Diversifying the Summer Scholars Program

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This story is part of a regular feature on CALS Notes devoted to profiling the people and programs in the college committed to promoting greater diversity and inclusion in the CALS community. Thanks to a 2013 CALS Diversity Recruitment...

Career advice from a prominent alumnus

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Here’s some great career advice for students on managing job offers and how to make the most of an internship, courtesy of Daniel Schwartz ‘01, CEO of Burger King Worldwide, Inc. This is a cross-posted from the CALS Career Development Blog...

Chikungunya fever: Will the virus spread to the US?

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Via cornellentomology: Some experts worry that it’s only a matter of time before chikungunya fever spreads to the United States. “We definitely should be concerned,” said Laura Harrington, a professor of entomology at Cornell University who...
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Schumer calls on USDA to aid cold-battered NY grape growers

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Yesterday, U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer toured vineyards from the shores of Lake Erie through the Finger Lakes to call on the USDA to provide help through the Tree Assistance Program to New York grape producers hard hit by the brutal cold that has...
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Four Stages of Shiitake Mushroom Cultivation

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Ever wanted to know how to cultivate shiitake mushrooms? Then here’s your chance to learn. This video, part of a new series of how-to videos produced by the eXtension Forest Farming community, features Ken Mudge, associate professor of...

A colorful life: M. Peter Keane

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His life was nearly as colorful as the Technicolor images he captured: Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz, Clark Gable in Gone With The Wind, Erroll Flynn in The Adventures of Robin Hood. But the incredible career of M. Peter Keane started out in...

New director named at Shoals Marine Lab

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Earlier today it was announced that Dr. Jennifer Seavey has been appointed as the new director of Shoals Marine Laboratory. Seavey comes to Shoals from the Seahorse Key Marine Laboratory, a field station of the University of Florida, where she...

Out of the Bottle: Wine Psychology

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Next time you’re trying to decide between that expensive French Cabernet or Two-Buck Chuck, take a look at what Brian Wansink, John S. Dyson Professor of Marketing and director of the Cornell Food and Brand Lab, has to say about the role that...

Waste not, want not

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Leilah Krounbi, a Ph.D. candidate in the field of crop and soil sciences, is working to develop a surprising solution to the fertilizer needs of farmers in East Africa: pyrolyzed poop. During a recent seminar on campus, Krounbi described her...

The riper, the better?

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New York Times readers want to know: Do fruits that are ripe have greater vitamin value than those that aren’t? And what about sugar? Luckily, Cornell food scientist Rui Hai Liu has the answers. As he told the newspaper’s popular “Q&A” section:...
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Grant named director of New York State IPM

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Jennifer Grant has been named director of the New York State Integrated Pest Management Program (NYS IPM) at Cornell University. Jennifer previously served as an Ornamentals and Community IPM Educator, Community IPM Coordinator, Assistant...

A slice above the rest

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It’s not your average cucumber, that’s for sure. With its creamy white skin and flesh, the “Silver Slicer” doesn’t even look like a cucumber. But the organic variety, started by former Cornell breeder Molly Jahn and perfected by current Calvin...
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Leading the way in pesticide safety education

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When it comes to cockroaches and other creepy-crawlies, our tendency is to take aim with the strongest and quickest chemicals available, or to call the pros in hopes they will unleash their extensive arsenal. Luckily for us, there are people...

Landers designs digital solution for pesticide drift

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It’s a problem that plagues farmers and haunts environmentalists: how to reduce pesticide applications and ensure they are used most effectively. Cornell agricultural engineer Andrew Landers has come up with a novel, high-tech solution, using...

VitisGen: Researching Powdery Mildew Resistance

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In this new video from the VitisGen project, Dr. Lance Cadle-Davidson, adjunct associate professor of plant pathology, is joined by project manager Beth Takacs (Ph.D. ‘12) and research technician Anna Nowogrodzki to describe work being conducted...

Faculty focus: Alon Keinan

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Alon Keinan has been a bit busy. The Robert N. Noyce Assistant Professor in Life Science and Technology in the Department of Biological Statistics and Computational Biology has published a whopping 11 papers in the past year, contributing to a...