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Digital agriculture initiative to tackle food security challenges
In response to the call to action for feeding an ever-growing global population, the Cornell Initiative for Digital Agriculture is taking a multi-discipline approach to the complex challenge.

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New data science, computational biology departments span colleges

The university is launching two new multicollege departments – one in statistics and data science, and one in computational biology – to meet evolving research needs, encourage collaboration, and improve the quality of teaching and learning in these increasingly essential fields.

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Cornell receives 2018 Green Power Leadership Award

Cornell was recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Center for Resource Solutions with the Leadership in Green Power Education Award Oct. 10.

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Educational fun with insects at Insectapalooza Oct. 20
The annual Insectapalooza reflects the countless wonderful ways that insects interact with people and impact our lives — for better or for worse
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New York Sea Grant, PRI prepare teachers for climate science instruction
The event introduced 20 teachers from K-12 public schools across New York City to climate change issues
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Six grad students win Fulbright-Hays fellowships
Six grad students have won Fulbright-Hays fellowships Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad fellowships.
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Cornell Food Venture Center helps Wegmans innovate
Cornell AgriTech food scientists provided food safety and development expertise to ensure the safety of food in Wegmans grocery stores.
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Symposium examines the potential of machine learning in health care

The Sept. 27-28 symposium “Bridging the Divide: Machine Learning in Medicine,” held at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, brought together researchers and clinicians from Cornell’s Ithaca campus and Weill Cornell Medicine to discuss recent work and initiate collaborations in the field of machine learning in medicine.

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Botanic Gardens staffer connects people and plants
Now in her third year at Cornell Botanic Gardens as a horticulturist, Emily Detrick, MPS '16, spends her days connecting people with plants.
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Extension interns share experiences with NY communities
Twenty-eight Cornell undergrads spent their summer making a Big Red impression across the state as part of the Cornell Cooperative Extension internship program.
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Multimillion dollar state investment catalyzes food entrepreneurship in New York
The Cornell Food Venture Center reopened Oct. 4 with innovative upgrades that were made possible through more than $13 million in funding from the state to grow food and beverage businesses in New York
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At 150, ‘… any person … any study’ still stands strong
This year marks the 150th anniversary of when Cornell opened its doors with the founding principle of “… any person … any study.”
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Active learning grants energize CALS classrooms
Active learning teaching techniques are increasingly being used in classrooms across CALS as faculty revamp courses to emphasize creative and innovative thinking.
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Milk inspection program marks 50 years of success in New York
This year marked the 50th year of a program that has helped modernize dairy inspections in New York.
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‘Sioux Chef’ on restoring indigenous foods, bridging cultures
Sean Sherman, the James Beard Award-winning Sioux Chef, shared research and insights on indigenous food cultures at Cornell Sept. 5.
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Kevin Hallock named dean of SC Johnson College of Business
Economist and compensation and labor market scholar Kevin F. Hallock, the Kenneth F. Kahn ’69 Dean in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations, has been named dean of the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business.
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Cornell’s new Sustainable Landscapes Trail opens Oct. 5
Lace up your walking shoes and head to Cornell’s new Sustainable Landscapes Trail, which opens with a ceremony Friday, Oct. 5, at 2 p.m., at the parking lot across from the Dairy Bar on Tower Road.

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Researchers energize effort for energy-smart solutions

A new project received a $100,000 planning grant from the NSF to create a proposal for an Engineering Research Center for sustainable energy-smart solutions.

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‘Turbocharging’ photosynthesis increases plant biomass
Scientists from the Boyce Thompson Institute and Cornell have boosted a carbon-craving enzyme called RuBisCO to turbocharge photosynthesis in corn – promising to improve agricultural efficiency and yield.
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Cooling effect of preindustrial fires on climate underestimated
A new study finds that emissions from fire activity were significantly greater in the preindustrial era, which began around 1750, than previously thought.