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Academic focus: History/theory of landscape design, urbanism and architecture; focus on urban ecological design and 20th century politics of everyday environments. Research summary: I am a historian and theorist of international urban and...

Academic focus: Postharvest technologies for food and agricultural products. Research summary: My research program focuses on fundamental and applied aspects of postharvest technologies to improve food quality, safety and sustainability of...

Academic focus: Plant ecology and environmental health. Research summary: My goal is to generate the ecological knowledge necessary to address plant-related public health problems. Much of my research centers on allergenic pollen, from creating...

Awards Postdoctoral Associate Sarah Gilbert received a Postdoctoral Achievement Award for Excellence in Leadership awarded by Cornell University. The award recognizes postdocs who demonstrate innovative, initiative-driven leadership impacting...

Fungal biologist Lori Huberman will use a $1.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study how fungi sense and use nutrients, basic research with potential applications for treatment of cancer, obesity, Type 2 diabetes and...

Though human-made ponds both sequester and release greenhouse gases, when added up, they may be net emitters, according to two related studies by Cornell researchers.

A new filtration process that aims to extend milk’s shelf life may result in a pasteurization-resistant microbacterium passing into milk if equipment isn’t properly cleaned early, Cornell scientists say.

Students in the TST BOCES New Visions Program can make the most of their senior year in high school by partnering with select Cornell University research and extension programs. Two Lehman Alternative Community School students, Cosmo Wessell and...

A new study led by Colleen Miller, Ph.D. ’23, suggests light pollution’s effects on coastal marine ecosystems are negatively impacting everything from whales and fish to coral and plankton.

The program helped Alexa Schmitz, Ph.D. ’18, and colleagues explore the market potential for their sustainable way of extracting rare earth elements used in many electronics.

Chef Chantay Skrine is dicing onions for her collard greens. Skrine, owner of Sweetay’s LLC in Binghamton, N.Y., is at work in a shared commercial kitchen on the campus of Cornell Cooperative Extension Broome County. The past two years have been...

The 20 finalist startups battling for $3 million in prize money in the fifth annual Grow-NY Food and Agriculture Business Competition were selected from more than 320 applicants, including 81 entries from New York state.

The Northeast Regional Center for Excellence in Vector-Borne Diseases, led by Cornell, has received a five-year, $8.7 million award from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to train and educate vector-borne disease professionals.

Samuel Wallace is a senior studying agricultural engineering at North Carolina State University. He joined Cornell CALS’ Nutrient Management Spear Program (NMSP) as an intern this summer. Read about the focus of Wallace’s internship and discover...

The genetic material that species shed into their environments can reveal the presence of the species and a broad range of information about the genetics of entire populations.

Lars Rudstam and Taylor Brown recently participated in the 2023 Great Lakes Cisco and Lake Whitefish Early Life History Workshop, jointly organized by the U.S. Geological Survey and the Great Lakes Fishery Commission. The workshop was held from...

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack visited the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences on Sept. 6 to discuss programs focused on empowering farmers and finding new climate solutions that are equitable and science-based.

The Dairy Farm Business Summary & Analysis Project (DFBS) is one of the longest applied research efforts within the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University that interacts directly with rural stakeholders of the land grant...