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Susan Brown became an associate dean in CALS and the Goichman Family Director of the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station (NYSAES) on Jan. 2. Brown had served as associate director of NYSAES since July 1, 2013. Among her...

Just as the invention of nonstick pans was a boon for chefs, a new type of nanoscale topography that repels bacteria holds promise for any surface where microbes are unwelcome guests—including food processing equipment, medical equipment and...

• Food Science

A Cornell-U.S. government research team is poised to transform the shape of trees and orchards to come, thanks to a $1.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation Plant Genome Research Program. The project, led by Kenong Xu, assistant...

• Cornell AgriTech

Imagine a daily pill that can help control diabetes using the body’s own insulin. John March, associate professor of biological and environmental engineering, and collaborators have achieved this feat in rats using an engineered probiotic. Their...

• Biological and Environmental Engineering

Think tofu but with a creepy-crawly, sustainable twist: A Cornell food science team has developed a new protein product—C-fu, made entirely of crushed mealworms—which may help feed the world’s booming population, a projected 9 billion people by...

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What is the best way to conserve biodiversity in Ecuador’s Andes Mountains? Start with the bears. A Cornell research team is joining efforts with local partners in Ecuador to help design a socio-ecological corridor that could help save...

• Natural Resources and the Environment Section

As I look ahead to my second term as dean of Cornell University’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, I also find myself reflecting upon the college’s recent accomplishments. In June 2014, we launched the School of Integrative Plant...

In its special Spring 2015 issue, Ezra Magazine asked faculty members to imagine the world in 2065, when Cornell celebrates its bicentennial. Among those featured in that cover story are: Wendy Wolford, the Robert A. and Ruth E. Polson Professor...

The students found salt residue lasts all year long in the soils contained in storm-water retention basins and that the high salinity levels appear to be changing the composition of soil microbes. “Salinity levels in streams across the...