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Film reveals efforts to save world’s rarest stork
A new film, “Hargila,” illustrates how the greater adjutant stork is slowly being pulled back from the brink of extinction thanks to a community effort inspired by a wildlife biologist in India.
  • Lab of Ornithology
  • Animals

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Don Barton, former director of Cornell AgriTech, dies at 100

Barton, who joined the Cornell faculty in 1951, served as the ninth director of the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva – now known as Cornell AgriTech – from 1960 until his retirement in 1982.

  • Department of Entomology
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section
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Global Development MPS alum named AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow
Ukaejiofo, who earned his Master of Professional Studies in Global Development at Cornell, is among 284 scientists and engineers who will spend a year serving professionally in federal agencies and congressional offices as a Science & Technology...
  • Global Development Section
  • Global Development
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Capitalizing on time in the race to breed inclusive, resilient crops
Cowpea breeders across Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania, with the support of the Feed the Future Innovation for Crop Improvement, are making it possible to expand breeding operations in less time by making more efficient use of water.
  • Global Development Section
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
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2021 was Northeast’s third-warmest year since 1895
For the Northeastern U.S., the year 2021 was third warmest – at an average of 49.5 degrees, which ties the year 2020 – since 1895, says the Northeast Regional Climate Center.
  • Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
  • Environment
  • Climate Change
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Bald eagle rebound stunted by poisoning from lead ammunition
A new study finds that despite increasing numbers of bald eagles, poisoning from eating dead carcasses or parts contaminated by lead shot has reduced population growth by 4% to 6% annually in the Northeast.
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Aphid ‘honeydew’ may promote bacteria that kill them
The word ‘honeydew’ sounds benign, but the sugary waste product of aphids can promote growth of bacteria that are highly virulent to the pests, according to a new study.
  • Microbiology
  • Animals
  • Microbiology

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Action Research Collaborative aiming for results – now

Professors Neil Lewis Jr. ’13 and Tashara Leak are leading the new Action Research Collaborative, which will serve as an institutional hub for cross-campus action research collaborations between Ithaca and New York City, and elsewhere.

  • Communication
  • Health + Nutrition
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Diane Bailey to head Cornell Institute for Digital Agriculture
Diane Bailey, the Geri Gay Professor of Communication, has begun a three-year term as director of the Cornell Institute for Digital Agriculture (CIDA). She plans to maintain current programming while improving outreach to the Global South, to...
  • Agriculture
  • Digital Agriculture
  • Communication
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Skater Chen, 5 from women’s hockey headed to Beijing
Figure skater Karen Chen ’23 is headed to Beijing next month for the Winter Olympics, and will be joined from Cornell by four former Big Red women’s hockey players plus Doug Derraugh ’91, the Everett Family Head Coach of Women’s Hockey.
  • Department of Communication
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Faculty build network of community-engaged teachers, scholars
From teaching food science at the Ithaca Farmers Market to researching how youth feel about their race and ethnicity, this year’s Engaged Faculty Fellows are demonstrating the range of work that’s possible through community-engaged learning and research. The 2021-22 cohorts include 15 faculty from eight Cornell schools and colleges.
  • Global Development Section
  • Microbiology
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Upstate residents skittish on building utility-scale solar
As New York prepares for a carbon-free energy future, public support for utility-scale solar farms is much lower than support for smaller solar projects, says new Cornell research.
  • Natural Resources and the Environment Section
  • Behavior
  • Energy
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Prabhu Pingali Named to Advisory Committee on Indian National Food Security Act
The committee comprises more than a dozen Indian government officials, researchers, and academics. It will provide guidance to the Development Monitoring and Evaluation Office (DMEO) of the Niti Aayog (Planning Commission) as it evaluates food...
  • Global Development Section
  • Food
  • Global Development
Prabhu Pingali

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TCI Director Prioritizes Resilient Food Systems in Crawford Fund Keynote
“The rapid global spread of zoonotic diseases has become a major human health concern and a disruptor of food systems and rural livelihoods,” Pingali said in his speech. “COVID-19 has focused global attention on the nexus between food, health...
  • Global Development Section
  • Food
  • Global Development

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Heart monitor, ‘tinder for musicians’ win Big Ideas Competition

The seventh episode of a podcast hosted by Entrepreneurship at Cornell, Startup Cornell, features Laura Ciccone ‘11 and Taly Matiteyahu, co-founders of Blink, a voice-first blind speed dating app that helps people build meaningful connections based on genuine compatibility.

  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
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Optimizing digital solutions to combat striga infestations
Sorghum growers across Africa’s dry-land regions face a common, relentless foe — striga. This parasitic plant attacks the root of millets like sorghum, devastating the plant’s yield and endangering food security for rural communities which...
  • Global Development Section
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
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SUNY Morrisville pilots Cornell-developed nutrient mass balance curriculum
This past spring, undergraduate students at SUNY Morrisville in Dr. Jennifer Gilbert Jenkins’ Soil Fertility course connected classroom knowledge about soil health and sustainability with actual farm assessments. They utilized the Nutrient Mass...
  • Animal Science
  • Global Development Section
  • Agriculture
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GREAT Advanced Course strengthens gender research skills for resilient agricultural systems
A new advanced course from GREAT deepened skills and theory in gender-responsive agricultural research to contribute to resilient food and agricultural systems.
  • Global Development Section
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
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Choline during pregnancy impacts children’s sustained attention
Seven-year-old children performed better on a challenging task requiring sustained attention if their mothers consumed twice the recommended amount of choline during their pregnancy, a new Cornell study has found.
  • Nutritional Sciences
  • Food
  • Health + Nutrition
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Five ways to make sustainability a resolution
Cornell experts from a variety of fields share their recommendations for individual actions – large and small – that can make an impact locally and globally.
  • Biological and Environmental Engineering
  • Natural Resources and the Environment Section
  • School of Integrative Plant Science