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It is being touted as one of nature’s best-kept secrets and a sweet opportunity to tap the potential of New York’s extensive forest network – it’s maple water. Produced by nature, bottled by Feronia Forests and aided in several ways by Cornell...

Often, it doesn’t take much to convince kids to make healthier choices. Cornell experts from the Food and Brand Lab and the Center for Behavioral Economics in Child Nutrition Programs (BEN Center) have demonstrated that simple changes and...

Want to save money, energy, and the environment? Start with your lawn, advises Frank Rossi, associate professor of horticulture and Cornell’s resident turfgrass guru. “The shorter you mow your lawn, the more work it takes to keep it looking good...

An audience of about 125 braved one of the coldest days of the winter to ponder two responses to climate change: hope and despair. At the Soup and Hope event in Sage Chapel, Feb. 27, Lauren Chambliss, director of communications for the Atkinson...

The Northeast Pollinator Partnership is a new initiative at Cornell that aims to work with regional apple growers to explore using wild and native bees species as alternatives to commercially raised European honey bees for the pollination of...

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Managing Black Rot Black rot (Guignardia bidwellii (Ellis)) is a potentially devastating fungal disease that can infect the leaves, shoots, berries and cluster stems of grapes. Susceptibility to black rot varies greatly by variety, but it can be...

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The key to success in business? A strong network of supportive friends, as well as colleagues. That was the message delivered by several business leaders who gathered on the Cornell campus on February 21 and 22 to form their own new network of...

In the Nebraska winter, he faced snow, cold and high winds. In the summer, he dealt with pestilence and weeds. To top it off, he swam 2.4 miles, raced a bike 112 miles, and ran a 26.2 mile marathon, all in the same event. Steve Young has seen a...

This story is part of a regular feature on CALS Notes devoted to profiling the people and programs in the college committed to promoting greater diversity and inclusion in the CALS community. Thanks to a 2013 CALS Diversity Recruitment...

Here’s some great career advice for students on managing job offers and how to make the most of an internship, courtesy of Daniel Schwartz ‘01, CEO of Burger King Worldwide, Inc. This is a cross-posted from the CALS Career Development Blog...

What makes a winter garden beautiful? How did rhododendrons and azaleas from China make their way into Cornell’s backyard? Why is a north-facing slope ideal for growing conifers? Besides love, what did the rose symbolize in ancient mythologies...

Ever wanted to know how to cultivate shiitake mushrooms? Then here’s your chance to learn. This video, part of a new series of how-to videos produced by the eXtension Forest Farming community, features Ken Mudge, associate professor of...

His life was nearly as colorful as the Technicolor images he captured: Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz, Clark Gable in Gone With The Wind, Erroll Flynn in The Adventures of Robin Hood. But the incredible career of M. Peter Keane started out in...

Earlier today it was announced that Dr. Jennifer Seavey has been appointed as the new director of Shoals Marine Laboratory. Seavey comes to Shoals from the Seahorse Key Marine Laboratory, a field station of the University of Florida, where she...

Next time you’re trying to decide between that expensive French Cabernet or Two-Buck Chuck, take a look at what Brian Wansink, John S. Dyson Professor of Marketing and director of the Cornell Food and Brand Lab, has to say about the role that...

Leilah Krounbi, a Ph.D. candidate in the field of crop and soil sciences, is working to develop a surprising solution to the fertilizer needs of farmers in East Africa: pyrolyzed poop. During a recent seminar on campus, Krounbi described her...