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A new program, the CALS Student Success Navigator Program, provides additional assistance to new first-year and transfer students and their families, and it aims to build a community of support to ensure academic, personal and professional...
Jan Nyrop, former director of Cornell AgriTech and a recently retired professor of entomology, testifies at the Farm Bill listening session.

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Cornell AgriTech and extension representatives made suggestions regarding the next federal farm bill to congressional leaders at a two-hour listening session at the Broome County office of Cornell Cooperative Extension.

  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • Agriculture
Marin Silverman holds a snowy owl

Field Note

Denali found her way to the Cornell Raptor Program (CRP) in 2018 after injuring her right wing in a car accident. Though her rehabilitators initially thought she would be released, they soon realized her injury was more debilitating than they...
  • Animal Science
  • Animals

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The award was created to recognize novel approaches to community engagement in each college that haven’t historically been honored.

  • American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program
  • Climate Change
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Field Note

How did you become a NY CARET Delegate? NY CARET Delegate opportunities are awarded to agricultural producers, commodity leaders, agribusiness leaders, state and local officials, consumers, scientists, and members of agriculture advisory boards...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station
  • Animal Science
spotted lanternfly workshop attendees

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Building on the momentum of a March virtual summit, New York State Integrated Pest Management’s (NYSIPM) Brian Eshenaur, a senior extension associate and Spotted lanternfly expert, and NYSIPM Extension Aide Jacob Leeser organized the first-of...
  • New York State Integrated Pest Management
Rendering of the Agrivoltaic Pavilion, part of the project Sustainable Architecture & Aesthetics, which was funded by the Grainger Foundation.

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With a $3 million National Science Foundation grant, Cornell researchers are creating a new approach to architecture by learning how plants and animals form internal structures.

  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Biology Section
  • Biology

Field Note

Meet Eli Newell ‘24, an undergraduate in global development who seeks to boost environmental health by using a key ingredient that is readily available – urine. Under the mentorship of Rebecca Nelson, professor in the Department of Global...
  • Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station
  • Department of Global Development
  • Global Development
Artistic rendering of future cosmic outposts like Mars

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Can humans endure long-term living far from our home planet? Maybe, according to a new theory that describes the need for gravity, oxygen, obtaining water, developing agriculture and handling waste.

  • Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Agriculture
Group takes photo on a farm

Field Note

Meet Noah Choe ’24, an undergraduate in Global Development who is driven by the ongoing quest for global food security with sustainable development at its core. With a double major in International Agriculture & Rural Development and Biometry &...
  • Department of Global Development
  • Agriculture
  • Environment
A group of white cows in a green pasture.

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The Bezos Earth Fund grant will support a project developing low-cost virtual livestock fencing that would benefit farmers and animals, improve public health in developing countries and combat climate change.

  • Animal Science
  • Department of Global Development
  • Agriculture
Ben Cosgrove works in a lab

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A Cornell multidisciplinary research center that studies chronic fatigue syndrome has received a five-year, $9.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health – funding that will enable experts to continue work on the mysterious and...

  • Molecular Biology and Genetics
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Biology Section
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Field Note

The Humphrey PACT (Practitioner - Assistant - Collaborative - Training) Program pairs undergraduate students in Global Development with Hubert H. Humphrey Fellows to work on a research endeavor in the fields of agriculture, rural development...
  • Department of Global Development
  • Global Development

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Jerome Van Buren ’50, M.S. ’51, Ph.D. ’54, whose work to preserve the nutritional quality of foods benefited growers and consumers in New York and around the world, died Jan. 12 in Ithaca. He was 96.

  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Food Science
  • Food
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Several New York Sea Grant (NYSG) projects will receive support from an $8.1 million national investment to strengthen resilient coastal communities. NYSG's ongoing efforts such as Community Flood Watch in NYC as well as statewide initiatives...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • Sea Grant NY
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Cornell CALS’ Nutrient Management Spear Program (NMSP) is collaborating with research institutions and dairy farms across the U.S. to help the dairy industry move toward greenhouse gas reductions while improving soil health and climate...
  • Agriculture
  • Climate Change
  • Environment
Sweet Pea Plant Based Kitchen co-founder Ryan Jennings and vice president of nutrition Jen Nguyen pitch their startup at the 2022 Grow-NY Food and Ag Summit.

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Innovative agribusinesses are encouraged to apply through June 15 for the fifth iteration of the Grow-NY food and agriculture business competition, which will award a total of $3 million in prizes.

  • Agriculture
  • Food
Mike McMahon at his farm

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For over 20 years, Cornell CALS’ Nutrient Management Spear Program has helped dairy farms responsibly manage manure to meet crop nutrient needs while improving farm profitability and sustainability. Key to this success is the whole-farm nutrient...
  • Environment
  • Water
  • Dairy
Alejandro Calixto and Mike Deutsch posting with award.

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A board-certified entomologist and retired technical director for Arrow Exterminating Company of Lynbrook, NY, Deutsch was recognized for his more than four decades of service to New York’s structural pest industry, as well as his willingness to...
  • New York State Integrated Pest Management
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The recent resurgence of avian influenza – fueled by the return of migratory waterfowl that carry, but are typically not impacted by the virus – is causing significant damage to both commercial poultry and wild bird populations worldwide, while...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • Agriculture
  • Animals