COMM Updates - 11/12/2025

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November 12, 2025 Awards Graduate student Rosie Nguyen placed first in the Student Paper Competition at the Global Fusion 2025 Conference, which celebrates outstanding scholarship in global media and international communication. Her winning...
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$5M grant will fund study of how solar panels can boost crops

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The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority has awarded the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences $5 million to build solar arrays at university farms in Ithaca and the Hudson Valley.

  • Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station
  • Hudson Valley Lab
  • Natural Resources and the Environment Section
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Soil and Crop Sciences Section
  • Agriculture
  • Agrivoltaics
  • Energy
  • Solar
  • Plants
Solar panels

New CBFS Ph.D. – Dr. Taylor Brown

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Taylor Brown is a new PhD at the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment. Taylor defended her thesis “A tale of two species: Coregonine early life history and recruitment dynamics across the Laurentian Great Lakes “ in October 2025...
  • Biological Field Station
  • Natural Resources and the Environment Section
  • Ecosystems
  • Fish
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Kambo named new associate dean of CALS

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Rocky Kambo, director of operations and business for the Animal Health Diagnostic Center (AHDC) at the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, will transition to the role of associate dean of finance and administration for the College...
Roberts Hall

Faces Of Extension: Sandria Jiang

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Sandria Jiang was the 2025 Summer Intern for the CCE Growing and Learning Together: Learning Through Play project. A rising senior in Cornell Human Ecology majoring in Human Development and minoring in Gerontology, Jiang worked with Professor...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
Sandria talking with someone about her project  at the 2025 CCE summer intern reception

New filtration method preserves nutrients in juice concentrate

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When a bottle of juice says “not from concentrate,” it generally means that it contains more nutrients and tastes better than juice from concentrate. Conventional concentrating processes require heat that destroys nutritious molecules like...
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Cornell Food Venture Center
  • Food Science
Fresh cranberry juice

COMM Updates - 11/5/2025

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November 5, 2025 Grants Associate Professor Neil Lewis, Jr. received a $1,694,600 grant as Principal Investigator for his project, “Evaluating New York State Early Childhood Programs and Policies” from the New York State Council on Children and...
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CALS, Einhorn Center launch new E3 milestone celebrating student impact

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More than 60 students from the Department of Global Development, the Lund Fellows Program for Regenerative Agriculture and the CALS Global Fellows Program presented on their engaged learning experiences at the second CALS Engaged and Experiential Learning Symposium.
  • CALS Global Fellows Program
  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
  • Applied Economics
  • Environment
  • Global Development
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Fast drying method boosts potential uses for Concord grape waste

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Researchers at Cornell AgriTech have developed a microwave-vacuum drying method that transforms grape pomace, the leftover skins, seeds and pulp from juice production, into a stable, nutrient-rich ingredient in just 20 minutes, compared with...
Grape Pomace