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The short film "Butterfly Angles" shares a previously untold story of healing in Joplin, Missouri, in the aftermath of the tornado that struck the city six years ago on May 22

Hudson River Bridges

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For more than 20 years, CALS has partnered to protect and preserve the Hudson River Estuary and its watershed. On May 23, the DEC Hudson River Estuary Program recognized Cornell for its long-term partnership and vital role in the success of the program.
Ahmed Ahmed in his apartment

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Ahmed Ahmed’s ’17 life story is a remarkable tale of a young man who combined hard work with inspiration and guidance from others to grow as a person, from a refugee to a Rhodes scholar.
Commencement crowd

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Cornell University President Martha E. Pollack's first Commencement address and former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden's Senior Convocation address highlight Cornell's 149th Commencement Weekend, May 27-28.
Pints of ice cream

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To honor former Vice President Joe Biden when he gives the Convocation address May 27, the Cornell senior class will offer him ice cream and a spoon. Here's the scoop: It's named Big Red, White Biden.
Farmer Marvin Rood stands in corn and soybean fields impacted by drought

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For 35 years, the Northeast Regional Climate Center, housed in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, has been helping farmers and policymakers adapt to the weather.

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Support for the existing health care law is significantly higher in U.S. opinion polls when the survey question explicitly mentions repeal or repeal or replace as an option, according to Cornell researchers.

man operating tractor-mounted Darwin string thinning machine

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Concerns about the banning of a plant-thinning chemical prompted New York apple producers, CCE educators and Cornell researchers to study a mechanical blossom-thinning alternative to carbaryl.

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A rich trove of once-hidden Cornell agricultural research from journals and other serial publications is now available to the public.

Lady holding up desert treat

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Hannah Cai '19 is on a mission to encourage you to get to know your food. The nutritional sciences major launched Food For Thought, a blog on cooking, sustainability and human well-being.

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On May 11 eight nations that adopted the first Arctic Invasive Alien Species strategy and action plan – a section of the Arctic Council’s Fairbanks Declaration – authored by scientists led by the Atkinson Center's David Lodge.

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Bactana Animal Health, a new company providing a natural, sustainable alternative to dosing livestock prophylactically with antibiotics and hormones, joined Cornell’s McGovern Center in May.

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The Challenge of Change Commission released a report focusing on developing the unique role public research universities must take to meet vast array of food and nutrition security challenges.

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An endowment fund supporting wine and grape research at Cornell University has been named in honor of former New York State Senator Michael F. Nozzolio ’73, M.S. ‘77 [...]

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Three CALS graduate students have been selected for the Einaudi-SSRC Dissertation Proposal Development Program, the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies announced.

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David B. Wilson, professor of molecular biology and genetics and a world leader in the field of enzymology, died April 29. He was 77.

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Mary Alice Morrison, professor emerita in the Division of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell University died at her home in Kendal at Ithaca Jan. 10.

Rebecca Barthelmie and Sara Pryor at the orange grove site in Perdigão, Portugal

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Cornell scientists and engineers are seeing wind in high resolution, creating the world's largest, most-detailed wind maps ever from the picturesque hills of Perdigão, Portugal.
Denise Morrison with group of students

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Denise Morrison, president and CEO of Campbell Soup Co., visited Cornell May 4 with a message for female food scientists: You too can be leaders in the food systems industry.
Two fossilized flowers

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Researchers report the discovery of the first fossilized flowers from South America, and perhaps the entire Southern Hemisphere, following an extinction event that killed most dinosaurs.