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An update on the CALS website survey results, upcoming open houses and announcing a new workflow for the CALS Web Team.

Kaylyn Kirkpatrick stands in front of equipment

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On Aug. 20, Kaylyn Kirkpatrick joined the Department of Food Science as the brewing extension associate. The new position will help brewers across New York get the most out of their products.
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Food Science
  • Beverages
Vet students inspecting a bee hive

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Cornell faculty members are offering the first honeybee health course at Cornell for veterinary student; the bees are important for New York’s agricultural economy.
  • Department of Entomology
  • Agriculture
  • Entomology
Dejah Powell ’18 outside Mann Library

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Starting this fall, the Environmental and Sustainability Sciences major will become available to CALS and College of Arts and Sciences students.
Winnie Nanteza stands in front of a plot of genetically modified corn

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A new cohort arrives on campus Aug. 27 for the 2018 Cornell Alliance for Science Global Leadership Fellows Program.
A microscopic bead

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Cornell scientists have created microscopic beads that efficiently recover heparin, an ingredient used as a pharmaceutical blood thinner, from agricultural animals.
amorphous patterns of cell division

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An international team of researchers has uncovered the genetic underpinnings that allowed for 3D growth in land plants.
  • Plants
  • Land

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Bob Portmess, MPS ’08, who died in 2016 at age 60, earned a posthumous Excellence in IPM Award from New York State Integrated Pest Management Aug. 10.

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Cornell historian George Hutchinson will deliver the 2018 William and Jane Torrence Harder Lecture Wednesday, Aug. 29, at 5:30 p.m. in Call Auditorium.

President Martha E. Pollack tours Cornell AgriTech

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President Martha E. Pollack toured Cornell AgriTech in Geneva, New York, Aug. 13.
students sit listening to other student

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Intergroup Dialogue Project has become one of the main programs on campus to offer peer-facilitated courses and workshops on communication and collaboration across social, cultural and power differences.
woman with dog

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According to new research from Cornell, smaller dogs angle their legs higher when they urinate, possibly to exaggerate their body size. Or perhaps not.

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Robert Plane, a professor emeritus of chemistry who served as the university’s provost during the tumultuous late 1960s and early 1970s, died Aug. 6 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He was 90.

specialist speaks with NYC teachers in park

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The Paleontological Research Institution and the university’s Sea Grant program raising funds to bring climate change science to every U.S. high school.

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Joseph Sieczka, professor emeritus of horticulture, an expert on potatoes, died July 29 at his home in Mattituck, New York. He was 79.

nonnative copepod Mesocyclops pehpeiensis

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Cornell aquatic taxonomists have detected two new nonnative zooplankton species in the Great Lakes – their fourth such discovery in the past two years.
Grass and soil

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The NSF has awarded a $1.1 million grant to the Cornell-affiliated Boyce Thompson Institute to unlock the scientific complexities between nitrogen-fixing soil bacteria and its alliance with plants.

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An innovative study by Cornell researchers using three waves of surveys will show how voters’ views on immigration, race and gender influence the midterm elections in November and whether those attitudes shift leading up to the elections.

professor with farmers in Bangladesh

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Farmers are rapidly adopting Bt eggplant brinjal in Bangladesh, resulting in reduced pesticide use and higher incomes, according to a new paper.
cornell roads

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The Cornell University Local Roads Program is joining the Region 2 Regional University Transportation Center as they work to improve the durability and extend the life of transportation infrastructure.