Alumni Q&A: As a public servant, how do you measure success?

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periodiCALS, Vol. 6, Issue 2, 2016 Kathleen Miller ‘82 Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff (G-3/5/7) with the U.S. Army at the Pentagon To stay on track, I regularly ask myself three critical questions. First, did I make something better today...

Flavor Savers

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periodiCALS, Vol. 6, Issue 2, 2016 Shedding Light on Dairy Most grocery stores have bright, gleaming cases of milk. But the bulbs illuminating those cartons and gallons could be altering the flavor and aroma of the milk, even if they are energy...
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Food Science
  • Food
  • Dairy

Larger Than Life

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Text by David Nutt and Amanda Garris, Ph.D. ‘04 periodiCALS, Vol. 6, Issue 2, 2016 When CALS scientists take a close look at the natural world, the resulting images are more than tools of research: They can be artful, elegant, even surprising...
  • Biology

Facts in Five: Ruminations on Dairy

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periodiCALS, Vol. 6, Issue 2, 2016 When agriculture professor Isaac P. Roberts arrived at Cornell in 1873, the campus dairy herd was infected with tuberculosis and had ten cows “that had among them only twenty-two milkable teats,” according to...
  • Food Science
  • Food
  • Dairy

Charting New York’s milky way

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By Alexandra Chang periodiCALS, Vol. 6, Issue 2, 2016 With the sweet and tangy scent of silage in the air, dairy cows wait expectantly for a pat on the head while a tractor rumbles in the distance. The first moments in a dairy barn may seem like...
  • Food Science
  • Food
  • Dairy
A dairy cow inside a barn

Dean’s Message

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periodiCALS, Vol. 6, Issue 2, 2016 Dairy cows have been on Cornell’s campus since the university’s very beginning, when our campus was largely a cluster of buildings on what is now the Arts Quad. In fact, along the north wall of Goldwin Smith...
  • Food Science
  • Food
  • Dairy

Meet CALS Student Leader David Cox

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A CALS representative to the Cornell Student Assembly and a U.S. army veteran, Cox '17 aspires to become a doctor and fulfill the ideals of humanitarianism and public service.

Soil Scientist Speaks on Land Degradation at COP22

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In a presentation to global leaders battling climate change and feeding a burgeoning world population, Cornell's Dawit Solomon presented food security ideas to stave off the Earth's atmospheric warming.
Dawit Solomon gives a presentation

Grant to Aid Study of Microbes' Role in Soil Carbon Cycle

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A project led by Cornell researchers to better understand soil microbes and their role in the carbon cycle has received a three-year, $3.59 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy.
  • Microbiology
  • Energy
  • Climate Change

Shoals Marine Laboratory Inspires Young Scientists

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Active, immersive, hands-on, experiential learning is one of the best ways to recruit and retain students in STEM fields, and Cornell's Shoals Marine Laboratory has been doing it for 50 years.
Jan Factor talks to student overlooking the ocean