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Fourteen new faculty members were welcomed to the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences this fall, reinforcing our dedication to pursuing purpose-driven science and improving people’s lives across New York state and globally.

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Emily Bernhardt

The Francis J. DiSalvo Director of the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability and professor in the Ashley School of Global Development and the Environment

Dominic Balog-Way
Dominic Balog-Way

Assistant professor, Department of Communication

Michael Blum
Michael Blum

Professor, Ashley School of Global Development and the Environment, Natural Resources and the Environment Section

Liz Derryberry
Liz Derryberry

Professor, Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, and the Robert G. Engel Professor of Ornithology and director of the Lab of Ornithology's Macaulay Library

Marcelo Dimase
Marcelo Dimase

Assistant professor, Department of Entomology

Ben Gramig
Ben Gramig

Associate professor, CALS and Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management

Olaf Jensen
Olaf Jensen ’98

Associate professor, Ashley School of Global Development and the Environment, and director, Cornell Biological Field Station

Matt McMahon
Matt McMahon

Assistant professor, Department of Landscape Architecture

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Danny Parker

Assistant professor, Department of Communication

Katherine Sinacore
Katherine Sinacore

Assistant professor, Ashley School of Global Development and the Environment, Natural Resources and the Environment Section

Ummat Somjee Headshot
Ummat Somjee

Assistant professor, Department of Entomology

Mabel Taracena Agarwal
Mabel Taracena Agarwal

Assistant professor, Department of Entomology

Ke Wang Headshot
Ke Wang

Assistant professor, Department of Food Science, Cornell AgriTech

Patrick Webb
Patrick Webb

Executive director, Ashley School of Global Development and the Environment

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