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The new white wine grape, Aravelle.

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New Cornell variety raises grape expectations for NYS wine

Introducing Aravelle – a new white wine grape that was 42 years in the making.

  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
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Fish story: Animals adjust reactions to misinformation

Fish can adjust their sensitivity to the actions of others – such as fleeing due to a false alarm – in order to reduce the risk of responding to misinformation, according to a new study.

  • Computational Biology
  • Behavior
  • Biology
a flight of beer at local Ithaca brewery, Liquid State

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Cheers! Craft brewery patrons value tasting room ambience

While creating quality craft beers, serving up a pleasant tasting-room experience with friendly, informed servers can bring more profit to a brewery, according to new Cornell research.

  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • Cornell Craft Beverage Institute
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Borlaug Global Rust Initiative announces wheat award winners
The Borlaug Global Rust Initiative announced the 2023 Jeanie Borlaug Laube Women in Triticum (WIT) Early Career and Mentor awardees in recognition of excellence in science and leadership for a wheat-secure future.
  • Global Development Section
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section

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Facing floods, nonwhite homeowners prepare, protect property

In flood-prone New York, non-white homeowners are more likely to take active measures – like protecting a furnace or installing a sump pump – to prepare for deluge, says Cornell research.

  • Global Development Section
  • Behavior
  • Climate Change
Yianni Diakomihalis ’23, left, and Vito Arujau ’24 both won national titles in their respective weight classes on March 18 at the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships.

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With care and NCAA bronze, Cornell wrestling caps historic season

A culture of caring and support launches Cornell wrestling to a third place finish at NCAAs, with two national champions and four All-Americans.

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Lake Ontario’s nearshore zooplankton:

Long term monitoring programs are important for understanding how ecosystems change over time. Additionally, understanding changes in the zooplankton community, the primary food for larval and forage fish, is vital for understanding the overall...

  • Biological Field Station
  • Natural Resources and the Environment Section
  • Natural Resources

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Wilmot Irish, farm mechanization supporter, dies at 94

Wilmot “Bill” Irish, an agricultural engineer and professor emeritus, who specialized in farm structures and mechanization in the dairy and poultry industries, died Nov. 22, 2022, in Shelburne, Vermont. He was 94.

  • Biological and Environmental Engineering
  • Agriculture
Alumni attend outdoor presentation in Puerto Rico

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Traveling Thousands of Miles to Learn the Meaning of “Local”
Lead NY is for committed leaders in the food, agriculture and natural resource sectors who wish to step up and make a difference in their community. In this article, Renee Ciardi, (NYFB - LeadNY Class 18), reflects on a LeadNY alumni trip, where...
  • Global Development Section
  • Agriculture
  • Global Development
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DNA in real-world conditions

  • Animal Science
  • Animals
  • Genomics

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Imaging captures social dynamics of 'pee-shy' mice

Cornell researchers shined a new light – via thermal imaging of mice – on how male scent marking changes depending on shifting social conditions.

  • Neurobiology and Behavior
  • Animals
  • Behavior
Eric Branch examines a beet with fellow grad student, Pratibha Sharma

Field Note

Graduate student Eric Branch: He’s got the beet
Growing up on his family’s vegetable farm in central Minnesota, Eric Branch had many positive interactions with extension programs, and this eventually led him to pursue extension as a career. Drawn by Cornell AgriTech’s long history of...
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section
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COMM Updates - 3/20/2023
Conferences & Invited Lectures Assistant Professor Neil Lewis, Jr., was invited to speak at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine's workshop on Applying Lessons Learned from COVID-19 Research and Development to Future...
Under moderate levels of artificial light, predators have more opportunity to attack caterpillars.

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Artificial light at night aids caterpillar predators

Moderate levels of artificial light at night – like the fixture illuminating your backyard – bring more caterpillar predators and reduce the chance that these lepidoptera larvae grow up to become moths.

  • Lab of Ornithology
  • Animals
  • Entomology
Bald eagle

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Climate change creates ‘win-win’ between bald eagles and farmers

As they seek new foods because climate change has altered their traditional diet of salmon carcasses, bald eagles in northwestern Washington state have become a boon to dairy farmers, deterring pests and removing animal carcasses from their...

  • Lab of Ornithology
  • Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Animals

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Cornell Center for Social Sciences names 14 faculty fellows

The program seeks to nurture the careers of Cornell’s most promising faculty members in the social sciences by providing time and space for high-impact social scientific scholarship.

  • Global Development Section
  • Global Development
Blue and yellow sticky cards with insects stuck on them clamped to a stake.

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NYSIPM, Cornell Entomologists Partner on Seedcorn Maggot Research
A soil-borne, early season pest of corn, soybean and other field crops, SCM is especially concerning to producers because there are no remediation options available once seed damage occurs. The pests, which reproduce quickl—up to four...
  • Cornell Integrated Pest Management
  • Field Crops
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Vargas named grape IPM coordinator
As a part of the third largest wine producing state in the nation, New York grape growers work nearly 35,000 acres, producing 128,000 tons of juice grapes, 57,000 tons of wine grapes, and 2,000 tons of table grapes each year. In the new role...
  • Cornell Integrated Pest Management
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New organic leadership for Cornell AES
Ryan Maher, a research, extension, and soil health specialist for the Cornell Small Farms Program since 2013, has assumed a new leadership position as Organic Coordinator for the Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station ( Cornell AES)...
  • Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station
  • Dilmun Hill Student Farm
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
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COMM Updates - 3/13/2023
Events Join us for COMMColloquium this Friday, February 10, at 4:00 pm in 160 Mann Library Building. Professor Poppy McLeod will present “Harnessing the Power of Groups for Addressing the Climate Crisis.” The colloquium is followed by a...