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After a successful pilot launch in the spring, Cornell’s AI Critical Literacy Program will be offered in the fall to all incoming students as well as other interested students, faculty members and staff.

Growers routinely conduct their own on-farm experiments, testing different seeds and management strategies to improve yields and long-term sustainability. But most growers don’t have the time, resources or expertise that scientists have to fully...

Relevance Access to licensed commercial kitchen space is a significant barrier for food entrepreneurs seeking to start or expand value-added food businesses. Without appropriate facilities, small businesses face challenges meeting food safety...

Researchers and extension staff translated complex research into a hands-on curriculum – including the construction and deployment of floating robots – for New York State teachers and their students.

NYS 4-H Camps Specialist Shawn Tiede's path to 4-H began with an unexpected recruitment, one that led him from Boy Scouts to a career shaped by camp cabins, campfires, and countless young people finding their place. Over the years, Tiede has...

Carmen Moraru, the Yongkeun Joh Professor of Food Science, has been appointed senior associate dean in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS), effective Aug. 15. She will succeed Corrie Moreau, who left Cornell to become dean of...

Relevance Nearly 800,000 private woodland owners manage more than 10 million acres of forestland across New York. These forests support environmental quality, wildlife habitat, forest products and rural economies. Most landowners lack formal...

Relevance Agritourism has become an increasingly important strategy for farm diversification and economic sustainability in New York. According to the 2022 USDA Census of Agriculture, 947 New York farms offered agritourism, generating $55.5...

Relevance New York’s oyster populations have declined significantly since the 19th century, with an estimated 1 percent of historic oyster reefs remaining due to overharvesting and degraded water quality. In Nassau County, elevated nitrogen...

Autonomous drones are taking center stage in fisheries assessments across the Great Lakes. These drones deploy acoustic technology which tracks and quantifies fish populations. Acoustic surveying, which utilizes beams of sound, has traditionally...

Satellite-derived maps of defoliation caused by European spongy moths offer a promising solution for tracking pest outbreaks and for identifying large scale trends.

Strict regulations have prevented continental U.S. beekeepers from participating in the lucrative organic honey market, but new findings could provide evidence to open organic markets to U.S. producers.

Relevance Small and emerging food and beverage businesses across New York State often face barriers to entering competitive retail markets, including limited distribution networks, high marketing costs, regulatory requirements, and restricted...

Cornell University’s James Watkins and Kade Keranen are leading a nearly $240,000 study to examine the abundance of mysid, small, shrimp-like crustaceans that are critical links in Lake Ontario’s aquatic food web.

Researchers studying ribosomes, AI and quantum computing are among 13 early-career professors from Cornell who’ve recently been awarded National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Awards.

This fact sheet was authored by Joe Lawrence, PRO-DAIRY forage systems specialist, Kirsten Workman, PRO-DAIRY nutrient management specialist, and Mike Hunter, IPM coordinator, and was shared in the July 2026 PRO-DAIRY e-Leader newsletter...

Relevance Skaneateles Lake is a critical natural resource for Central New York and serves as the primary drinking water source for residents throughout the watershed and the City of Syracuse. Nearly 2,000 homes within the watershed rely on...

People may not only need specific species of gut bacteria but also the right strains of those bacteria to benefit from dietary fiber.

A new model offers a proof-of-principle for how AI might be used to shed light on obscure biological processes.