful for colleagues to get on the same page: By sharing...

  • Department of Communication
  • Communication
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New genomic tools help improve staple crops around the world
To boost the availability of plant breeding tools, a global program centered at Cornell called the Genomic Open-source Breeding informatics initiative (GOBii) has been developing better breeding tools and expanding access to genomic databases...
  • Boyce Thompson Institute
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
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Shop Taste NY e-store brings local flavor online
The new website complements the in-person shops during a time when social distancing has become part of everyday life, allowing shoppers to participate in local food movement, but will also open online markets and offer greater exposure for New...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
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Applications open for second Grow-NY competition
Grow-NY, entering its second year, is committed to using food and agriculture innovation to strengthen the economy and grow jobs in the central New York, Finger Lakes and Southern Tier regions. Winners are required to positively impact the Grow-NY region, grow job opportunities, connect with local industry partners and contribute to a thriving upstate economy. Each year, finalists will be awarded a top prize of $1 million, two $500,000 prizes and four $250,000 prizes, for a total of $3 million in awards.
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Agriculture
  • Digital Agriculture

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Four students to receive SUNY Chancellor's Awards

The recipients: Talia Bailes ’20, from the College of Human Ecology; Malikul Muhamad ’20, from the ILR School; and Rosemary Glos ’20 and Amrit Hingorani ’20, both from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. The annual awards honor...

  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Biology Section
  • Biology
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Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research launches COVID-19 journaling project
From the website: “Since our collective stories will undoubtedly create a unique portrait and contribute to lessons learned in the aftermath of this time, she and her team decided to launch this project.” Anyone can join the storytelling...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension

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Algorithm tracker monitors Reddit rankings of COVID posts

“During the pandemic, when we have limited time, there’s lots of conflicting and competing information, and when we get suggestions from machines that say ‘Here are the top three things to read,’ that’s probably what we’re going to read,” said J...

  • Department of Communication
  • Health + Nutrition
  • Behavior