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The opening of the 1,664-square-foot greenhouse marked the latest expansion of ongoing learning lab programs in a long-standing partnership with Cornell University.
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Cornell’s business accelerator for student startups recently announced its 2017-18 cohort of 15 startups
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The popular event, which draws up to 2,000 people each year, features hundreds of live insects, spiders and other arthropods from the collections of the Department of Entomology.

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Panel on Oct. 20 focused on collaborative work and community efforts that engage students in addressing local and global public health challenges.

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Cornell Botanic Gardens will use a New York State Department of Environmental Conservation grant to control hemlock woolly adelgid.

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Chris Barrett presented research focused on U.S. international food aid and assistance policies in Washington, D.C., Oct. 19.

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The fellowship awards, announced by President Martha E. Pollack Oct. 20, are among Cornell’s highest honors for outstanding, exemplary teaching.

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David Llewellyn, vice chancellor of Harper Adams University, who on Oct. 18 spoke to senior leadership in the College of Agriculture of Life Sciences (CALS) about higher education and student outcomes in the current UK political environment.

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Food processing company with Cornell ties earns $25,000 investment to promote economic growth in western New York.

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An Engaged Curriculum Grant in 2015 transformed a traditional weekly lecture seminar into a leading example of hands-on community engagement and learning at the university.

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The artificial small intestine can be 3-D printed, allowing research groups around the world to make one and tailor such systems to its specific needs.

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The series has won praise from the Entomology Society of America and national awards at the Festival of Media Arts from the Broadcast Education Association.

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A Cornell CALS researcher is using a NASA satellite to measure photosynthesis in high resolution at the global scale, advancing how we measure plant health and its impact on food production and atmospheric carbon dioxide.
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Cornell Cooperative Extension internships this summer provided students an enhanced appreciation for purpose-driven research through hands-on community engagement.
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Cornell CALS is leading a project to study ways to grow crops in controlled environments – in greenhouses, plant factories and in vertical farms in and near urban areas.

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Two weeks after a load of food from the Hudson Valley, a shipment left Hansen Farms in the Finger Lakes packed with apples and cabbage bound for Florida. Another is slated to leave western New York in November.

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An NSF grant, announced this month, will fund oVert (Open Exploration of Vertebrate Diversity in 3-D), a project that aims to scan samples representing 80 percent of all recognized genera of vertebrates.

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Millar began his career as a plant scientist with the Canadian Department of Agriculture, returning to Cornell in 1959, where he served as a faculty member in the Department of Plant Pathology.

Michael Sheehan on Cornell's Campus

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Sheehan and two other Cornell professors are among 55 winners of the prestigious award given to support high-risk ideas with high-impact potential.

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Mayor Stephanie Miner gave the keynote talk at the 2017 Community Development Institute, a two-day conference hosted by the Cornell CALS Community and Regional Development Institute (CaRDI).