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Latest from the CALS Newsroom

danah boyd bookcover

News

A new book, “Data Are Made, Not Found,” from danah boyd, professor of communication, is an insider’s account of the 2020 census and how the pandemic and political forces from left, right and center threatened to take it down like a Jenga tower.

  • Communication
Researchers in the Ecuadorian Amazon use AI-powered acoustic identification to monitor birds as part of a seed grant-funded project.

News

Cornell faculty are invited to apply for Global Hubs Research Seed Grants by Oct. 14 to launch new international collaborations with researchers at Global Hubs partner universities.

  • Horticulture
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
Illustration of ants in a series of circles

News

Study reveals how a few very general constraints can lead to echo chambers – self-reinforcing feedback loops – in biological systems such as birds in a flock, cells in tissue or ants in a swarm.

  • Computational Biology
Wine poured into a glass

News

A Cornell-led study finds that wines made from disease-resistant grape varieties, long dismissed by traditionalists, appeal to consumers as much as those made from classic European grapes.

  • Viticulture and Enology
  • Cornell AgriTech