Migrations grants fund worldwide interdisciplinary projects

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Funded projects this cycle reflect the Migrations initiative’s interdisciplinary priorities of racism, dispossession and migration in the United States and international, multispecies migration.
  • Lab of Ornithology
  • Global Development Section
  • Natural Resources and the Environment Section
  • Agriculture
  • Animals
  • Climate Change
  • Environment
  • Global Development
Wooden fence.

HBO to shadow Cornell student birders

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On May 14, Cornell students will again compete in the annual World Series of Birding – but this year, the world will get to follow along.
  • Lab of Ornithology
  • Animals
  • Environment
  • Nature
Students standing out on the Ag Quad in a group

GREAT expands to South Asia with the gender-responsive plant breeding and seed systems course

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The Gender-Responsive Researchers Equipped for Agricultural Transformation (GREAT) project is expanding its course offerings beyond sub-Saharan Africa, providing new opportunities for researchers in South Asia to create more inclusive and...
  • Global Development Section
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
  • Agriculture
  • Food
  • Global Development
  • Development
students in a classroom

LeadNY announces newest leadership program graduates

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LeadNY is pleased to announce that members of its 19th class have successfully completed the “Leadership Fundamentals” portion of the training program. Class members were recognized at a graduation ceremony on April 9 in Binghamton following the...
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Food Science
  • Global Development Section
  • Global Development
  • Development
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Clean Water Act EPA Training Conference- Martha’s Vineyard May 2022

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As part of the Clean Water Act, the EPA provides training on clean water management. The EPA has focused on improving training they provide to Native American Tribes and Nations. Organizers for EPA regions one and two contacted the Cornell...
  • Biological Field Station
  • Natural Resources and the Environment Section
  • Natural Resources
  • Fish

Students compete to develop winning recipe for meat alternatives

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Three student teams took home top honors and a total of $10,000 for creating meat alternatives that deliver on nutrition, creativity and sustainability at the finals of Cornell’s inaugural New Food Product Competition, held April 22 at Cornell...
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Food Science
Hands hold tray of meat alternative called Salm'n.

Cornell Garden-Based Learning Sets Sights on Food Forests

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En español. Food Forests, also known as Edible Forests, sees community growers cultivating edible perennial plants, such as fruit and nut trees, berries, roots and flowers etc. in an arrangement that is functional, productive, and often...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture Section
Group shot of participants at training

MAGIC Drosophila Research for Understanding Human Disease

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Thousands of strains of drosophilia, or fruit fly, have been developed for research purposes at Cornell Research. These fruit flies are currently being used to investigate human diseases, and researcher Chun Han from Cornell's Molecular Biology and Genetics lab is developing a new research technique called gRNA-infused crossing over, or MAGIC, that will make this type of research easier for future experiments.
  • Molecular Biology and Genetics
  • Organisms
  • Biology
  • Genetics
  • Disease
Photo of fruit fly.

Western municipal water restraints rise as reservoirs fall

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As water restrictions tighten in Southern California, the Southwest U.S. sees growing evidence of climate change and drought for millions of western residents, according to a Cornell drought expert.
  • Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
  • Climate Change
  • Environment
  • Water
Lake Mead reservoir

Subhashree Srinivasagan awarded Cornell Atkinson Postdoctoral Fellowship

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Subhashree Navaneetha Srinivasagan was recently awarded one of four Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability Postdoctoral Fellowships. The Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability Postdoctoral Fellowships provides a rich training environment...
  • Cornell Atkinson
  • Animal Science
  • Agriculture

Number of Oneida Lake walleyes at historic high as season opens

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Central New York anglers will have one million reasons to wet a line in Oneida Lake when walleye season opens on May 1. For the fourth year in a row, Oneida Lake contains around a million walleye, according to Anthony Vandevalk, coordinator of...
  • Biological Field Station
  • Natural Resources and the Environment Section
  • Natural Resources
  • Fish

Privatization, poverty threaten water affordability

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An analysis of the 500 largest city water systems in the U.S. found private ownership contributed to significantly higher water bills and lower affordability for low-income households.
  • Cornell Atkinson
  • Global Development Section
  • Energy
  • Environment
  • Water
  • Food
  • Global Development
Glass of waters

Alumna's $1M gift supports innovation in ag and life sciences

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The Cynthia and Norman Martin Dean's Discretionary Fund for Innovation in Agriculture and Life Sciences will support collaborative solutions that protect the global food supply.
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Environment
  • Food
  • Global Development
Woman with man at a restaurant.

Five specialists join New York Sea Grant

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Five new extension specialists have joined New York Sea Grant (NYSG) in its mission of “Bringing Science to the Shore” as part of a collaborative program between Cornell and the State University of New York.
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • New York Sea Grant Institute