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Justine Vanden Heuvel, associate professor of enology and viticulture in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, earned this year’s research award from the New York Wine and Grape Foundation.

  • Beverages
Ant's on milkweed leaf

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A new study shows how milkweed toxins affect the web of creatures that surround the predatory aphids, especially ants, which frequently serve as aphid protectors.

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The Cornell Faculty Senate approved a new environment and sustainability major in the College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

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A new study of mosses brings scientists one step closer to solving a mystery in plant biology: how plants made the transition from water to land 450 million years ago.

  • Environment
  • Land
  • Plants

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Arguments that support legalizing recreational marijuana are more convincing than arguments against it, according to Jeff Niederdeppe, associate professor of communication. Top pro-pot arguments emphasize the economic benefits.

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The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences announced March 8 an agreement with SUNY Broome Community College that lets students complete a degree in Cornell’s Department of Food Science.

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Research grant aids development of breeding strategies aimed at boosting the yield and mineral content of bread wheat.

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Ryan Lombardi, vice president for student and campus life, expressed his condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of Angel Hierro ’17, who passed away.

Cells of two flower buds

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New research identified for the first time a random patterning mechanism that decides the size of cells found in the sepals – the leaf-like covering of petals in a bud – of flowering plants.
Person using Estimate app on tablet device

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A new iPad app, called Estimate, connects plant professionals with a portable database of photographs of diseased leaves to help determine plant disease severity.
Professor Vimal Selvaraj working with student Josh Goddard

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An interdisciplinary team of Cornell researchers is investigating a system for using housefly larvae to biodegrade manure and harvest the larvae for use as protein-rich animal feed.
David Archambault II speaking

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David Archambault II, chairman of Standing Rock Sioux Nation, spoke on campus Feb. 16 as part of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences' Department of Natural Resources seminar series.
  • American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program
Lynn Perry Wooten

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Lynn Perry Wooten, senior associate dean for academic and student excellence at the University of Michigan will begin her appointment at the Dyson School on July 1.
Frost-damaged apple blossoms

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This February's warm weather is nice in the Northeast, but apple farmers may pay a price if winter roars back. To help growers assess temperatures, Cornell has developed a new Apple Freeze Risk tool.

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The leadership development program for adult professionals in the food, agricultural and natural resource industries is now accepting applications for its newest class of leaders.

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SUNY Broome is working with Cornell’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) to develop 2+2 bachelor’s degree programs in food science and food operations and management. These new programs further support current transfer agreements between the two institutions [...]

students plant mangrove trees standing on the side of a water channel

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Ten students from across Cornell spent two weeks of their winter break on a journey through Vietnam, listening to farmers and community members and seeing the effects of climate change firsthand.
Nepalese farmers touring seed system

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More than 200 farmers, representatives from Cornell's Delivering Genetic Gain in Wheat project, and the Nepal government gathered for the inauguration of the Seed Systems for Nepal initiative Jan. 23.

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The Northeast Regional Climate Center is partnering with NOAA and the National Integrated Drought Information System to host an assessment of drought in the Northeast.

Harold Capener

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Professor Emeritus Harold Rigby Capener, Ph.D ’51, who chaired the Department of Rural Sociology from 1966 to 1976, died Oct. 13, 2016. He was 97.