Jerky proves worthy

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Alex Krakoski ’16 has come up with a creative way to fund his Cornell education: beef jerky. And the entrepreneurial student has enlisted the help of several other CALS students to help turn his idea into a burgeoning business that recently...

Open Channels: How Communicating Bacteria Can Fight Disease

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How do you explain complicated science to the general public? In a word: Claymation. Cait Costello and Caitlin Feather, two post-docs in the laboratory of John March, associate professor of biological and environmental engineering, turned to the...

What You Can't See

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Elephants don’t only roam the savannahs - they also inhabit rainforests, where there are difficult to study because of the dense habitat. Scientists with the Elephant Listening Project, based at the Lab of Ornithology, have come up with some...

Dairy pro is new CCE associate director

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He’s been a top researcher into the metabolism, immune function, and nutritional physiology of cows, the go-to guy for farmers and others throughout the state dairy industry, and mentor to countless animal science students and Cornell Dairy...
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In Bangladesh with Bt brinjal farmers

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9 April 2014 - While visiting Bangladesh to conduct environmental safety assessments for Bt brinjal and help farmers develop resistant management programs to ensure the long-term durability of Bt eggplant, I visited Haidul Islam’s Bt brinjal...

Inspired to inspire

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“The best chief is not the one who persuades people to his point of view. It is instead the one in whose presence most people find it easiest to arrive at the truth.” - Nia:wen, Te honie ien Solomon “Sol” Cook ’38, M.S. ’42, Ph.D. ’50, the first...

Conference addresses fiscal threats to New York’s other cities

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Plagued by decades of industrial flight and population decline, New York cities along the so-called “Thruway Corridor” – Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse and Utica – have faced serious fiscal and economic challenges during the Great Recession...

Cultivating a crop of new Native students

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Starting a new springtime tradition, Native American leaders at Cornell planted the seeds of peace and sought to cultivate a new crop of student recruits March 21-22 at the inaugural Promising Futures event, which introduced more than 60 Native...
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Ms. Nosa goes to Washington

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As we reported earlier this week, superstar high school student Nosa Akol appeared on a panel at Wednesday’s USDA Borlaug Symposium in Washington D.C., to speak about how her experiences with The New York Youth Institute, the CITIZEN U program...

An Ag Day message to farmers from Dean Boor

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Today we celebrate National Agriculture Day, and on behalf of the entire College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) at Cornell University, I salute the hard work and dedication of the farmers everywhere who provide the food that nourishes...

New maple water drink has untapped potential

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It is being touted as one of nature’s best-kept secrets and a sweet opportunity to tap the potential of New York’s extensive forest network – it’s maple water. Produced by nature, bottled by Feronia Forests and aided in several ways by Cornell...

Big boost for BEN

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Often, it doesn’t take much to convince kids to make healthier choices. Cornell experts from the Food and Brand Lab and the Center for Behavioral Economics in Child Nutrition Programs (BEN Center) have demonstrated that simple changes and...

Go green, go long

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Want to save money, energy, and the environment? Start with your lawn, advises Frank Rossi, associate professor of horticulture and Cornell’s resident turfgrass guru. “The shorter you mow your lawn, the more work it takes to keep it looking good...

Hope in a climate of denial

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An audience of about 125 braved one of the coldest days of the winter to ponder two responses to climate change: hope and despair. At the Soup and Hope event in Sage Chapel, Feb. 27, Lauren Chambliss, director of communications for the Atkinson...

New project aims to promote home-grown apple pollinators

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The Northeast Pollinator Partnership is a new initiative at Cornell that aims to work with regional apple growers to explore using wild and native bees species as alternatives to commercially raised European honey bees for the pollination of...
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Predators delay pest resistance to Bt crops ⇒

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Crops genetically modified with the bacterium Bt ( Bacillus thuringiensis) produce proteins that kill pest insects. Steady exposure has prompted concern that pests will develop resistance to these proteins, making Bt plants ineffective. Cornell...
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Attacking weevils with worms

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Could the answer to controlling two species of strawberry pests be microscopic worms? Cornell entomologist Elson Shields thinks so. He’s been testing the effectiveness of native New York nematodes to control two species of weevils in northern...
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A circle of champions

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The key to success in business? A strong network of supportive friends, as well as colleagues. That was the message delivered by several business leaders who gathered on the Cornell campus on February 21 and 22 to form their own new network of...