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I have been the Director of the Plant Disease Diagnostic Clinic of the Department of Plant Pathology at Cornell University since July of 1998 and the Associate Director of the Northeast Plant Diagnostic Network since November of 2002. I was born to diary farming and grew up in New Jersey. I received my Bachelor of Science degree from Cornell in...

The goal of my research program is to develop an in-depth understanding of the basic biological and ecological principles governing agricultural and environmental weed population dynamics. A better understanding of these dynamics helps us develop and implement safe, effective, sustainable and economically viable weed management strategies. Visit...

The primary goal of my program is to provide reliable information to vegetable growers and industry stakeholders in New York to encourage adoption of durable management strategies and tactics for the control of soilborne diseases.

I am a mycologist with a focus on the classification, evolution, and characterization of fungi, particularly those that cause diseases of plants and insects. Fungi are a particularly poorly known group, with only about 5% of species formally described. My focus is in fungal biodiversity, especially of species that are pathogens of insects, and...

About Philip McMichael is a Professor Emeritus of Global Development, formerly of the Department of Development Sociology, which he chaired in 1999-2005, and in 2014-15. He is a Faculty Fellow in Cornell’s Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future, and was formerly Director of the International Political Economy Program in the Mario Einaudi Center...

About Connie teaches and conducts research in the area of organizational communication and intercultural communication. Specially, she is interested in studying knowledge management through the development of social capital, and the adoption and usage of information and communication technology. Her recent research has focused on examining cultural...

Barbara Knuth is a Professor Emerita and formerly Associate Director of Cornell’s Center for Conservation Social Sciences. She led Cornell’s Graduate School as Dean for over ten years, served as Vice Provost/Senior Vice Provost for eight years, was Senior Associate Dean in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences for three years, and chaired...

Stephen Morreale obtained his PhD in Zoology from the Cornell University and is currently a faculty member in the department and graduate field of Natural Resources and the Environment at Cornell. He serves as the Associate Director of Research at Cornell’s Arnot Teaching and Research Forest and is the Director of the Master of Professional Studies...

Angela Odoms-Young, PhD (she/her/hers) is The Nancy Schlegel Meinig Associate Professor of Maternal and Child Nutrition, Director of the Food and Nutrition Education in Communities Program (FNEC) and New York State Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP). In 2021 she joined the Cornell faculty after spending 13 years at the University...

About As a senior research associate in Global Development, Daniel Mason-D’Croz focuses on how to achieve healthy and sustainable food systems around the world. His research revolves around assessing the impacts of climate change, the health and environmental consequences of current and future diets, and efforts to identify vulnerabilities in food...