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August 3, 2020

Benjamin Houlton named as the next Ronald P. Lynch Dean of CALS

Houlton’s five-year appointment, effective Oct. 1, has been approved by the Executive Committee of the Cornell University Board of Trustees and is pending ratification by the State University of New York Board of Trustees. He also has been...

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July 27, 2020

New soil models may ease atmospheric CO2, climate change

In an article published July 27 in Nature Geoscience, Cornell’s Johannes Lehmann and others wrote that scientists should develop new models that more accurately reflect the carbon-storage processes beneath our feet, in order to effectively draw...

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School of Integrative Plant Science

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July 17, 2020

Application open for Cornell Assistantship for Horticulture in Africa

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A woman shops for produce at the Shyambazar Market in Kolkata, India, during the nationwide COVID-19 lockdown in the spring.

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July 17, 2020

COVID-19 exacerbates malnutrition in India, study finds

In the study, “ Pandemic Prices: Price Shocks from COVID-19 and Their Implications on Nutrition Security in India,” TCI analyzed the average weekly price of cereal grains, vegetables, pulses (the edible seeds of plants in the legume family, such...