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News

Lucky breaks in a male mouse’s youth can lead to large advantages in adulthood, especially in groups that compete for food, territory and mates.

  • Animal Science
  • Neurobiology and Behavior
  • Animals
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Growers and conservationists have a new weapon to detect invasive spotted lanternflies early and limit their spread: dogs trained to sniff out egg masses that overwinter in vineyards and forests.

  • Natural Resources and the Environment Section
  • Animals
  • Entomology
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A Cornell-led research team has developed a method for extracting gold from electronics waste, then using the recovered precious metal as a catalyst for converting carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, to organic materials.

  • Food Science
  • Environment
  • Natural Resources
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A cell protein previously believed only to provide a scaffolding for DNA has also been shown to directly influence DNA transcription into RNA – the first step of the process by which an organism’s genetic code expresses itself.

  • Food Science
  • Plants
  • Horticulture
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News

New research elucidates a raindrop’s impact on a leaf - the equivalent in mass of a bowling ball hitting a person - and the physical dynamics that help the leaf survive.

  • Biological and Environmental Engineering
  • Biology
  • Plants
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Cornell researchers built miniature VR headsets to immerse mice more deeply in virtual environments that can help reveal the neural activity that informs spatial navigation and memory function and generate new insights into disorders such as...

  • Neurobiology and Behavior
  • Animals
  • Disease
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Conference Presentations Graduate student Emma Cox presented “Effects of Cohesion with Teammates on Division-I Student-Athletes’ Mental Health: An Application of the Human Need to Belong and Transactional Stress Frameworks” at the National...
coyote in a field

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Researchers in the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment have developed a new model to understand wildlife interactions. They’ve found that coyote populations in upstate New York may benefit fishers but not American martens.

  • Natural Resources and the Environment Section
  • Animals
  • Environment
Headshot of Alysia Ericsson

Field Note

Alysia Ericsson joined our CoE team in July 2024 as a business development specialist. As part of our business development team, Alysia works with our member entrepreneurs and businesses to help them start and grow their enterprises here in New...
Ijeoma Obiedelu headshot

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Ijeoma Seraphie Obiedelu, a peacebuilder whose work seeks to innovatively confront gender-based inequalities and violence in Nigeria, earned the 2025 Ronny Adhikarya Niche Award (RANA), the Department of Global Development announced today. The...
  • Global Development Section
  • Global Development
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Rob Ralyea, manager of the Cornell Food Processing and Development Laboratory, has been the genius behind many of New York’s award-winning cheeses.

  • Food Science
  • Food
  • Dairy
Photograph of a group of people from a variety of age groups standing on a grassy hill with rolling hills far into the background.

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Written by Chris Bowser (NYS Department of Environmental Conservation and NYS Water Resources Institute) and Ben Maracle (NYS Water Resources Institute) Originally published in New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Hudson...
Forest aerial view

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A landmark new report, launched today by the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services ( IPBES), offers decision-makers around the world the most ambitious scientific assessment ever undertaken of these complex...
  • Global Development Section
  • Climate Change
  • Food
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Eight student delegates from the New York Youth Institute joined 162 other delegates at the 2024 Global Youth Institute, an educational conference for high school students hosted annually by the World Food Prize Foundation in Des Moines, Iowa...
  • Global Development Section
  • Global Development
Portrait of Xingen Lei

News

In a classroom in Warren Hall, students in Global Food, Energy and Water Nexus (ANSC 4880/6880 and crosslisted) delve into a heated debate about China’s Three Gorges Dam. They weigh its effectiveness in providing carbon-neutral energy while...
  • Animal Science
  • Food Science
  • Energy
Poinsettias in full bloom at Emma's Garden Growers, a Long Island plant wholesaler whose owners have been relying on Cornell's services for generations.

News

From root rot and powdery mildew to white flies and Lewis mites, the threats to poinsettias abound - NYS growers persevere with the support and expertise of Cornell faculty and staff.

  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station
students standing in front of class while Professor LaVigne announces student winners

News

Awards The annual Woodford Persuasive Speech Contest took place on November 20, 2024. The contest is the culmination of the undergraduate course Oral Communication, taught by Senior Lecturer Michelle LaVigne. The event features students...
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News

A new book co-edited by a Cornell faculty and student highlights the distortion of gender research in agricultural development and calls for transformative changes to the power dynamics and political systems that harm women and worsen hunger in...
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
  • Global Development
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News

Aldwinckle, a professor emeritus of plant pathology and plant-microbe biology in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS), and Wiesner, the Spencer T. Olin Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and professor...
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
  • Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section

News

A global analysis by Cornell researchers found that recycling all the human and livestock feces and urine on the planet would contribute substantially to meeting the nutrient supply for all crops worldwide, thereby dramatically reducing the...

  • Agriculture Sciences Major
  • Food Science
  • Nutritional Sciences