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Cornell CPEP graduate Kenneth Rogers speaks during a July 10 commencement ceremony at the Statler Hotel.

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In a July 10 ceremony at the Statler Hotel, the Cornell Prison Education Program honored graduates released since the start of the pandemic, which curtailed prison-based commencements.

  • Global Development Section
Woman using MacBook Air

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Anti-fandom in the world of social media influencers can serve a social function by allowing people to critique norm transgressions, but it can also be a destructive force, a Cornell-led research team proposes.

  • Department of Communication
  • Behavior
  • Communication
Clock tower and student jogging on campus

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The Polson Institute for Global Development announced grant awardees for a slate of collaborative projects across areas of wellbeing and inclusion, environmental sustainability, and food and nutritional security. “These projects promise to...
  • Polson Institute for Global Development
  • Global Development Section
  • Global Development
neil mattson in greenhouse

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  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture Section
A pond surrounded by trees

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Nearly everyone can identify a pond, but what, exactly, distinguishes it from a lake or a wetland? A new study co-led by Cornell offers the first data-driven, functional definition of a pond and evidence of ponds’ distinct ecological function...

  • Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Environment
  • Nature
Ivy on Bradfield Hall

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The awards are based on nominations from students, faculty and staff, and the recommendations of a selection committee. The recognition comes with a $15,000 prize to be used for research, scholarship and other activities at Cornell.

  • Department of Communication
  • Communication
Joss Rose

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Jocelyn 'Joss' Rose, professor and recent chair of the Plant Biology Section in the School of Integrative Plant Science (SIPS), will begin his new appointment as the school's director on Aug. 1, 2022.
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Biology Section
  • Plants
A wolf outside

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Re-introducing wolves and other predators to landscapes does not miraculously reduce deer populations, restore degraded ecosystems or threaten livestock, according to a new study.

  • Natural Resources and the Environment Section
  • Animals
  • Environment
BIFAD Subcommittee

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Global food systems expert Mario Herrero has been named to the Board for International Food and Agricultural Development (BIFAD) Subcommittee to lead transdisciplinary evidence gathering to advise BIFAD with independent recommendations to improve USAID programming and strategies. The subcommittee is aimed at accelerating systems change and transformative climate change adaptation and mitigation approaches in agriculture, food systems and nutrition.
  • Global Development Section
  • Agriculture
  • Climate Change
Juan Carlos in field

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Juan Carlos Ramos is the new on-farm research coordinator for the Nutrient Management Spear Program (NMSP), housed in Cornell CALS Department of Animal Science. Ramos' extension focus will explore farmer-driven research covering nutrient...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • Animal Science
  • Agriculture
Johannes Lehmann with biochar

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Johannes Lehmann, Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor in the School of Integrative Plant Science’s Soil and Crop Sciences Section, was honored along with other recent winners of the Humboldt Research Award at a reception in Berlin June 23, 2022...
  • Global Development Section
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Soil and Crop Sciences Section
Patches of green fields taken from above

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Cornell Atkinson has awarded seed funding to nine interdisciplinary projects that address a range of sustainability topics.

  • Animal Science
  • Biological and Environmental Engineering
  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
Sam Alcaine

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The brand is a triple threat: it’s an alcoholic beverage with a better nutritional profile, it’s made from material that would otherwise go to waste – and it could eventually act as a model for dairy farmers looking for additional revenue.

  • Food Science
  • Food
A waterfall in Casadilla Gorge

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The gorges on Cornell’s campus are part of its iconic beauty, and generations of Cornellians have been inspired by hiking through them – but their beauty can belie their potential danger.

  • Cornell Botanic Gardens
  • Nature
cows in a row in a dairy barn

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This report from Agricultural Finance and Management at Cornell , Cornell Dairy Farm Business Summary Analysis Program, was published in a PRO-DAIRY alert distributed to an email list of nearly 7,000 dairy producers, agriservice and legislators...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • PRO-DAIRY
  • Animal Science
Solanum lycopersicoides growing in a BTI greenhouse

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A team of researchers has assembled a reference genome for Solanum lycopersicoides, a wild relative of the cultivated tomato, and developed web-based tools to help plant researchers and breeders improve the crop.

  • Boyce Thompson Institute
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Biology Section
A small grey and brown bird sitting on a branch

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The free machine-learning powered tool can identify more than 3,000 birds by sound alone, generates reliable scientific data and makes it easier for people to contribute citizen-science data on birds by simply recording sounds.

  • Lab of Ornithology
  • Animals
2022 Jeanie Borlaug Laube WIT Award Winners  BGRI

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  • Global Development Section
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Global Development
Construction zone in Ithaca

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Doctoral candidate Aman Banerji , whose research explores the making of ‘global’ cities and land markets, has received the 2022 Social Science Research Council’s (SSRC) International Dissertation Research Fellowship . With the award, Banerji...
  • Global Development Section
  • Global Development

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Three Cornell scientists were honored during a June 1 ceremony promoting women’s engagement in innovation and commercialization – part of Cornell’s efforts to elevate women inventors, who were awarded just 12.8% of all U.S. patents in 2019.

  • Biological and Environmental Engineering
  • Environment
  • Planet