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Gurpreet Kaur

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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
Collage of presenters at Operations Managers Conference 2023

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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
Cross-section of chicken intestine with cells that may be affected by food nanoparticles.

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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
Debbie Cherney

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Debbie Cherney’s long-lasting impact in the field of Animal Science
A familiar face around Frank B. Morrison Hall, students are likely to know Debbie Cherney in one of the many courses she teaches in Cornell CALS Department of Animal Science. Cherney introduced the Animal Welfare course to the department and is...
  • Animal Science
  • Animals
  • Environment

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Pascal Oltenacu, digital agriculture pioneer, dies at 84

Pascal “Toni” Oltenacu, a professor emeritus of animal science who used mathematical modeling to predict disease, longevity and reproduction in dairy cattle, died Dec. 10, 2022 in Gainesville, Florida. He was 84.

  • Animal Science
  • Agriculture
  • Animals
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Great Backyard Bird Count to launch Feb. 17

The 26th annual Great Backyard Bird Count – in which bird and nature lovers around the world unite in an effort to tally as many species as possible over four days – begins Feb. 17 and runs through Feb. 20.

  • Lab of Ornithology
  • Animals

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COMM Updates - 2/13/2023

Awards We are pleased to announce that Professor Katherine McComas received the Excellence in Risk Communication Research and Practice Award from the Society for Risk Analysis Risk Communication Specialty Group. The award recognizes “outstanding...

  • Department of Communication
Jane Eleanor Datcher, Cornell's first Black woman graduate, stands front and center in the class photo of 1890.

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Cornell’s first Black woman graduate impacted generations

After graduating with a degree in botany in 1890, Jane Eleanor Datcher taught chemistry at the first – and best – public high school in the U.S. for Black youth and helped organize regional and national networks for Black women.

  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture
Enjoying nature close to home was associated with the greatest sense of well-being during the pandemic.

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Nature near home associated with well-being during COVID

A new study from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology found which kind of nature experiences were associated with a greater sense of well-being during the COVID pandemic.

  • Cornell Atkinson
  • Lab of Ornithology
  • Nature

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The right time to claim Social Security? It’s complicated

Dyson professor Suzanne Shu and colleagues found that considering one’s “future self” played a key role in how people decide when to start collecting monthly Social Security benefits. Societal norms regarding retirement, however, do not.

  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
  • Behavior
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Same-race reviews reduce inequality in Airbnb bookings

White Airbnb guests’ preference for white hosts unexpectedly is offset by the influence of same-race reviews, new Cornell research finds.

  • Department of Communication
  • Development Sociology
  • Behavior
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Wixted Receives Excellence in IPM Award
Wixted, an extension support specialist for CCE’s Pesticide Safety Education Program (PSEP), was nominated by peers for showcasing—through enthusiastic outreach and extension—a commitment to sharing strategies and resources to help all of New...
  • New York State Integrated Pest Management
Cody Kugler

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Meet the Food Systems & Global Change Team: Cody Kugler
Meet Cody Kugler, agri-food innovations project manager for Cornell Global Development's new research group — Food Systems & Global Change. Cody recently completed Cornell Global Development's MPS program where she studied sustainability in the...
  • Cornell Atkinson
  • Department of Global Development
  • Environment
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Meet the Food Systems & Global Change Team: Kerstin Damerau
Meet Kerstin Damerau, research associate for Cornell Global Development's new research group — Food Systems & Global Change. Formerly an independent consultant for ICRAF and the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, Kerstin's research...
  • Cornell Atkinson
  • Department of Global Development
  • Environment
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Meet the Food Systems & Global Change Team: Carlos Gonzalez Fischer
Meet Carlos Gonzalez Fischer, research associate for Cornell Global Development's new research group — Food Systems & Global Change. Formerly a postdoctoral scientist at the New Zealand Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Research Centre (NZAGRC)...
  • Cornell Atkinson
  • Department of Global Development
  • Environment
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Meet the Food Systems & Global Change Team: Ramya Ambikapathi
Meet Ramya Ambikapathi, senior research associate for Cornell Global Development's new research group — Food Systems & Global Change. Formerly a Research Scientist in the Department of Public Health at Purdue University Ramya's research broadly...
  • Cornell Atkinson
  • Department of Global Development
  • Environment
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Meet the Food Systems & Global Change Team: Daniel Mason-D’Croz
Meet Daniel Mason-D'Croz, senior research associate for Cornell Global Development's new research group — Food Systems & Global Change. Formerly a Senior Research Scientist and Lead of the Sustainable Food Systems Futures team at the...
  • Cornell Atkinson
  • Department of Global Development
  • Environment