Herrero to bolster global dietary report with food system modeling

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Mario Herrero, a professor in the Department of Global Development and a Cornell Atkinson Scholar, has been appointed to the EAT-Lancet 2.0 leadership team to spearhead the modeling workstream.
  • Cornell Atkinson
  • Global Development Section
  • Environment
  • Food
  • Health + Nutrition
Mario Herrero

Micronutrients on the Cob

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Michael A. Gore, professor and chair of the School of Integrative Plant Science Plant Breeding and Genetics Section, and collaborators are working to create an open-source digital ecosystem to optimize food crops, starting with maize, with help...
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
  • Soil and Crop Sciences Section
  • Agriculture
  • Digital Agriculture
  • Food
  • Vegetables
  • Plants
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Is affordable food worth the cost on environment, nutrition and equity?

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The past half-century has seen dramatic changes in the ways food is produced, making diets more affordable for billions of people across the globe. But those gains have come with inequitable costs to human and environmental health, according to new research that points the way towards more sustainable ways to structure food systems.
  • Global Development Section
  • Environment
  • Food
  • Health + Nutrition
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Canaan Boyer honored with Cornell CALS inclusion award

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Canaan Boyer, project manager for NextGen Cassava, earned the 2022 CALS Core Value Staff Award for her commitment to inclusion for "one of the most successful crop breeding projects in the world."
  • Global Development Section
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
  • Global Development
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2022 Grow-NY finalists named; nearly half have worked with COE

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Twenty startup companies from around the world were selected as finalists in year four of Grow-NY, a food and agriculture business competition that focuses on strengthening agriculture innovation in Central New York, Finger Lakes and Southern...
  • Center of Excellence in Food and Agriculture
  • Cornell AgriTech
Cathy Young speaks to a crowd in front of a Grow-NY sign.

CALS community members recognized for excellence and service

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On Sept. 1, members of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) came together to celebrate the 18th year of the Research & Extension Awards and the 13th year of the Core Value Staff Awards. The ceremony recognized the notable and wide...
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Cornell Botanic Gardens
  • Animal Science
  • Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Department of Entomology
  • Global Development Section
  • Landscape Architecture
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
Benjamin Houlton

Our Stories: Working through first-gen challenges

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Tom Silva is a senior lecturer in the Plant Biology Section and chair of the SIPS Diversity and Inclusion Council. The Our Stories series profiles diverse members of the School of Integrative Plant Science (SIPS) community. Here is Tom’s story...
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Biology Section
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NYSIPM’s Gangloff-Kaufmann Named to State Working Group

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In recognition of her ongoing commitment to preserving public health through outreach and education, Gov. Kathy Hochul has appointed New York State Integrated Pest Management’s (NYSIPM) Community IPM Coordinator, Jody Gangloff-Kaufmann, to the New York State Lyme and Tick-Borne Disease Working Group.
  • Cornell Integrated Pest Management
 Jody Gangloff-Kaufmann

Global Development welcomes MPS class of 2023

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Cornell Global Development is pleased to announce its Master of Professional Studies (MPS) class of 2023 . This year’s program will provide in-depth training to early and mid-career development professionals from Africa, Asia and the Americas...
  • Global Development Section
  • Global Development
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Turner Fellows to advance agricultural development research at Cornell

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At Cornell, the Turner Fellows are taking graduate courses and engaging in research, and on August 31, they were celebrated by the Cornell community at a welcome reception attended by Cornell faculty mentors, and program partners across the...
  • Global Development Section
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Global Development
Group of fellows and faculty