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New faculty focus: Messer tracking rapid evolution with powerful new tools
By Celina Scott-Buechler Charles Darwin’s lament was that he would never seesignificant evolutionary changes occur in a species within his lifetime. Theprocess of species changing their genetic code and observable characteristics, he felt, was...
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Book notes: Humans increasingly heal, and are healed by nature
Around the world, people continually come together to rebuild and restore local environments affected by crisis or disaster. In New Orleans after Katrina, in New York after Sandy, in Soweto after apartheid and elsewhere, people unite to restore...

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Many join the 1 percent, but few stay and some face longer odds

By John Carberry and Ellen Leventry Here’s some good news for the New Year: According to new research by Tom Hirschl, professor of development sociology at Cornell University, and Mark Rank of Washington University in St. Louis, there’s a 1-in-9...

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More Americans accept “climate change” but doubt “global warming”
Stop someone on the street in the storm-battered Northeast (or Northwest or just about anywhere in between) this winter. Ask about “global warming” and you’d better be prepared for a heated debate. Ask about “climate change” and cooler heads may...

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New faculty focus: Dyson’s Hwang watches social media and the markets

By Celina Scott-Buechler #sexylist2014, #mtvhits, #katyperrysexist, #NASDAQ, #stocks. Believe it or not, these are all trending social media hashtags. But is finance really a topic of social media buzz? “An increasingly popular one,” Assistant...

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CALS faculty working to reduce crop molds for healthier babies
Malnutrition is responsible for more than two million children’s deaths annually, and too little food is not the only problem. Sometimes even adequate diets—rich in corn and nuts, for instance—aren’t enough to nourish babies and children, when...
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NASA-Cornell study says ‘megadroughts’ likely for US West
The consequences of climate change paint ableak picture for the Southwest and much of America’s breadbasket, the Great Plains.A “megadrought” likely will occur late in this century, and it could last for threedecades, according to a new report...
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Food Science graduate researcher taking nano-tech breakthrough to Albany lawmakers’ doorstep
By John Carberry If you’re in Albany today and cruising throughthe first floor of the Legislative Office Building from now until 3 p.m.,you’ll find yourself surrounded by some of the leading research from some of the brightest minds in this or...

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Cornell students assess commercial viability of larva meal

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Woodswoman Fund honors LaBastille, inspires future women scholars
By CelinaScott-Buechler In school, students learn the names Henry David Thoreau, John Muir and Theodore Roosevelt; and are taught they are the men who led the American conservation movement. But they weren’t alone. Women have played a key role...

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Cornell program gets USDA boost to help veterans & ‘advanced beginners’

By John Carberry A well-established agricultural outreach effort run by Cornell University is taking on a new mission designed in part to help returning veterans find futures in farming, thanks to a grant announced today by the U.S. Department...

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Mealworm ‘meat’ team competes to feed the world
Think tofu but with a creepy-crawly, sustainable twist: A Cornell food science team will compete Feb. 14 at the Thought for Food Global Summit in Lisbon, Portugal, with C-fu – a new protein product made entirely of crushed mealworms – that may...
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Pioneering way to fight diabetes on the horizon
Pioneering way to fight diabetes on the horizon Pioneering research published today in the journal Diabetes by John March, associate professor of Biological and Environmental Engineering at Cornell University, could lead to a pill with...
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Cornell alumna fights Ebola on the front lines in Liberia
As the largest Ebola epidemic in history continues to ravage West Africa – leaving more than 8,000 dead in 2014 according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – international efforts remain underway to prevent further spread of...
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Can a charcoal-rich product called biochar boost agricultural yields and control pollution?
Can a charcoal-rich product called biochar boost agricultural yields and control pollution? Johannes Lehmann, Cornell University crop and soil professor and Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future fellow, explores the agricultural benefits and...
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Social media helps us show solidarity, resist fear after terror attacks
Drew Margolin, a professor of communication at Cornell University who studies human dynamics through social media and is co-author of the study “ The Ripple of Fear, Sympathy and Solidarity During the Boston Bombings,” says reactions to Boston...
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CALS-born ag/big data startup graduates from Cornell incubator
Bolstered by a $2.3 million venture capital investment, an agricultural technology startup is moving on from its first home in Cornell’s life sciences business incubator, a little more than a year after it arrived. Agronomic Technology Corp...
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New tech application keeps bacteria from sticking to surfaces
Just as the invention of nonstick pans was a boon for chefs, a new type of nanoscale surface that bacteria can’t stick to holds promise for applications in the food processing, medicine and even shipping industries. The technology, developed...

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Climate Change: It’s Time to Raise Our Voices

Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future — Climate Change: It’s Time to Raise Our Voices Stymied about what to do about climate change? Mike Hoffmann of Cornell University, encourages us to become aware, accept the reality, and then act by...

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McKay earns Unsung Hero Award for supporting faculty and Freeville Farm
On Nov. 10, Dean Kathryn Boor, Cornell Cooperative Extension Director and Associate Dean Chris Watkins, and more than 100 guests celebrated the College of Agriculture and Life Science’s best and brightest at the 11th annual Research, Extension...