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Group of nutrition educators posting in front of water fountain in Albany, NY

Field Note

This is a personal essay by Nutrition Educator Sarah Martin and SNAP-Ed Program Manager Nicole Maline with Cornell Cooperative Extension Erie County. In the last quarter of 2019, the Northwestern region SNAP-Ed team delivered almost 400 in...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • Health + Nutrition
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News

With a major in biology and society, she had planned to live on campus in student housing to continue her research on the effect of the nutrient choline on children’s cognitive development. This kind of research can make or break a student’s...
  • Biology
a green plant growing out of brown soil

News

In an article published July 27 in Nature Geoscience, Cornell’s Johannes Lehmann and others wrote that scientists should develop new models that more accurately reflect the carbon-storage processes beneath our feet, in order to effectively draw...
  • Cornell Atkinson
  • Global Development Section
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
A woman bends over rows of potted seedlings

News

Scientists know that some mRNA – which carries genetic code to a living organism’s protein-making machinery – are making the journey from root to shoot. But they don’t know which of the thousands of strands are purposely trying to share genetic...
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Biology Section
  • Agriculture
Cornell tower view

Field Note

Inspired by his personal experience as a Black student in the Ivy League, Ben Fields ’20 analyzed how racism, micro-aggressions and human behavior contribute to the academic career of Black students. His research is not only an important...
  • Global Development Section
  • Global Development
Miombo woodlands near the Lower Zambezi National Park, Zambia

News

Small farms in Zambia that use the latest hybrid seed for maize, along with improving health on neutral soils, help reduce deforestation and tackle climate change, Cornell researchers report this month in Global Environmental Change. “Scientists...
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Soil and Crop Sciences Section
  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
Edward McLaughlin

News

For the second time in four years, Edward McLaughlin, the Robert G. Tobin Professor Emeritus of Marketing, has taken the reins as interim David J. Nolan Dean of the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management. A Dyson faculty...
  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
  • Applied Economics
Roberts Hall Plaza, a view from the Ag Quad

News

As Kathryn J. Boor ’80, the Ronald P. Lynch Dean, completes her second and final term, CALS alumni, parents and friends have raised more than $1.1 million in recognition funds that will continue to support the top priorities from her deanship...
People erecting biocontrol tents in wooded area

Multimedia

News

CCE Educators Sharon Bachman and Laura Bailey are partnering with Carrie Brown-Lima, director of the New York Invasive Species Research Institute, to control the invasive plant using biocontrol measures. In this episode, "Extension Out Loud"...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • Environment
A large pump bottle of hand sanitizer on a table next to green cardboard blueberry boxes

News

“After months of enduring lockdowns, especially in New York, the pick-your-own berry farms around the state are booming this year,” said Marvin Pritts, professor of horticulture in the School of Integrative Plant Science, in the College of...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture Section
Bees on a flower

News

The study, published July 20 in Nature Ecology and Evolution, also found that one in eight individual bees had at least one parasite. The study was conducted in field sites in upstate New York, where the researchers screened 2,624 flowers from...
  • Entomology
  • Pollinators
  • Environment
Four people with binoculars look at a bird in the distance

Spotlight

With a network of more than a dozen live-streamed cameras located as far away as New Zealand, the Lab of Ornithology’s Bird Cams project offers a constant dose of eye (and ear) candy — from the breeding habits of a bonded pair of Bermuda petrels...
  • Lab of Ornithology
  • Animals
  • Environment

News

A multidisciplinary, Cornell-led team of scientists has been selected for a $750,000 NASA grant to combine their expertise in remote sensing, climate and earth system computer modeling, plant pathology and genomics to better understand how plant...
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section
Two cows standing in a barn staring at the camera

News

A new open-source computer model being developed by a Cornell-led interdisciplinary team will simulate production and quantify the environmental effects of management decisions made on dairy farms. The Ruminant Farms Systems Model project is...
  • Animal Science
  • Agriculture
  • Dairy
Vegetables growing in a greenhouse

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  • Global Development Section
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture Section
A woman shops for produce at the Shyambazar Market in Kolkata, India, during the nationwide COVID-19 lockdown in the spring.

News

In the study, “ Pandemic Prices: Price Shocks from COVID-19 and Their Implications on Nutrition Security in India,” TCI analyzed the average weekly price of cereal grains, vegetables, pulses (the edible seeds of plants in the legume family, such...
  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
  • Global Development Section
  • Agriculture
Dara Stockton holding berries

Field Note

Dara Stockton—a postdoctoral associate working in the lab of Greg Loeb, professor of entomology—researches spotted-wing drosophila (SWD), an invasive vinegar fly that reproduces in berries and other small fruit. Stockton’s research is helping...
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Department of Entomology
a close up of barley growing in a field with two men in the background

News

The project, which will focus specifically on the impact of high-bandwidth farm networking, has received a four-year, $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation. Phoebe Sengers, associate professor of information science, is...
  • Cornell Institute for Digital Agriculture
  • Natural Resources and the Environment Section
  • Agriculture
Person holding infected wheat

News

The genome-wide association study leveraged data collected from sites in India, Kenya and Mexico to better understand the shared genetic basis of resistance to yellow rust, a tenacious and widespread fungal disease caused by a pathogen prevalent...
  • Global Development Section
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
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Field Note

This article is written by Cornell Cooperative Extension Wayne County 4-H Team Leader Jessica Spence. 4-H Camp Beechwood, nestled along the Maxwell Creek and the beautiful shoreline of Lake Ontario at Beechwood State Park, is a weeklong day camp...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension