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November 5, 2025

Battling crop diseases without borders

School of Integrative Plant Science
Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section

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October 30, 2025

CALS, Einhorn Center launch new E3 milestone celebrating student impact

More than 60 students from the Department of Global Development, the Lund Fellows Program for Regenerative Agriculture and the CALS Global Fellows Program presented on their engaged learning experiences at the second CALS Engaged and Experiential Learning Symposium.

CALS Global Fellows Program
Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
Applied Economics

Standing on the UN floor next to table cards that read "President" and "Panama"

Field Note

October 7, 2025

From Cornell to the UN with Sofia Herrera ’27

Sofia Herrera ’27, a global development major from Panama City, Panama, shares her experience serving her home country as a summer intern with the United Nations. Why I chose this path This summer, I had the privilege of interning at the...

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An assortment of apples and other produce

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October 3, 2025

Sustainable practices could cut food-related emissions in half

Food systems make up roughly 30% of total greenhouse gas emissions globally. But transforming them could cut these emissions by more than half, according to a report released Oct. 3 from a commission of global experts.