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Cornell Cooperative Extension and New York State Integrated Pest Management are setting and monitoring traps at high traffic areas where the spotted lanternflies are most likely to appear.

News

The devastating spotted lanternfly’s spread to upstate and western New York is not a matter of if, but when, experts say – and Cornell is a key player in helping slow the infestation.

  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • Cornell Integrated Pest Management
  • Department of Entomology
Sphingolipids, derived from bacteria in the intestine, appear to ameliorate problematic fattiness of the liver.

News

Sphingolipids – prominent molecules produced by bacteria in the gut microbiome – appear to ameliorate a problematic fatty liver, according to new Cornell nutrition research.

  • Nutritional Sciences
  • Health + Nutrition
  • Disease

News

A study exploring how the unionization of local governments impacts contracting for services earned the top research article award from the journal Local Government Studies. Mildred Warner, professor in the Department of Global Development (...

  • Global Development Section
  • Global Development
Portrait of Jacob Pucci. Man wearing red and gray plaid shirt with short brown hair.

News

Describe your role at the Center of Excellence: As marketing and communications coordinator, I'm in charge of sharing the COE's story with the world and expanding the reach of our vital work. I write and promote news and feature stories, manage...
  • Center of Excellence in Food and Agriculture
corn tassel

Report

This fact sheet was written by Cornell CALS PRO-DAIRY Dairy Forage Systems Specialist Joe Lawrence and published to the PRO-DAIRY e-Leader and alert list serv, distributed to an email list of nearly 7,000 dairy producers, agriservice, and...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • PRO-DAIRY
  • Animal Science
Dried up corn

News

Extreme heat threatens to reverse progress made in combating early child malnutrition as the planet continues to warm, according to Cornell research focused on five West African nations.

  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
  • Food
  • Global Development
A farmer stands in a field

News

Larger organic farms operate more like conventional farms and use fewer sustainable practices than smaller organic farms, according to a new study that also provides insight into how to increase adoption of sustainable practices.

  • Cornell Atkinson
  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
  • Global Development Section
Livestock Pavillion

Field Note

  • Animal Science
  • Agriculture
  • Animals
The Pew Sundial on the Engineering Quadrangle in fall.

News

Dan Aneshansley, Ph.D. ’72, professor emeritus of biological and environmental engineering, whose research impacted the state’s dairy and fruit production, died July 3. He was 79.

  • Biological and Environmental Engineering
  • Neurobiology and Behavior
Doctoral student Maria Gannett practices a walking cadence with a sprayer full of water.

News

For the students on the Cornell Weed Team, who face endless marijuana wisecracks from nonscientists, competing in the Northeastern Weed Science Society’s tournament in Guelph is no joke.

  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Cornell Atkinson
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
Brian Nault treats potatoes for an experiment to identify alternative insecticides to neonics for potato pest management.

News

Specialty crop entomologists from Cornell AgriTech and the New York State Integrated Pest Management Program will use a three-year, $450,000 grant from the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets to evaluate alternatives for...

  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Cornell Integrated Pest Management
  • Department of Entomology
Group sits for Thanksgiving dinner

Field Note

Each year, mid-career professionals from around the world come to Cornell as part of the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program, building on their skills as leaders in public service across agriculture, rural development and natural resources...
tractor with front mounted roller crimper

News

  • Soil and Crop Sciences Section
  • Agriculture
  • Field Crops
Snow melting in mountain valley

News

Water resources will fluctuate increasingly and become more and more difficult to predict in snow-dominated regions across the Northern Hemisphere by later this century, according to a new study.

  • Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
  • Climate Change
  • Environment
Hand holds lightbulb

Field Note

Each year, mid-career professionals from around the world come to Cornell as part of the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program, building on their skills as leaders in public service within agriculture, rural development and natural resources...
  • Global Development Section
  • Climate Change
Group poses for photo in front of tree

Field Note

Each year, mid-career professionals from around the world come to Cornell as part of the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program, building on their skills as leaders in public service within agriculture, rural development and natural resources...
  • Global Development Section

Field Note

Sisters Tracy Luckow and Lori Gitomer say their one-of-a-kind whipped cream will disrupt the whipped cream industry.
  • Center of Excellence in Food and Agriculture
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Food Science
Cornell CPEP graduate Kenneth Rogers speaks during a July 10 commencement ceremony at the Statler Hotel.

News

In a July 10 ceremony at the Statler Hotel, the Cornell Prison Education Program honored graduates released since the start of the pandemic, which curtailed prison-based commencements.

  • Global Development Section
Woman using MacBook Air

News

Anti-fandom in the world of social media influencers can serve a social function by allowing people to critique norm transgressions, but it can also be a destructive force, a Cornell-led research team proposes.

  • Department of Communication
  • Behavior
  • Communication
Clock tower and student jogging on campus

News

The Polson Institute for Global Development announced grant awardees for a slate of collaborative projects across areas of wellbeing and inclusion, environmental sustainability, and food and nutritional security. “These projects promise to...
  • Polson Institute for Global Development
  • Global Development Section
  • Global Development