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Cornell’s Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future (ACSF) has given $1.5 million from its Academic Venture Fund to a record 14 new university projects. CALS researchers are involved with 11 of those projects. “Our Academic Venture Fund (AVF)...
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In some villages in Africa it’s easier to get Coca-Cola than the seeds local farmers need to thrive. It was that imbalance that first prompted Edward Mabaya, associate director of the Cornell International Institute for Food, Agriculture and...
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Edward McLaughlin, a distinguished expert in the efficiency of food distribution systems, will become the interim David J. Nolan Dean of the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management starting July 1, Provost Michael Kotlikoff...
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Peter Davies, a plant hormone expert who taught generations of Cornell students plant physiology during his career, retired in January after 46 years with the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. A symposium was held June 17 at Emerson Hall...
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Thor Oechsner ’87 spent years cultivating a rich layer of topsoil essential to growing lush fields of organic wheat, rye and buckwheat. But it took just a few minutes for those years of hard work to be washed away when more than 5 inches of rain...
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Probing the pathways and genetic basis that controls fruit ripening; exploring the tomato plant’s immune response of plants; enhancing rice production by delving into the plant’s genome. Those diverse research specialties teasing out the genetic...
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By tweaking just one or two genes, Cornell researchers have altered the patterns on a butterfly’s wings. It’s not just a new art form, but a major clue to understanding how the butterflies have evolved, and perhaps to how color patterns – and...
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Uncovering novel compounds from soil microbes that could be used to manage weeds. Understanding the genetics of how insects develop resistance to engineered crops that express a bacterial insecticide. These are two of four Cornell projects that...
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In the Vidarbha region of India, 3.4 million people spend most of their lives farming cotton and living in poverty. One of the problems these farmers face is traders who share the pain when prices drop but share very little of the gain with the...
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Thirteen prominent research institutions in the United States joined the Supporters of Agricultural Research (SoAR) Foundation today in calling for a surge in federal support of food and agricultural science. “Retaking the Field,” the report...
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To keep riverfront communities intact in the face of rising waters due to climate change, landscape architecture master’s students at Cornell’s Climate-Adaptive Design (CAD) studio are sketching sturdy, flexible concepts for a city along New...
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Cornell seafaring scientists are working to strike a more sustainable balance for commercial marine fisheries facing rising demand. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, global production of capture...
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Home to rich soil, a large dairy presence and determined crop producers, New York’s North Country also has more square miles than the entire state of Vermont and faces unique agribusiness challenges. Helping farmers navigate those issues is new...
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In the face of scientific dogma that faults the population decline of monarch butterflies on a lack of milkweed, herbicides and genetically modified crops, a new Cornell study casts wider blame: sparse autumnal nectar sources, weather and...
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New York agriculture faces a looming employment crisis, but not the kind that normally leaves job seekers skittish. A rise in job capacity in the agriculture industry is not being met with enough skilled people ready to fill the expected surge...
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Researchers from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) provided their expertise to New York policymakers during a roundtable May 24 in Albany as the scientists explained strategies to protect the state’s honeybee and native...
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Stretching beyond the “apple a day” adage, Cornell students explored a natural area in Ithaca and villages in Belize to learn how common plant life helps alleviate ailments. “In Belize, use of healing plants is a centuries-old tradition that’s...
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The newest library on campus contains no books and offers no borrowing privileges. Located in the basement of Stocking Hall, it lacks the soaring windows and grand views of other locations. Students can’t access the library, and since it’s kept...
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Stem cells are essential for tissue regeneration and, in a recent study, Cornell researchers have challenged a long-standing model regarding epidermal stem cells and their role in skin repair. The widely held belief is that some of the epidermal...
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Christine Smart, professor of Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology, has been named interim director of the School of Integrative Plant Science (SIPS), effective July 1. She will take over for Alan Collmer, the Andrew J. and Grace B. Nichols...
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