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Monique Rivera Named '40 Under 40' Leader in Fruit Industry
Monique Rivera, an assistant professor of entomology at Cornell’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, has been honored as one of the nation’s top young researchers in the fruit and vegetable industries by Fruit Growers News. Rivera began...
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Entomology
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When researchers "rewilded" lab mice to large, enclosed fields, even well-established anxieties in the mice disappeared.

  • Neurobiology and Behavior
  • Animals
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Field Note

by Sydney Zarb ’27 As an undergraduate in Cornell Animal Science, with the goal of becoming a veterinarian, I want to more deeply understand solutions that benefit cows, the environment and the people that depend on them. I am particularly...
  • Animal Science
  • Animals
  • Bacteria

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New York’s fishing industry contributes $5 billion annually to the state economy and supports an array of other public goods, including food security, mental health, social connection and wildlife conservation. First established in 1864, the...
  • Natural Resources and the Environment Section
  • Animals
  • Environment
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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...
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  • Animal Science
  • Animals
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