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The Institute for the Social Sciences' Small Grants Program is funding a series of critical social science projects and a conference with its spring 2017 awards.

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A new exhibit at Mann Library aims to introduce Cornellians to the early 18th-century naturalist Mark Catesby, whose impact on botany and horticulture was enormous, and runs through June.

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Richard Stedman explores our sense of place in the age of migration, global mobility, and urbanization.
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Research and recommendations from the Healthy Soils, Healthy Communities project protects urban gardeners from residual soil contaminants.
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Not everyone can make it to the Big Leagues, but Kevin Kniffin reveals five lessons everyone can learn from sports.
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Pigeons, crows, sparrows, starlings and killdeer: These city-dwelling species rank low in the pecking order but have hidden talents and creature culture worthy of a second glance.

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Vice President Joe Biden, who was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in January, will give the keynote address at this year's Senior Convocation, during Cornell's 149th Commencement Weekend.

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From preventing chronic sleep disruption to supporting people with bipolar disorder, researchers are leveraging smartphone technology for health and well-being.
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Rapid urbanization and a young population is the challenge of a century.

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Cornell projects with a focus on apples, dairy, field crops, grapes, and vegetables received $1.1 million in funding from the New York Farm Viability Institute.

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Faculty will share ideas on climate change April 21-23 at the Smithsonian's Earth Optimism Summit, while students ascend Capitol Hill on April 21, and then walk in the national Science March on April 22.

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Mark Sellew ’78 and Lisa Preger Sellew ’79, MBA ’82, have established the Sellew Family Excellence-in-Mentoring Graduate Fellowship to support scholars and mentors in the School of Integrative Plant Science.

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Cornell doctoral students will collaborate with community partners from Ithaca to India on research projects supported by 2017 Engaged Graduate Student Grants.

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Mary X. Mitchell, a historian of science and technology and a postdoctoral fellow, describes how a former nuclear test site became a proving ground for a new legal definition of environmental impact.

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Ninety-eight Cornell graduate and professional students will travel to 47 countries over the next year with support from the Einaudi Center's International Travel Grant Program.

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Jessica Ettinger Gottesman ’87 is heard in 30 million vehicles each weekday as host of TODAY Show radio.

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Michael Pollan, environmentalist and best-selling author, speaks on Out of the Garden at the 2017 Iscol Distinguished Environmental Lecture on April 27, in Call Auditorium, Kennedy Hall.

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The illustrated science book from Professor Anurag Agrawl was released April 11

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Cornell Botanic Gardens has partnered on a website to help outdoor enthusiasts find and take the perfect outdoor adventure in Tompkins County.

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The new director of the Office of Environmental Justice with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation shares her perspective on the job ahead and why environmental justice should matter to everyone.