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Faculty Focus: Five Questions for Tim Martinson
You started your extension job with the Finger Lakes Grape program after several years as a research associate in Entomology. What was your biggest surprise when you started in extension? My first thought was “what am I doing here?” I may know a...
  • Food Science
  • Viticulture and Enology
  • Food
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Migrations grants fund worldwide interdisciplinary projects
Funded projects this cycle reflect the Migrations initiative’s interdisciplinary priorities of racism, dispossession and migration in the United States and international, multispecies migration.
  • Lab of Ornithology
  • Global Development Section
  • Natural Resources and the Environment Section
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HBO to shadow Cornell student birders
On May 14, Cornell students will again compete in the annual World Series of Birding – but this year, the world will get to follow along.
  • Lab of Ornithology
  • Animals
  • Environment
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GREAT expands to South Asia with the gender-responsive plant breeding and seed systems course
The Gender-Responsive Researchers Equipped for Agricultural Transformation (GREAT) project is expanding its course offerings beyond sub-Saharan Africa, providing new opportunities for researchers in South Asia to create more inclusive and...
  • Global Development Section
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
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LeadNY announces newest leadership program graduates
LeadNY is pleased to announce that members of its 19th class have successfully completed the “Leadership Fundamentals” portion of the training program. Class members were recognized at a graduation ceremony on April 9 in Binghamton following the...
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Food Science
  • Global Development Section

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Clean Water Act EPA Training Conference- Martha’s Vineyard May 2022

As part of the Clean Water Act, the EPA provides training on clean water management. The EPA has focused on improving training they provide to Native American Tribes and Nations. Organizers for EPA regions one and two contacted the Cornell...

  • Biological Field Station
  • Natural Resources and the Environment Section
  • Natural Resources
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Students compete to develop winning recipe for meat alternatives
Three student teams took home top honors and a total of $10,000 for creating meat alternatives that deliver on nutrition, creativity and sustainability at the finals of Cornell’s inaugural New Food Product Competition, held April 22 at Cornell...
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Food Science
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Cornell Garden-Based Learning Sets Sights on Food Forests
En español. Food Forests, also known as Edible Forests, sees community growers cultivating edible perennial plants, such as fruit and nut trees, berries, roots and flowers etc. in an arrangement that is functional, productive, and often...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture Section
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First Cornell RANA Prize winner confronts energy issues in Indonesia
Timothy Ravis, whose research focuses on uncovering the social, political, and economic impediments to a green energy transition in Indonesia, is the first RANA Prize winner at Cornell.
  • Global Development Section
  • Energy
  • Climate Change
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Reporter Jenn Abelson ’00 Exposes Dangers of No-Knock Warrants
In her latest investigative project, the Washington Post staffer Jenn Abelson '00 and Daily Sun alum delves into a controversial tool of modern policing.
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MAGIC Drosophila Research for Understanding Human Disease
Thousands of strains of drosophilia, or fruit fly, have been developed for research purposes at Cornell Research. These fruit flies are currently being used to investigate human diseases, and researcher Chun Han from Cornell's Molecular Biology and Genetics lab is developing a new research technique called gRNA-infused crossing over, or MAGIC, that will make this type of research easier for future experiments.
  • Molecular Biology and Genetics
  • Organisms
  • Biology

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Book addresses future of local and global agri-food systems

A new open-access book constitutes the most authoritative study on the future of local and global agri-food systems, exploring the challenges of today and envisioning potential food systems scenarios through 2070.

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Western municipal water restraints rise as reservoirs fall
As water restrictions tighten in Southern California, the Southwest U.S. sees growing evidence of climate change and drought for millions of western residents, according to a Cornell drought expert.
  • Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
  • Climate Change
  • Environment
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Field Note

Shoals Marine Lab: Island field research brings students closer to science
Shoals Marine Laboratory (SML) is a remote field station located on Appledore Island, Gulf of Maine, jointly operated by Cornell University and the University of New Hampshire. As a leader in marine science undergraduate education, SML offers...
  • Shoals Marine Laboratory
  • Animal Science
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Report

Spring 2022 crop fertility considerations
This fact sheet was written by Cornell CALS PRO-DAIRY staff Kirsten Workman and Joe Lawrence and published in PRO-DAIRY e-Leader, a monthly e-Leader newsletter distributed to an email list of nearly 7,000 dairy producers, agriservice and...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • PRO-DAIRY
  • Animal Science
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Report

First cutting: Resources for success in 2022
This fact sheet was written by Cornell CALS PRO-DAIRY Dairy Forage Systems Specialist Joe Lawrence and published in PRO-DAIRY e-Leader, a monthly e-Leader newsletter distributed to an email list of nearly 7,000 dairy producers, agriservice and...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • PRO-DAIRY
  • Animal Science

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Subhashree Srinivasagan awarded Cornell Atkinson Postdoctoral Fellowship

Subhashree Navaneetha Srinivasagan was recently awarded one of four Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability Postdoctoral Fellowships. The Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability Postdoctoral Fellowships provides a rich training environment...

  • Cornell Atkinson
  • Animal Science
  • Agriculture

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Number of Oneida Lake walleyes at historic high as season opens

Central New York anglers will have one million reasons to wet a line in Oneida Lake when walleye season opens on May 1. For the fourth year in a row, Oneida Lake contains around a million walleye, according to Anthony Vandevalk, coordinator of...

  • Biological Field Station
  • Natural Resources and the Environment Section
  • Natural Resources
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Privatization, poverty threaten water affordability
An analysis of the 500 largest city water systems in the U.S. found private ownership contributed to significantly higher water bills and lower affordability for low-income households.
  • Cornell Atkinson
  • Global Development Section
  • Energy
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Alumna's $1M gift supports innovation in ag and life sciences
The Cynthia and Norman Martin Dean's Discretionary Fund for Innovation in Agriculture and Life Sciences will support collaborative solutions that protect the global food supply.
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Environment
  • Food