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Social media helps us show solidarity, resist fear after terror attacks

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January 14, 2015

Drew Margolin, a professor of communication at Cornell University who studies human dynamics through social media and is co-author of the study “ The Ripple of Fear, Sympathy and Solidarity During the Boston Bombings,” says reactions to Boston...

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CALS-born ag/big data startup graduates from Cornell incubator

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January 12, 2015

Bolstered by a $2.3 million venture capital investment, an agricultural technology startup is moving on from its first home in Cornell’s life sciences business incubator, a little more than a year after it arrived. Agronomic Technology Corp...

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New tech application keeps bacteria from sticking to surfaces

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January 9, 2015

Just as the invention of nonstick pans was a boon for chefs, a new type of nanoscale surface that bacteria can’t stick to holds promise for applications in the food processing, medicine and even shipping industries. The technology, developed...

Climate Change: It’s Time to Raise Our Voices

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December 19, 2014

Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future — Climate Change: It’s Time to Raise Our Voices Stymied about what to do about climate change? Mike Hoffmann of Cornell University, encourages us to become aware, accept the reality, and then act by...

McKay earns Unsung Hero Award for supporting faculty and Freeville Farm

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December 18, 2014

On Nov. 10, Dean Kathryn Boor, Cornell Cooperative Extension Director and Associate Dean Chris Watkins, and more than 100 guests celebrated the College of Agriculture and Life Science’s best and brightest at the 11th annual Research, Extension...

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Dyson’s Kyle sees economic growth, but warns of fickle fed fiscal policy

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December 12, 2014

The U.S. continues to be ”the brightest spot in the global economic outlook,” declared the Dyson School’s Steve Kyle Dec. 9 at the annual Agribusiness Economic Outlook Conference. “But we need to reduce the drag caused by fiscal policy while...

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Pick the right tree with a PhD and Pro

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December 12, 2014

Brian Eshenaur is a plant pathologist, a certified New York State nursery professional and a Western New York-based educator with NYS IPM. Elizabeth Lamb has a Ph.D. in plant breeding and is a senior extension associate with the Cornell...

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Dyson’s Kyle: US shale, sluggish economies send OPEC on vacation

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December 9, 2014

Steven C. Kyle, an expert in macroeconomics and government policy and an economics professor at Cornell’s Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, says that increased U.S. shale-oil production, sluggish economies and Russian oil output...

Danger of ‘white Green-Insiders club’ demands science of climate diversty

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December 9, 2014

By John Carberry There is cloud hanging over climate science, but one Cornell University expert on communication and environmental issues says he knows how to help clear the air. In the December issue of Nature Climate Change, Jonathon Schuldt...

Some browsed plants evolve tolerance to deer munching

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December 8, 2014

Rampant deer have long been munching away on forest plants and altering ecosystems, but new evidence suggests some plants are evolving tolerance to being eaten. An experiment with 26 populations of orange jewelweed ( Impatiens capensis), a...

Dean Boor on CALS’ associate dean transitions

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December 8, 2014

Dear colleagues, As 2014 begins to draw to a close and we turn to the coming year, I am pleased to announce three transitions in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences leadership team. I am sharing this news early so that we can support...

CaRDI aims to stem the outflow of upstate New York’s young adults

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December 5, 2014

Young people regularly leave upstate New York, and they are not being replaced by incoming young professionals. The exodus of young people and strategies to reverse this trend were discussed Dec. 2 on campus at “Youth Retention and Attraction in...

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Pryor, Rose and DNS’s Stover among 7 from Cornell named AAAS Fellows

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December 4, 2014

Three faculty members with deep CALS ties – Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Professor Sara Pryor, Plant Biology Professor Jocelyn Rose and Division of Nutritional Sciences Director Patrick Stover – were among an elite seven from Cornell...

CALS grad takes skills to Madagascar’s chocolate industry

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December 1, 2014

Before Fanjaniaina Fawbush, Ph.D. ‘09, came to Cornell, she dreamed of working for Chocolaterie Robert, one of a few chocolate factories in Madagascar, but openings there were rare. Now back in Madagascar after completing her doctorate on post...

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CALS Dean a model among those leading change in higher education

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November 25, 2014

This week, the nation’s leading higher education news and analysis outlet – The Chronicle of Higher Education – took a hard look at what it takes to help colleges face the challenges of a highly dynamic 21st century. The recommendation: “ To...

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Dean Boor highlights need for outreach, partnerships at DC event

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November 20, 2014

On Tuesday, Nov. 18, Dean Kathryn Boor joined a panel of national and international experts at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C. for an in-depth look at agriculture, food security and global trade. Opened by...

Densovirus named top suspect in devastating sea star wasting disease

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November 17, 2014

Since 2013, millions of sea stars native to the Pacific coast of North America from Baja California to southern Alaska have succumbed to a mysterious wasting disease in which their limbs pull away from their bodies and their organs exude through...

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CALS honors its best at 2014 Research, Extension & Staff Awards

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November 12, 2014

On Monday, Nov. 10, Dean Kathryn Boor joined more than 100 guests in G10 Biotech on the Ithaca campus for a celebration of the College of Agriculture and Life Science’s brightest stars and guiding lights – the 11th annual Research, Extension...

Genes influence the types of microbes in human gut

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November 10, 2014

A person’s genes can shape the types of microbes that reside in the human gut independent of the person’s environment, according to a Cornell-led study published Nov. 6 in the journal Cell. The researchers examined more than 1,000 fecal samples...

Mabaya says Africa can pioneer a new wave of seed politics

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October 24, 2014

By Valeria San Juan Edward Mabaya, assistant director at the Cornell International Institute forFood Agriculture and Development (CIIFAD), is challenging conventional beliefs about the seed industry. In the course “GMO Debate: Science and...