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Farmer stands in field

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A Mann Library exhibit, "Portraits in Progress: Confronting Indian Malnutrition through Field-based Research Under the Tata-Cornell Institute," opened May 3.

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Susan McCouch, professor of plant breeding and genetics, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, which recognizes distinguished achievement in original research.

Dean Boor accepting her award on stage

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Kathryn J. Boor '80, the Ronald P. Lynch Dean of CALS, was named a 2018 New York State Senate “Woman of Distinction.”
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Meet our alumni who showed off their athletic mastery at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

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The President’s Sustainable Campus Committee awarded individuals and groups with 2018 Cornell University Partners in Sustainability Awards April 23.

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Marcos Simoes-Costa has been honored by the World Economic Forum as one of its 2018 Young Scientists, which recognizes top researchers under age 40.

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Boyce Thompson Institute will host an inaugural symposium for the institute’s new Computational Biology Center May 8.

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The System for Rice Intensification has significant potential to close the rice production gap in West Africa, according to Cornell researchers.

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Did you know that on a good day, a honeybee visits 5,000 flowers? Interesting facts about our tireless agricultural partners, the bees.

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The College of Veterinary Medicine will host a conference on sharing antimicrobial resistance data among veterinary and public health agencies and stakeholders May 3-4.

Viola Yu stands in front of images

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A new two-part art installation in Mann Library, created by Viola Yu ’18, celebrates the connections among soil, oceans and the health of the planet
Students stand along a levee

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Cornell landscape architecture seniors are working side by side with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to integrate ecology and engineering performance to protect Galveston Bay in Texas.

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New maps are using radar to forecast night-time clouds of migratory birds and track their flights in near real-time.

Sustainable Design Team posing for a photo

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Nine members of the Cornell University Sustainability Design student group spent Earth Day weekend at Smithsonian facilities in Washington, D.C., dispensing a green education to the public.

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Cornell researchers seek to answer questions about the origin of a key step in transcription – the process of copying codes in DNA and transferring them to RNA in order to make proteins.

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Transformative scientist Ludmilla Aristilde '03, assistant professor of biological and environmental engineering, seeks to understand the chemistry of natural carbon recycling.

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A symposium exploring how science and policy intersect in driving global sustainable development will be held May 11 at Cornell.

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Provost Michael Kotlikoff has appointed Katherine McComas, Ph.D. ’00, professor of communication in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, as vice provost for engagement and land-grant affairs, effective July 1.

Dean Boor presents Duff with his award

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Bryan Duff receives the 2018 CALS Kathy Berggren Diversity and Inclusion Award for his work enhancing a positive climate for multicultural diversity within teaching, research and outreach.

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The lab of Minglin Ma, associate professor in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, will receive up to nearly $7 million from Novo Nordisk for research into a Type 1 diabetes implant device called NEED.