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Environmental and Health Effects Add Billions in Hidden Costs to India’s Public Distribution System
Through the Public Distribution System (PDS), the Indian government ensures the food security of its most impoverished citizens. However, new research from the Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (TCI) reveals that the...
  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
  • Department of Global Development
  • Nutritional Sciences
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Dean's fellowship brings students back into the archives
What Xepoleas saw as one example of cultural appropriation inspired her to begin researching how Indigenous women themselves contributed to the design and production of North American fashion in the early 20th century. "That's what led me to...
  • American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program
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United Nations FAO competition gains from global development perspective
When the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations challenged young researchers to think of ways to end hunger and transform agrifood systems, it hoped to inspire innovative thinking in sustainable development. More than 160 teams...
  • Department of Global Development
  • Climate Change
  • Food
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Community Food Systems research focuses on Indigenous agriculture system
Vella, a CALS Community Food Systems Minor and Robert S. Harrison College Scholar in the College of Arts & Sciences, spent his summer gardening for the Big Pine Paiute Tribal Environmental Department and the Owens Valley Indian Water Commission...
  • Department of Global Development
  • Agriculture
  • Global Development
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Flying High: Sophomore Is a Rising Star in the Birding World
Isaiah Scott ’25 loves sharing his passion for all things avian—particularly with other young people and communities of color It’s a postcard-perfect fall day on the Hill: mild temperatures, brilliant blue sky, leaves ablaze with color. On this...
  • Lab of Ornithology
  • Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

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Cornell-led election survey seeks to improve science of polls

The federally funded 2022 Collaborative Midterm Survey aims to provide the most comprehensive understanding of this year’s midterm elections on Nov. 8, while advancing the science of survey research.

  • Department of Communication
  • Communication
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Cross-cutting initiative to promote AI and digital literacy
To help people navigate our increasingly tech-driven world, Natalie Bazarova, professor of communication in the Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, and Qian Yang, assistant professor of information science in the Cornell...
  • Department of Communication
  • Communication
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Wallis Named Fruit IPM Coordinator
“On behalf of the entire NYSIPM team, I am delighted to welcome Anna to our program,” Calixto said. “Her experience developing research-based, sustainable IPM practices and commitment to building farmer and grower engagement through extension...
  • New York State Integrated Pest Management
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Same traits, different island: study highlights evolution quirks
Two populations of flycatchers that evolved on different remote islands separately developed the same trait – all-black feathers – according to a new study that used machine learning to understand the process that shaped the birds’ genome.
  • Lab of Ornithology
  • Evolution
  • Genetics
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Muhogo Bora project validates a modified socially inclusive model
The Muhogo Bora is a three-year project executed by Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, and implemented by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute (TARI)...
  • Department of Global Development
  • Global Development
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Acoustic telemetry research notes Lake Trout behavior

Stacy Furgal woke up early to meet the truck at the stocking barge. She wanted to be there in person when the lake trout from the Dwight D. Eisenhower National Fish Hatchery in Chittenden, Vt., were piped into Lake Ontario. Two weeks prior, she...

  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • New York Sea Grant Institute
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Cornell students to work at UN’s COP27 conference in Egypt

At the upcoming Conference of the Parties – best known as COP27 – 11 Cornell students will help delegations from small countries gain a stronger environmental voice.

  • Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
  • Department of Global Development
  • Climate Change

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Trust in online content moderation depends on moderator

More than 40% of U.S. adults have experienced some form of online harassment, according to Pew Research surveys, highlighting the need for content moderation on social media, which helps prevent and remove offensive or threatening messages.

  • Department of Communication
  • Communication
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CALS faculty, alumni and graduate students support undergraduate belonging
Cornell’s first annual Impact Week took place Sept. 28 - Oct. 4 and CALS faculty, alumni and graduate students joined undergraduate students to share their personal and professional journeys.
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2022 Corn silage overview
This fact sheet authored by Joe Lawrence and Allison Kerwin was shared in the October PRO-DAIRY e-Leader newsletter, distributed to an email list of nearly 7,000 dairy producers, agriservice, and legislators. As 2022 corn silage sits in storage...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • PRO-DAIRY
  • Animal Science
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Centralized systems for anaerobic digestion to renewable natural gas
This fact sheet written by Angela George and Lauren Ray, PRO-DAIRY Dairy Environmental Systems, was shared in the October PRO-DAIRY e-Leader newsletter, distributed to an email list of nearly 7,000 dairy producers, agriservice, and legislators...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • PRO-DAIRY
  • Animal Science

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Ancient viral DNA in human genome guards against infections

Viral DNA in human genomes, embedded there from ancient infections, serve as antivirals that protect human cells against certain present-day viruses, according to new research.

  • Molecular Biology and Genetics
  • Genomics
  • Genetics
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Emr receives lifetime achievement award

  • Office of Undergraduate Biology
  • Molecular Biology and Genetics
  • Biology
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The path to vet school: Insights from Animal Science alumni
The Careers in Animal Science class (ANSC 1105) allows students to explore various animal science opportunities and develop skills that will aid them in career planning. Recently, six students from Cornell’s College of Veterinary Medicine with differing backgrounds, species interests, and intended specialties visited the class for a Q & A. Here’s a snapshot what they had to say!
  • Animal Science
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PRO-DAIRY seeks farm partners for greenhouse gas project
PRO-DAIRY Dairy Environmental Systems (DES) is seeking New York State (NYS) dairy farmers interested in collaborating on a project to study greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from manure management and storage sites. Results will be used to help...