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Sandria Jiang was the 2025 Summer Intern for the CCE Growing and Learning Together: Learning Through Play project. A rising senior in Cornell Human Ecology majoring in Human Development and minoring in Gerontology, Jiang worked with Professor...

When a bottle of juice says “not from concentrate,” it generally means that it contains more nutrients and tastes better than juice from concentrate. Conventional concentrating processes require heat that destroys nutritious molecules like...

November 5, 2025 Grants Associate Professor Neil Lewis, Jr. received a $1,694,600 grant as Principal Investigator for his project, “Evaluating New York State Early Childhood Programs and Policies” from the New York State Council on Children and...

Entrepreneurial Cornell students compete in the annual food hackathon, but then what? Their prototypes gain new ways to become reality.

The first sprayable insecticide made of RNA can target and kill ravenous Colorado potato beetles while sparing most beneficial insects, making it a promising environmentally friendly option.

Cornell has won three of 15 major grants from the Bezos Earth Fund, awarded to leverage artificial intelligence in the fight against climate change and environmental challenges.

More than 60 students from the Department of Global Development, the Lund Fellows Program for Regenerative Agriculture and the CALS Global Fellows Program presented on their engaged learning experiences at the second CALS Engaged and Experiential Learning Symposium.

Examples of innovations in plant-human communication are part of a new Cornell University Library exhibit, “Hello, Human! The Emerging Science of Plant Communication and Smart Agriculture,” opening Nov. 6 at Mann Library gallery.

Christopher P. Dunn, PhD, executive director of Cornell Botanic Gardens, retires at the end of 2025. He led the organization into a new era of relevance to the university, community, and world, with a focused mission on conserving biological and...

This year, Ashley E. Randle ’11, commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources, led the effort to launch the first “Year of Youth in Agriculture” in Massachusetts, with the goal to engage youth in farming. The initiative...

Rebecca Stup ’23, MS ’26, is a master’s student in the lab of Antonio DiTommaso , a weed ecologist and associate dean and director of the Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station (Cornell AES). DiTommaso’s lab has been exploring...

Researchers at Cornell AgriTech have developed a microwave-vacuum drying method that transforms grape pomace, the leftover skins, seeds and pulp from juice production, into a stable, nutrient-rich ingredient in just 20 minutes, compared with...

Relevance In New York, farms cover about 20% of the total land area, with field crops and vegetables occupying a significant portion (49% of NY’s farmland; about $1.9 billion annual value). Cornell University's plant breeders play a crucial role...

Relevance The Program for Research on Youth Development and Engagement (PRYDE) project under the direction of Dr. Anthony Burrow, Director of PRYDE and the Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research (BCTR) in the College of Human Ecology...

Relevance The Sanitation Verification Efficacy project addresses the problem of controlling cross-contamination during food manufacturing, highlighting the challenge of verifying sanitation efficacy. The project led by Abigail Snyder, Cornell...

Relevance Deer have exceeded the carrying capacity in most forested landscapes of NY and the Northeast. This has resulted in widespread failure of forests to regenerate as diverse and productive young forests that are necessary for multiple...

Relevance CCE Tioga and Cornell University's School of Integrative Plant Science partnered to conduct research on the viability of growing rice on dry land. Several different rice varieties were planted and tended at CCE Tioga's Hilltop...

In a warming climate, extreme drought could trigger a dramatic release of carbon from peatlands, erasing up to 250 years of carbon stores in a matter of months.