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A spotted lanternfly lands on a green leaf

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Spotted lanternflies could cost NYS grape industry millions

Using data from two of New York's largest grape–producing regions, researchers found that losses could reach $1.5 million, $4 million and $8.8 million in the first, second and third years of infestation, respectively.

  • Animals
  • Applied Economics
  • Environment
Researchers install installed floating solar panels at the Cornell Experimental Pond Facility in 2023

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After installing floating solar panels on small ponds, researchers found that methane and carbon dioxide emissions increased by nearly 27% and dissolved oxygen substantially decreased.

  • Cornell Atkinson
  • Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Natural Resources and the Environment
Portrait of Xingen Lei

Field Note

In a classroom in Warren Hall, students in Global Food, Energy and Water Nexus (ANSC 4880/6880 and crosslisted) delve into a heated debate about China’s Three Gorges Dam. They weigh its effectiveness in providing carbon-neutral energy while...
  • Animal Science
  • Food Science
  • Energy
Method compresses terabytes into gigabytes.

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A new method developed at Cornell provides tools and methodologies to compress hundreds of terabytes of genomic data to gigabytes, once again enabling researchers to store datasets in local computers.

  • Computational Biology
  • Genomics
  • Genetics
Thomas J. Campanella, MLA ’91, professor in the Department of City and Regional Planning in the College of Architecture, Art and Planning, spearheaded the effort to commemorate Pearl S. Buck’s first residency in Ithaca with a New York State Historic Marker, funded by the Pomeroy Foundation. He offered a preview of the marker prior to its Dec. 8 installation near Forest Home Chapel. Photo by Ryan Young.

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Years before writing “The Good Earth” and winning the Nobel Prize in Literature, the aspiring novelist received encouragement and a master’s degree at Cornell.

  • Landscape Architecture
  • Applied Economics
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Events

Speaker, Jovan Lewis

Seminar

Seminar in Critical Development Studies hosted by Cornell Global Development and the Graduate Field of Development Studies Abstract: In this talk, I think through the history of Greenwood, Tulsa, Oklahoma, more famously known as Black Wall...
  • Global Development
  • Department of Global Development
  • Applied Economics
Speaker, Kyle Davis

Seminar

Perspectives in Global Development: Fall 2022 Seminar Series Sustainable food systems aim to provide sufficient and nutritious food, while maximizing climate resilience and minimizing environmental impacts. Yet historical practices, notably the...
  • Global Development
  • Department of Global Development
  • Development