CALS expert improves juice, profits for co-op in Malawi

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The Mpamba Fruit Juice Producers Cooperative in Nkhata Bay, Malawi, has a track record of innovation, in the form of juices made from local mangos, oranges, tangerines and pineapples. The small, mostly female collective of 22 farmers had...
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Bryan Duff named Kaplan Faculty Fellow

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Bryan Duff, senior lecturer in the Horticulture Section, was one of two recipients of the 2016 Kaplan Family Faculty Fellowship in Service-Learning. He and Noliwe Rooks, associate professor of Africana studies, were recognized at the 15th annual...
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Cornell dairy team wins international honors

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A team of Cornell animal science students can add a new line to their resumes: continental champions. Seniors Josh Landis, Kelsey Neckers, Greg Van Ravenswaay and Colleen Smith earned first-place honors in the North American Intercollegiate...
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Small bird tagging tech creates new ways to study animals

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Professor of ecology and evolutionary biology David Winkler found a needle in a haystack: three Ithaca tree swallows among 10 million or so overwintering in Florida this January. The coup was made possible by Winkler’s development of the first...
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Sue Fussell elected to the CHI Academy

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Congrats to Sue Fussell! The CHI Academy is an honorary group of individuals who have made substantial contributions to the field of human-computer interaction. These are the principal leaders of the field, whose efforts have shaped the...
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Evolutionary biologist Rick Harrison dies at 70

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Richard “Rick” Harrison, Ph.D. ’77, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology and a pioneer in his field, died unexpectedly April 12 while visiting Lizard Island, Australia. Harrison was 70 years old. As a researcher whose expertise was both...
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Anurag Agrawal earns prestigious ecology award

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Anurag Agrawal, Cornell professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, entomology, and Fellow of the Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future, has been named the Robert H. MacArthur Award winner from the Ecological Society of America (ESA). The...
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Mann Award winner studies switching process in cells

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Inside every plant and animal cell there is a Grand Central Station of sorts, called the Golgi complex, which ships proteins off to other parts of the cell via various pathways. Specific proteins are able to turn these pathways on and off, but...
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Cornell Dairy receives all clear to go kosher

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Though only 2 percent of the U.S. population is Jewish, more than 40 percent of packaged food and beverages in the U.S. were labeled as kosher in 2014, according to Lubicom Marketing Consulting. And now, the Cornell Dairyis on board, having...
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Rachel Bezner Kerr named an International Faculty Fellow

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Rachel Bezner Kerr, associate professor of development sociology, has been named an International Faculty Fellow for 2016–2019 by the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies. Bezner Kerr’s research looks at the broad themes of sustainable...
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Finicky deer avoid some invasive plants, promoting spread

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The dietary preferences of deer may be promoting the spread of such invasive species as garlic mustard, Japanese barberry and Japanese stiltgrass, according to a new study that tested white-tailed deer preferences for seven native and eight...
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My Cornell Story - Mitchell Kornet ’76, DVM ’79

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It’s a springtime ritual that’s occurred for well over a decade. I get home on a Thursday night in late April after a long day of work at my companion animal veterinary practice. My telephone rings: “Hello, is Dr. Kornet in? I’m a student at...

Enrollment Open for Online Shark Course

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Did you know that you can track some sharks’ movements on Twitter? Or that the scales on their skin have influenced the way humans design boats, planes, and even swimsuits? Or that the anatomy of sixgill sharks has remained virtually unchanged...
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One More Thing - Solar Harvest in Geneva

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Bring on the sunshine: Cornell’s new Sutton Road Solar Farm, a two-megawatt energy facility that will offset nearly 40 percent of the annual electricity demand at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva, N.Y., will be fully...
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Facts in Five: The Life Aquatic

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Drawings by agricultural sciences major Olivia McCandless ’17 Text by Amanda Garris Ph.D. ‘04 Herring Gulls Think that herring gulls make a racket? The feeling is mutual. Sarah MacLean ’13 and ornithologist David Bonter discovered that a...

ALUMNI Q&A: What’s the Biggest Risk you Have Taken?

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Mary Celenza ‘95 I thought about this question from a number of angles. I have taken the kind of chances with jobs that are typically considered big risks. I moved to L.A. on a whim, and now I’ve been here 16 years. At the time I had a great job...

Gift Expands Plantations’ Old-Growth Forest Preserve

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By Billy Kepner Cornell Plantations recently expanded the Fischer Old-Growth Forest natural area in the Town of Newfield, N.Y., through a gift of 17.43 acres donated by David K. Bandler B.S. ′55, MPS ‘71, emeritus professor in the Department of...
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Lamont Farm Celebrates 200 years

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A six-generation New York family farm with deep Cornell ties celebrated 200 years of continuous operation in August. “Every generation has gone through tough times,” said George Lamont ’57. “You just have to be willing to persevere through the...

Alumni, Honorees and Faculty Celebrate Stocking Hall Dedication

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Following a four-year project to modernize facilities at Stocking Hall, the Department of Food Science toasted its freshly renovated home with milk, cider, ice cream and New York wine. The Oct. 22 ceremony officially introduced the state-of-the...
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