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Latest from the CALS Newsroom

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News

COMM Updates - 11/12/2025
November 12, 2025 Awards Graduate student Rosie Nguyen placed first in the Student Paper Competition at the Global Fusion 2025 Conference, which celebrates outstanding scholarship in global media and international communication. Her winning...
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News

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority has awarded the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences $5 million to build solar arrays at university farms in Ithaca and the Hudson Valley.

  • Hudson Valley Lab
  • Natural Resources and the Environment
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
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Field Note

Sydney Jewell ’26 is a doctoral student in the Animal Science Department working in the lab of Heather Huson , associate professor of animal genetics. Sydney’s research focuses on epigenetics – the changes behavior and environment can cause to...
  • Animal Science
  • Animals
  • Genetics
A researcher harvesting grapes in a vineyard

News

A new platform slashes screening time for the hundreds of grape samples E&J Gallo Winery collects during harvest - the latest milestone in a partnership that benefits the entire grape and wine industry.

  • Food Science
  • Viticulture and Enology
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News

Taylor Brown is a new PhD at the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment. Taylor defended her thesis “A tale of two species: Coregonine early life history and recruitment dynamics across the Laurentian Great Lakes “ in October 2025...
  • Biological Field Station
  • Natural Resources and the Environment
  • Ecosystems