Leaders share global climate change stories, solutions

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The event was coordinated by Cornell Botanic Gardens, in partnership with the Humphrey program and the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences’ Department of Global Development. The webinar featured stories from three Humphrey fellows, who...
  • Cornell Botanic Gardens
  • Agriculture
  • Global Development
  • Climate Change
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Jerrie Gavalchin, autoimmune disease expert, dies at 64

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Gavalchin’s research focused on autoimmune disease and immunology in animals, aimed at deriving strategies to improve animal health and production (goods from animals). She was also a teacher and mentor to hundreds of students. “During an...
  • Animal Science
  • Microbiology

Faculty profiles: Four new hires bring vitality to campus

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This Ezra series profiles recently hired faculty members across Cornell’s colleges, schools and units. In their own ways, these researchers, scholars and teachers embody the university’s creative and collaborative vitality. Below, we're...
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Department of Entomology
  • Agriculture

Graduate students help drive Cornell’s research mission

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Their inquiry and scholarship span the globe, tackling topics from using the human body’s own immune response to fight diseases such as osteoarthritis (Tibra Wheeler, biomedical engineering) to gene sequencing grapevine diseases to improve plant...
  • Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section
  • Natural Resources and the Environment Section
  • Biological and Environmental Engineering
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Award honors Cornellians who return home to make impact

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From a leading dairy farmer in Columbia County to a legendary Cornell Cooperative Extension leader in New York City, from a passionate director of the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe in the northernmost reaches of the state to a devoted veterinarian in...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • Dairy
  • Communication

Alumna collects Cornell memories while giving back

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A volunteer for her class, a Cornell Hillel board member and a loyal donor, Morgan gives back in more ways than one and inspires others to do the same. The pins she collects serve as a visual reminder of the ways she strives to build lasting...
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For a student with diabetes, research is power

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“Most of the innovation has been in trying to find new ways to administer insulin or develop new types of insulin. But at the end of the day, that’s not really a functional cure,” says Shariati, a biomedical engineering major in the College of...
  • Biological and Environmental Engineering
  • Biology

Team to design 3D-printable mask inspired by animal noses

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The team has been awarded a special one-year, $200,0000 RAPID grant; co-principal investigator Sunghwan “Sunny” Jung, associate professor of biological and environmental engineering, will receive $75,000 of the total to design the mask. The...
  • Biological and Environmental Engineering
  • Animals
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Cornell and DFA donate milk to regional food banks

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The milk donations are courtesy of the Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) cooperative in Syracuse; the Cornell Dairy processing plant in Stocking Hall; and 155 lactating cows at the Teaching Dairy Barn, part of Cornell’s College of Veterinary...
  • Food Science
  • Food
  • Dairy
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Water equity: Public ownership can safeguard communities

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The paper is co-authored by George Homsy, associate professor of public administration and director of the Sustainable Communities Program at Binghamton University, and Mildred Warner, professor of city and regional planning at Cornell. Their...
  • Food
  • Behavior
  • Environment
  • Water
  • Natural Resources

Teaching assistant award winners champion inclusivity

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The award is given annually to two outstanding TAs – one domestic and one international – who have demonstrated dedication and excellence in their teaching responsibilities. The award includes a certificate and a $500 prize. “Their commitment to...
  • Nutritional Sciences
  • Health + Nutrition

Dairy Drives connect NYS milk and cheese with families in need

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In Lewis County, CCE organized a dairy drive through in Lowville. The event, pulled together in just a week, distributed 500 gallons of milk plus dairy products donated from the American Dairy Association Northeast, Kraft Heinz, and the...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • Agriculture
  • Food
  • Dairy
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Atkinson COVID-19 grants could inform policy decisions

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The funded research projects could yield new tools and reports that may help policymakers make better decisions – during pandemics or other health crises. One project aims to produce a mathematical model that allows government officials to...
  • Cornell Atkinson
  • Disease
  • Behavior

Botanic Gardens mural nurtures connections with plants

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“A Dança Da Natureza” (The Dance of Nature) incorporates nature, a human figure, animals and stylistic images in bright, vivid colors that enliven the north side of the Nevin Welcome Center. The mural expresses the aura and spirit of plants...
  • Cornell Botanic Gardens
  • Plants
  • Environment
  • Nature
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COVID-19 impact: Miguel Gómez on food supply chains

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Miguel Gómez, an expert on food markets and supply chains, says food supply chains must become more flexible so that goods can be more easily directed to either supermarkets or food service establishments, wherever the need is greatest. Current...
  • Cornell Atkinson
  • Global Development Section
  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
  • Digital Agriculture
  • Food
  • Global Development

CCE takes on #4HMaskTask

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The NYS 4-H Mask Task centralizes those efforts and calls upon all New Yorkers to get involved in crafting cloth masks for our communities in need. 4-Hers, clubs, and volunteers across Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) can get involved...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
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Orange County Gleaning Program feeds neighbors in need

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The need for food assistance is growing while emergency food agencies are closing or providing limited access. The Cornell Cooperative Extension Orange County Gleaning/Food Access Program, comprised of both CCE staff and Master Gardener...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • Food
  • Health + Nutrition
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Professor helps organize county food task force

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Rachel Bezner Kerr, professor of global development in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, collaborated with three community leaders over the past few weeks to get this countywide task force up and running. The task force is divided...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • Global Development Section
  • Agriculture
  • Food
  • Global Development
  • Horticulture
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