A life of service

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A life-long commitment to service by Russ Skelton Jr. '54 continues with a generous gift to Cornell CALS.
Russ Skelton Jr. and Bonnie Renzi stand in front of the shore

In memoriam

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The CALS community remembers with gratitude faculty members who recently passed away.

Cornell students meet, learn from COP23 world leaders

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COP23 is the annual global United Nations gathering where countries grapple with climate change. Seven Cornell students seized a rare opportunity to mingle with key figures from leading non-governmental organizations, businesses and governments around the world.
Students attend conference

Putting the X into sex chromosome research

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Research by Alon Keinan explores how complex diseases intersect with sex chromosomes, which have been largely ignored in genome-wide association studies.
DNA illustration

Saving Coney Island from the roller coaster of climate change

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A four-foot ocean rise could occur as early as 2070 and a five-foot ocean rise may be at hand in 2100, which would put huge chunks of the iconic neighborhood under water.
  • Landscape Architecture
  • Climate Change
  • Land
  • Landscape
  • Water
Students take notes on beach front

New York youth shine at World Food Prize

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Student delegates from the New York Youth Institute traveled to the World Food Prize to meet with WFP laureates, former presidents, world leaders and students from across the U.S.

Adam Howell joins Employee Assembly

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Adam Howell communications specialist for the Cornell Local Roads Program, is now the Employee Assembly representative for the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.