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Fear Factor? Phooey! Kids swarm Insectapalooza 2018
Hundreds of children swarmed Insectapalooza at Comstock Hall Oct. 20 and spent time with tarantulas and scorpions.
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New tool gives deeper understanding of glioblastoma
Researchers in the lab of Charles Danko have developed a new tool to study genetic “switches” active in glioblastoma tumors that drive growth of the cancer.
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Meet our Faculty: Tory Hendry
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Meet Our Faculty: Kristan Reed
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Meet Our Faculty: Andrew Moeller
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Meet Our Faculty: Pete McIntyre
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New online tool shows climate change in your backyard

Climate change hits home. A warming world affects the Northeast region, and to demonstrate, the Cornell Institute for Climate Smart Solutions has developed a new online tool: Climate Change in Your County.

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Meet Our Faculty: Maria Gandolfo
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Dairy, food safety expert James White dies at 101

James C. White ‘39, Ph.D. ’44, professor emeritus in the Cornell School of Hotel Administration, died Oct. 2 at his home in Ithaca.

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Harnessing machine learning and big data to fight hunger

A group of Cornell researchers has received a $1 million grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development to use machine learning to rapidly analyze agricultural and food market conditions, aiming to better predict poverty and undernutrition in some of the world’s poorest regions.

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Freshman recognized for irrigation project with Nepalese women
For her work on solar-powered irrigation with Nepalese women, Cornell freshman Isabella Culotta received the 2018 Elaine Szymoniak Award at the 2018 World Food Prize Laureate Award Ceremony in Des Moines, Iowa.
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Cornellians use their education to serve fellow Africans
Cornellians Stephen Mugo, Ph.D. ’99, and former postdoctoral student Sylvester Oikeh came full circle recently when they returned to the university Oct. 7 to share the story of how they’ve used their education for humanitarian purposes in Africa.
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Students tidy campus natural areas with a ‘green up’
Members of the Society for Natural Resources Conservation and other groups tidied campus at Green Up Cornell on Oct. 13.
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Grass genes tapped to breed better crops
Cornell researchers will tap into genetic information found in more than 700 species of related grasses to improve maize and sorghum, thanks to a $5 million grant from the National Science Foundation.
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Mobile communication lab lets any person participate in any study
Cornell’s mobile communication lab, one of a handful in the country, is changing the face social sciences research. It enables scholars to study the socio-economic, racial and geographic groups hardest hit by society’s problems.
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UN climate report author: ambitious actions needed to slow global warming
Natalie Mahowald, professor of earth and atmospheric sciences, discusses her role as a lead author of the U.N. “Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 degrees Celsius.”

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Faculty receive funding to study organic foods

Researchers have been granted nearly $1.4 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for research to bolster the success of organic farmers.

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Cornell faculty receive $1.4 million to study organic farming
Three projects aimed at bolstering the success of organic farmers and those pursuing a transition to organic production are receiving funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute for Food and Agriculture.
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Data project to support smallholder farmers, end hunger
Ceres2030 combines state-of-the-art modelling with expert evidence to strengthen the global agricultural development community as it prioritizes investments to eliminate hunger by 2030.