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See how our current work and research is bringing new thinking and new solutions to some of today's biggest challenges.

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Solar panels

News

In the U.S., strategically converting a small fraction of land used to grow corn for ethanol to solar facilities could vastly increase energy production per hectare, as well as provide ecological benefits and financial resiliency for farmers.

  • Natural Resources and the Environment Section
  • Energy
  • Solar
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Spotlight

Academic focus: Trait evolution, genomics and phylogenetics Research summary: I study why and how phenotypic traits evolve in insects. I focus on traits that often differ between the sexes, such as color patterns, and try to understand how...
  • Department of Entomology
  • Entomology
  • Genomics
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Spotlight

Academic focus: Evolutionary and conservation genomics Research summary: I study evolution in natural populations. I am motivated by questions that help us understand biodiversity on a fundamental level. What are the origins of biodiversity...
  • Computational Biology
  • Animals
  • Genomics
 A tractor in a field of crops

News

In the face of climate change, researchers estimate the U.S. investment in agricultural research needed to maintain productivity - finding it comparable to the investment made following the two world wars.

  • Cornell Atkinson
  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
  • Agriculture
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Events

A headshot photo of Kiran Gadhave, wearing a blue suit, pastel shirt and navy blue tie, and smiling at the camera.

Seminar

Plant–virus–vector interactions aren’t quiet biological relationships—they’re live battlegrounds where evolution, adaptation and molecular strategy collide. In this seminar, Gadhave will share how emerging technologies can help confront...
  • Plants
  • plant pathology and plant-microbe biology
  • plant biology