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Farmers gain key insights from manure evaluation studies
In 2022, Cornell CALS’ Nutrient Management Spear Program (NMSP) initiated on-farm manure evaluation studies to help farmers better understand the nitrogen value, yield and soil health benefits of manure for their farm. Learn more about the...
  • Animal Science
  • Agriculture
  • Field Crops
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COMM Updates - 3/6/2023
Conferences & Invited Lectures Associate Professor Jon Schuldt served on the panel “Climate Change Public Opinion and Recognition of Inequities within the U.S.” The panel was part of a congressional briefing on “Public Polling on Climate Change"...
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Five lessons in ethical engagement I learned abroad
One of Global Development’s fundamental principles is helping students gain an in-the-field experience through an engaged learning practicum. Engaged learning is experiential, community-centered and anchored in reflection. Undergraduates are...
  • Global Development Section
  • Global Development
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Sowing the seeds of success: Tips for smart seed selection
The past few years have seen a noticeable increase in the number of people choosing to grow food in their backyards. Eighteen million new gardeners have joined the ranks of seasoned veterans planting and harvesting homegrown food. Seed catalogs...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture Section
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Social bird species may be less competitive

Using Cornell Lab of Ornithology data, a new study finds that birds that have evolved to be more social are less likely to kick other birds off a bird feeder or a perch.

  • Lab of Ornithology
  • Animals
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COMM Updates - 2/27/2023
Events Join us for COMMColloquium this Friday, March 3, at 2:00 pm. in 102 Mann Library Building. Y. Connie Yuan will present “The Impact of Culture: From Group Collaboration to Collective Action.” Grants Assistant Professor Andrea Stevenson Won...

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Holtz family gift supports practical learning for animal science undergrads

"As a proud Cornell alumnus, I am thrilled to be able to give back to the university that has played such a significant role in shaping my career in dairy science,” said Corwin Holtz. “Debby and I are honored to support the next generation of...

  • Dairy Fellows Program
  • Animal Science
  • Animals
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From radio to red sauce: How Cornell helped Craft Cannery grow

  • Center of Excellence in Food and Agriculture
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Cornell Food Venture Center

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To promote exercise, planners must look beyond cities

Streets and neighborhoods that are friendlier to walkers and bikers increase physical activity but have limited benefit outside urban centers, Cornell research finds.

  • Global Development Section
  • Agriculture
  • Food

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Nine professors win NSF early-career awards

Researchers studying statistics applications in systems biology and next-generation wireless technology are among the nine Cornell faculty members who’ve received National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Awards.

  • Biological and Environmental Engineering
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Biology Section
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Bringing a gender lens to development studies
Gender equality is a hot topic in the development sector, but opportunities to learn about complexities within gender and development are hard to come by in higher education. A fresh take on a course in Cornell Global Development seeks to change...
  • Global Development Section
  • Global Development
Students in the Climate-adaptive Design studio, a class in the Department of Landscape Architecture, take a break from their research survey last fall at Tarrytown, New York in front of the Gov. Mario M. Cuomo Bridge – which spans the Hudson River.

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Cornell students help Tarrytown envision waterfront future

As sea levels rise over the next decades for low-lying Hudson River towns, Cornell landscape architecture students offered ideas for coping with climate change and embracing the water.

  • New York State Water Resources Institute
  • Landscape Architecture
  • Climate Change
Kimi Gengo, a poet and advocate for Japanese Americans who attended Cornell from 1924-1925 and 1928-1930 is one of the changemakers featured in Any Person, Many Stories. Her story is shared by Claire Deng, '22.

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Public history project reveals stories of Cornell changemakers

"Any Person, Many Stories," a new public history digital exhibition hosted by the Center for Teaching Innovation, uses storytelling methods to take a closer look at Cornell’s past. The project's goal is to engage students, faculty, alumni, staff...

  • American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program
  • Behavior
  • Communication
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Obregon Corredor Recognized
Given annually to an individual or organization whose work on integrated pest management in the Northeast deserves special recognition, the award celebrates those who contribute to the development of new IPM tools; implement or evaluate IPM...
  • Cornell Integrated Pest Management
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Gurpreet Kaur Ph.D. '26 explores microbes for sustainable ag systems
Gurpreet Kaur discovered a passion for soil microbiology while studying at Punjab Agricultural University in India. She followed that passion to Cornell CALS’ Nutrient Management Spear Program (NMSP) where her Ph.D. focuses on the role of soil...
  • Animal Science
  • Agriculture
  • Digital Agriculture

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Northeastern Dairy Product Innovation Competition launches

The inaugural Northeastern Dairy Product Innovation Competition is now accepting applications, providing an opportunity for producers of value-added dairy products to bring their innovations to market.

  • Food Science
  • Agriculture
  • Dairy
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Operations Managers Conference
The 2023 Operations Managers Conference, held January 31 and February 1 in East Syracuse, NY, drew an engaged crowd of middle managers and industry leaders. Over 200 people attended, 45 percent of who were dairy farm owners, managers and...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • PRO-DAIRY
  • Animal Science
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Food coloring, anti-caking nanoparticles may affect human gut

Metal oxide nanoparticles – commonly used as food coloring and anti-caking agents in commercial ingredients – may damage parts of the human intestine, say Cornell and Binghamton University scientists.

  • Cornell Atkinson
  • Food Science
  • Health + Nutrition

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Five early-career faculty win Sloan Research Fellowships

Assistant professors Eshan Chattopadhyay, Debanjan Chowdhury, Andrew Musser, Angeline Pendergrass and Andrej Singer have won 2023 Sloan Research Fellowships from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

  • Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
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Researchers, grad students shine at weed science meetings
Cornell weed science researchers and graduate students brought home numerous awards at the joint annual meeting of two major societies January 30 in Arlington, Va. From the Northeastern Weed Science Society (NEWSS): Lynn Sosnoskie, assistant...
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture Section
  • Soil and Crop Sciences Section