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Students sieve soil in the Cornell Soil Health Lab

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More than 50 high school students from across the state visited Cornell March 31-April 1 for the New York Youth Institute, the state-level World Food Prize youth program engaging students with issues related to agriculture and food security.

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A survey of more than 200 New York farmers late last summer found that more than 70 percent of unirrigated, rain-fed field crops and pasture acreage had losses between 30 and 90 percent, said a new Cornell report.

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Leaf Beetle

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An app to identify birds, microalgae for fuel and food security, and chemical messages that keep insect pests on the move.
 Becky Cardinali, Tiana Le, Kerry Mullins, and Jeff Fralick posing in front of the U.S. Capitol.

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After traveling through Vietnam's Mekong Delta in January, examining climate change through the lens of another country, four Cornell students toured the halls of Congress in late March to tell all about it.
Merlot Vineyard

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Alumni Lindsay Jordan, M.S. ’14, and Justin Scheiner, Ph.D. ’10 are applying their grape expertise to help growers from Texas to California.

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Max Pfeffer, Amy McCune, and Jan Nyrop take on new leadership positions in CALS.

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Natalie Uhl, M.S. '43, Ph.D. '47, the Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium Professor Emerita and expert in palms, died on March 28. She was 97.

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Self-employed women working in digital creative industries, such as blogging or marketing, feel compelled to conduct business online in a traditionally feminine way, said Brooke Duffy, assistant professor of communication.

Canoes on shore filled with fishing nets

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For decades, scientists have known that unhealthy surroundings induce human illness. Now, research suggests that communities of very sick people may damage the environment, according to a new study in PNAS, April 3.

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Daniel Buckley and Angela Douglas presented microbiome research to influential leaders at the World Economic Forum.

Sun rising through trees in F. R. Newman Arboretum

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A new website provides maps and information on all the hiking trails in Tompkins County.
Microscopic view of root hairs growing into carbon particle

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Cornell scientists have discovered a new high-definition system that allows electrons to travel through soil farther and more efficiently than previously thought, according to Nature Communication, March 31.
Anne Kenney speaking with Interim President Hunter Rawlings

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Anne Kenney, the Carl A. Kroch University Librarian, was regaled with an original haiku, a performance of a rewritten Doors song, gifts, and a sustained standing ovation at her retirement party March 30.
Irene Weiser, Lance Collins and Todd Cowen talking

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Members of Cornell's Senior Leaders Climate Action Group presented highlights of their report, 'Options for Achieving a Carbon Neutral Campus by 2035,' at a public meeting March 28 in downtown Ithaca.

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Ten faculty-led projects are receiving approximately $170,000 in Internationalizing the Cornell Curriculum grants this year, the Office of the Vice Provost for International Affairs has announced.

Bees on apple blossoms

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Growers who time their strawberries to bloom just after apples do, can reap a better harvest, according to new research from the lab of Bryan Danforth, professor of entomology.
Paul Batz speaks with potential customers at the 2017 Meat & Greet Farmer and Chef Fair

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The inaugural Meat and Greet Farmer and Chef Fair held March 11 at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, New York, sought to connect consumers with farmers. The event was co-sponsored by Cornell Cooperative Extension.
Al Kovaleski walking in wintery winery

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3-D images of grape buds produced at the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source may help geneticists to create crops that can withstand extreme cold.
Algae pools and water in desert

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Marine microalgae may play a crucial role in mitigating atmospheric greenhouse gas, reducing carbon dioxide from commercial agriculture and steadying the global climate, according to Cornell research.

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Milton Zaitlin, professor emeritus of plant pathology and an influential pioneer of plant virology research, died Oct. 11, 2016, in Ithaca, New York. He was 89.