Historic building is hub for Cornell in NYC

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On Jan. 2, the School of Industrial and Labor Relations’ new New York City headquarters and conference center opened in the historic General Electric building at 570 Lexington Ave. Several other Cornell colleges, units and programs will soon be using space in the building.
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The School of Industrial and Labor Relations, NYC

U.S. economy’s current growth will peak in 2019

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The U.S. economy has been on a long, slow upward trend for eight years, but a Cornell economist predicts that – like all good things – the steady growth will soon come to an end, likely by the end of the year.
Steven Kyle speaking at the Dyson School’s 2019 Agricultural and Food Business Outlook Conference

Documentary gives voice to Tanzanian cassava farmers, scientists

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The viruses ravaging cassava farms in Africa, and efforts to combat them through plant breeding, are the subject of a new Cornell University documentary film produced by International Programs in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
Root split open to show Cassava brown streak disease

Laura Dougherty: growing better apple trees

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Laura Dougherty, a fourth-year doctoral student in the field of horticulture, is studying genes controlling apple fruit quality and tree architecture at Cornell AgriTech
Laura Dougherty posing in apple orchard