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Grow-NY Summit to feature food, ag innovations

The two-day event includes live pitches from food and agriculture startups competing for $3 million in prizes, a symposium, an exhibition of regional food and ag ecosystem leaders and an awards gala. A partnership between Empire State...

  • Center of Excellence in Food and Agriculture
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Cornell Institute for Digital Agriculture
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Cornell student finds invasive water flea in Oneida Lake
Known to wreak havoc on the aquatic food chain, the flea was discovered by Josh Appel ’22 during routine work in Natural Resources 2100, a field biology class. Groups of students from the class, taught by senior lecturer Paul Rodewald and...
  • Biological Field Station
  • Natural Resources and the Environment Section
  • Organisms
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Disease trends in sea creatures herald oceanic changes
The findings, published Oct. 9 in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, show that long-term changes in diseases coincide with recent decades of widespread environmental change. Understanding oceanic trends is important for evaluating today’s...
  • Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Organisms
  • Disease

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$1M Walmart Foundation grant to fund Tata-Cornell ag study

The grant will fund a two-year study, “FPO-led Small Farm Market Access Models for the Future of Food Systems in India,” led by Prabhu Pingali, founder and director of TCI, and professor of applied economics and management at the Dyson School of...

  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
  • Agriculture
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Can rice be grown in New York's climate?
“I said, ‘That’s the one I’m looking for, the wetland is good for the rice,’” Badjie said, flashing an easy smile. “Dawn said, ‘No, you can’t grow rice here. Are you crazy?’” Few farmers attempt to grow a warmth-loving crop like rice in the...
  • International Programs
  • Agriculture
  • Plants
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Hometown Alumni Award winners connect at Homecoming
The event brought the alumni and their families together for a lunch, panel discussion and Q&A with university leaders, faculty, trustees and current students. The award was launched in 2018 by Cornell’s Division of University Relations, in...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • Department of Communication
  • Agriculture
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Students have ‘eye-opening’ experiences at Climate Week NYC
In New York City, the students – participating in Cornell’s Global Climate Change Science and Policy class – met with Tonga’s Mahe Tupouniua, secretary of foreign affairs; T. Suka Mangisi, deputy chief of mission; Rose Kautoke, assistant crown...
  • Cornell Atkinson
  • Climate Change
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Cornell tackles ‘migrations’ global challenge
The new initiative – Migrations: Researching, Teaching and Building for a World on the Move – was officially launched Oct. 1 with a panel discussion and interactive tour of a special exhibit on migration, how the light gets in, at the Herbert F...
  • Lab of Ornithology
  • Natural Resources and the Environment Section
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CCE summer interns extend and explore
“It’s probably the most impactful summer I’ve had as a Cornell student,” said Adjoa Fosuhema-Kordie ’20. A senior human development major in the College of Human Ecology (CHE), Fosuhema-Kordie’s internship took her to New York City where she...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
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Zombies breathe life into sustainable housing summit
To do that, Cornell’s Community and Regional Development Institute (CaRDI) hosts “From Zombies to Vacants to Sustainable Housing: Building Resilient Communities,” a symposium Oct. 23-24 at Warren Hall on the Cornell campus. The symposium will...
  • Community and Regional Development Institute

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Three alumni named 2019 MacArthur fellows

Zachary Lippman ’00 (College of Agriculture and Life Sciences) is a plant biologist investigating the genetic networks underpinning plant development and growth and developing tools to help breed hardier and higher yielding crops. Lisa Daugaard...

  • Plants
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Scientists retrace monarch’s toxin-immunity evolution
By editing these genes into laboratory fruit flies using CRISPR technology, scientists have reconstructed evolution and instantly conferred – in the flies – the same toxin resistance enjoyed by monarchs. “We experimentally went back in...
  • Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Animals
  • Biology
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Six projects receive Innovative Teaching and Learning Awards
A faculty committee assembled by the Center for Teaching Innovation (CTI) granted funding for six projects for 2019. The awards program, in its second year, aims to support faculty – with grants ranging from $5,000 to $25,000 – in exploring new...
  • Microbiology
  • Neurobiology and Behavior
  • Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
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Plants use a common ‘language’ for emergency alerts
But what if plants themselves could “talk” to each other? That’s a question that André Kessler, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, and his research team addressed over a 12-year study that examined plant-to-plant communication in...
  • Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Environment
  • Plants

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Go ‘Wild at Cornell’ with artist, plant stylist Hilton Carter

The talk, Oct. 9 at 7:30 p.m. in Statler Auditorium, is free and open to the public. Carter believes bringing greenery into one’s living space has many positive benefits, creating a space that blurs the line between indoors and outdoors, and...

  • Cornell Botanic Gardens
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plants
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Two dozen Engaged Faculty Fellows announced
The 2019-20 cohort, the largest in the seven-year history of the program, joins more than 50 other faculty fellows dedicated to advancing community-engaged learning at Cornell and within their respective fields. “I’m delighted to welcome these...
  • Lab of Ornithology
  • Department of Communication
  • Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
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Study illuminates link between anglerfish & bacteria
Scientists who study these fish are still mostly in the dark about the bacteria, which share a symbiotic relationship with the fish, but a new Cornell-led study reveals that the fish most likely acquired the luminous bacteria from the water. At...
  • Microbiology
  • Animals
  • Bacteria
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Visa concerns deter foreign-born Ph.D.s from working in startups
Foreign-born Ph.D. graduates with science and engineering degrees from American universities apply to and receive offers for technology startup jobs at the same rate as U.S. citizens, but are only half as likely to actually work at fledgling...
  • Faculty
  • Industry
  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
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‘Migrations’ is theme of Cornell’s first Global Grand Challenge
“The unprecedented pace, scale and complexity of movement on our planet – of humans, plants, animals, cultural messages and artifacts, resources, pathogens and more – present a diverse suite of challenges and opportunities that play out across...
  • Lab of Ornithology
  • Natural Resources and the Environment Section

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Capitol Hill experience inspires CALS student to pursue legislative career

McBath traveled to Washington, D.C. with Jan Nyrop, director of Cornell AgriTech, Dianne Miller, senior director of federal relations, and other extension representatives from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS). While there...

  • Alumna/Alumnus
  • Prospective Undergraduate Student
  • Cornell AgriTech