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Cornell AgriTech launches hops breeding program
The program – to be led by Larry Smart, professor of horticulture in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences – will integrate AgriTech expertise to help the state’s hops growers overcome breeding and disease-management challenges. Craft...
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Cornell Craft Beverage Institute
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
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CCE tiny house makes powerful energy impact
But inside, where tiny home builders would typically tuck away hidden storage and multi-use furniture, are a variety of energy-saving innovation demonstrations, turning it into a mobile education and outreach station. Owned and operated by the...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • Behavior
  • Communication
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Regional partnership takes a chance on New York chickpeas
A Schuyler County-Cornell pilot project could help New York farmers diversify their crops and give regional food manufacturers a cost-effective source for the popular legume.
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • School of Integrative Plant Science

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TIAA gift champions Dyson program addressing emerging markets

  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
  • Applied Economics

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NSF to fund research on ‘boundary spanning’ in Ph.D. studies

Kevin Kniffin, assistant professor in the Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, in the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business and the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, is principal investigator on a team that will examine...

  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
  • Applied Economics
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Study tracks food’s value from farm to plate globally
A team of researchers, led by Dyson professors Chris Barrett and Miguel Gómez, has developed the “Global Food Dollar” method, which distributes the consumer’s net purchasing dollar across all farm and post-farmgate activities.
  • Global Development Section
  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
  • Agriculture
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Combination strategies work best for controlling orchard weeds organically
No single organic weed control option works particularly well alone to control weeds in apple orchards during establishment. But strategies combining techniques do work well, particularly using wood chip mulches with organic herbicides. That’s...
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture Section
  • Organic
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New A&S faculty bring Indigenous studies expertise

  • American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program
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Gift to establish K. Lisa Yang Center for Conservation Bioacoustics
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s groundbreaking Center for Conservation Bioacoustics will begin a new era of innovation thanks to a major gift from the philanthropist and Lab Advisory Board member K. Lisa Yang ’74.
  • Lab of Ornithology
  • Animals
  • Environment
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Alumna wins New Mexico special election for U.S. House seat
Stansbury, a Democrat and New Mexico state representative, was elected to New Mexico’s 1st Congressional District, which includes the city of Albuquerque. The seat had previously been held by Deb Haaland, who now is serving as the U.S. secretary...
  • Global Development Section
  • Climate Change
  • Global Development

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Rural sociologist Frank Young dies at 92

Young trained as an anthropologist at a time when applied international work was first emerging after World War II. At Cornell he pushed forward new sociological concepts and comparative research designs to better understand rural communities...

  • Global Development Section
  • Global Development
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Nanoscale sensors measure elusive water levels in leaves
A breakthrough technology developed by Cornell researchers uses nanoscale sensors and fiber optics to measure water status just inside a leaf’s surface, where water in plants is most actively managed. The engineering feat provides a minimally invasive research tool that will greatly advance the understanding of basic plant biology, and opens the door for breeding more drought-resistant crops.
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
  • Agriculture
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Subscribe, like, share: visibility in the age of algorithms
Wilde died more than 120 years ago, but those words could be a mantra for today’s social media content creators, whose digital relevance – in the form of “likes,” “favorites” and “shares” – is often dependent on factors well beyond their control...
  • Department of Communication
  • Behavior
  • Communication
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Better implant device may ease therapy for Type 1 diabetes
The research group, led by associate professor Minglin Ma from the Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, partnered with stem cell biologists at Washington University School of...
  • Biological and Environmental Engineering
  • Biology
  • Health + Nutrition

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Johnson and Zhang named CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars

Two Cornell researchers have been named CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars. Elizabeth Johnson, assistant professor of molecular nutrition in the Division of Nutritional Sciences, and Baobao Zhang, Klarman Postdoctoral Fellow in government, are among...

  • Nutritional Sciences
  • Biology
  • Food
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Global conference to explore community-based service learning
The 2021 International Conference on Community-Based Service-Learning in Borneo brings together students, faculty and community partners on June 14-15 to reflect on the process and experience of service-learning partnerships and community-based...
  • Global Development Section
  • Natural Resources and the Environment Section
  • Global Development
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Tested by pandemic, ROTC seniors start military careers
During Cornell’s Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) commissioning ceremony in Bailey Hall on May 28, retired U.S. Army Col. Craig Unrath paused before swearing in his daughter, Megan Unrath ’21, as an Army second lieutenant.
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Declining fish biodiversity poses risks for human nutrition
The study, “ Declining Diversity of Wild-Caught Species Puts Dietary Nutrient Supplies at Risk,” published May 28 in Science Advances, focused on the Loreto region of the Peruvian Amazon, where inland fisheries provide a critical source of...
  • Natural Resources and the Environment Section
  • Agriculture
  • Animals
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$1.5M gift will support grapevine research at Cornell AgriTech
An anonymous gift of $1.5 million to support Cornell AgriTech research will improve grapevine health, quality, yields and profitability in New York state’s wine and grape industry through the creation of an endowed graduate student research...
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture Section
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Six grants support joint research in China through pandemic
The Cornell China Center (CCC) has announced six new grant awards, totaling $140,000, to support research by Cornell faculty teams partnering with researchers in China.
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Biology Section
  • Biological and Environmental Engineering