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Bruno Lanvin, Francis Gurry and Soumitra Dutta

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Switzerland, Sweden, the Netherlands, the United States and the United Kingdom are the world's most innovative countries, according to the Global Innovation Index 2017, co-edited by Soumitra Dutta, dean of Cornell SC Johnson.
Megan Hall at a vineyard overlooking Seneca Lake

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Graduate student Megan Hall's research of sour rot grape disease earned her the 2017 Presidents' Award for Scholarship in Viticulture from the American Society of Enology and Viticulture.
A truck dumps Cornell dining hall food waste at the university’s composting facility

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In a classic tale of turning trash into treasure, two processes soon may be the favored dynamic duo to turn food waste into green energy, says a new Cornell-led study in Bioresource Technology.

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Cornell's Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future has chosen 3 CALS faculty members as fellows for 2017-18.

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Cornell and Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research scientists have developed a way to produce a protein antigen that may be used as a vaccine for the tropical disease schistosomiasis.

students on a boat ready to reach for a research bouy

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The Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future's Academic Venture Fund awarded $1.8 million in 2017, with 15 grants to seed novel approaches to some of the world's greatest sustainability challenges.
Aerial view of snap bean field

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A project led by a College of Agriculture and Life Sciences researcher is aimed at reducing losses in this important crop by optimizing disease control for the fungus.
The entrance of the Climate Change Demonstration Garden

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The university's Climate Change Demonstration Garden, located at the Cornell Botanic Gardens, illustrates how future temperature conditions may affect plants.

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Fascinating science is being done at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station (NYSAES), and student researchers are eager to share their work June 23 from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Jordan Hall.

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A Cornell study describes how shifts in diets in Europeans after the introduction of farming 10,000 years ago led to genetic adaptations that favored the dietary trends of the time.

Jack'd jerky and several ingredients

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Cornell's Jack'd Jerky – a nutritious, vegan on-the-go snack – is a finalist for the Institute of Food Technologists' Student Association Mars Product Development Competition June 25-28 in Las Vegas.

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Jacqueline Davis-Manigaulte '72 won the 2017 National Urban Extension Leadership Award for excellence in urban extension programming and leadership for her Cornell University Cooperative Extension-New York City work.

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Cornell is No. 14 among the world's universities in the 2018 QS World University Rankings, released June 7. That is two spots up from last year's ranking of No. 16. And it is up five rungs from its No. 19 ranking in 2015.

Terry Bates standing in vineyard

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The senior research associate explains what inspires him and how his research has impacted the grape industry.

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Student research symposium aims to launch student-driven interdisciplinary collaboration. The entire Cornell community as well as local and regional growers and other NYSAES stakeholders are encouraged to attend.

Tom Hirschl demonstrating his poverty calculator to other team members

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The Program Work Team on Poverty and Economic Hardship met to brainstorm ways to eradicate poverty in upstate New York. In the United States, 40 percent of people will be poor at some point during their adult life, they said.
Greenhouse lit with pink LED lighting system

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The Greenhouse Lighting and Systems Engineering (GLASE) consortium is advancing LED light engineering, plant photobiology, carbon dioxide enrichment and systems control to create intelligent systems that can dramatically reduce the energy cost and carbon footprint of horticultural lighting.

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The inaugural class of Cornell SC Johnson College of Business graduated May 28, celebrating the achievement with family and friends who converged on Ithaca from around the globe.

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The Cornell Dairy Center of Excellence, which held its second annual symposium, Dairy Nutrition for Every Age and Stage, May 16.

Comparisons of Paramormyrops ntotom and P sphekodes specimens

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Solving a 140-year old taxonomic puzzle, Cornell researchers have identified and described a new species of electric fish from the Ogooué River in Gabon, Africa.