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CALS Day took on a festival atmosphere with more than 35 science exhibits, food, animals, tie-dye and music during a celebration of the diversity of the college’s research and people.

Sugar glycation was shown to stiffen and alter the architecture of tissue and promote breast tumor cell movement, pointing to a possible mechanical link between diabetes and metastatic cancer.

More than 40 students and a dozen faculty and staff were honored for their outstanding achievements in undergraduate education, teaching and advising.

A team of researchers led by Cornell AgriTech’s David Gadoury has spent the last five years refining the science and applied technology behind using ultraviolet (UV) light to kill the fungi that cause powdery mildew. This year, the team will work with leading growers and extension divisions across the US to conduct nearly 20 trials with numerous crops.

More than 30,000 people, including three groups of expert birders from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, will take part in the annual Global Big Day bird count on May 4.

Cornell students spent Earth Day outdoors at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington, D.C., teaching patrons how to mold plastic in a different way – by reduction.

A new Cornell study shows that in lakes with muck and sand bottoms, the invasive rusty crayfish has been contributing to its own population decline by destroying the very plant life it needs.

Cornell’s Polson Institute for Global Development will host “Reducing Campus Food Waste: Innovations and Ideas,” a lecture and workshop May 2-3 on campus.

Cornell-led research reports that two local fungal pathogens could potentially curb an invasive insect that has New York vineyard owners on edge.

The Institute for the Social Sciences has awarded 12 small grants to social science researchers in six colleges and schools at Cornell, including three in CALS. The awards assist scholars as they develop new research and seek external funding.

April 24 marked the 40th anniversary of the dedication ceremony for the Boyce Thompson Institute's current facilities on Cornell’s Ithaca campus. BTI’s researchers and staff celebrated the milestone.

When it comes to studying for their all-important baccalaureate exam, students in Cameroon are largely left to their own devices. Now a team of Cornell researchers wants to use those devices to help them prepare for the test.

Cathy Young, the newly appointed director of The Center of Excellence for Food and Agriculture at Cornell AgriTech, recently shared her vision for the center.

About three dozen Cornell seniors presented their undergraduate research at the 17th annual Hunter R. Rawlings III Research Scholars Senior Expo on April 17.

A newly discovered relationship between genetic variation and the gut microbiome could help nutritionists personalize their recommendations.

An agreement signed in January between Cornell and the drought-stricken Indian state of Tamil Nadu has brought a delegation of engineers from India to Cornell for three days of learning about the latest in water resource management.

CALS and 3M, the Minnesota-based diversified technology company, celebrate the renewal of their 5-year partnership with the naming of the 3M Food Safety and Quality Lab in Stocking Hall.

Cornell’s Media Studies Initiative has announced that radio producers Chris Hoff ’02 and Sam Harnett, co-creators of the 90-second public radio show and podcast, “The World According to Sound,” will be artists in residence in Fall 2019.

Chris Gerling, extension associate in the food science department, and Greg Peck, assistant professor in the horitculture section of the School of Integrative Plant Science, both recently received major awards from the cider industry.