$1M USDA grant supports digital agriculture integration

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Michael Gore, the Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor and chair of the Plant Breeding and Genetics Section of the School of Integrative Plant Science (SIPS) in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, is leading a multidisciplinary project to...
  • Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
  • Soil and Crop Sciences Section
  • Digital Agriculture
  • Genetics
  • Plants
  • Crops
Two people holding a drone.

LeadNY Announces New Class of Food, Ag and Natural Resources Leaders

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LeadNY prepares adult professionals for leadership roles through seminars, workshops, and field travel experiences both in and out of New York State, including a study trip. The second year of the program focuses on national and international...
  • Global Development Section
  • Global Development
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Scientists resurrect ancient enzymes to improve photosynthesis

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A Cornell study describes a breakthrough in the quest to improve photosynthesis in certain crops, a step toward adapting plants to rapid climate changes and increasing yields to feed a projected 9 billion people by 2050.
  • Molecular Biology and Genetics
  • Genetics
  • Plants
  • Crops
Two people in the lab.

Fisheries research continues on Oneida Lake

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On April 12, 2022, Cornell Field Station staff completed the marking portion of the 2022 Oneida Lake walleye mark-recapture population estimate. Over 21,000 adult walleye were marked with a fin clip and released back into the lake. Later in the...
  • Biological Field Station
  • Natural Resources and the Environment Section
  • Natural Resources
  • Fish
three people working at the hatchery

Greening food preservation nourishes the environment

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As consumers want fewer food preservatives and less plastic waste, Cornell scientists have created a bioderived polymer that helps salad dressings and beverages last longer in the fridge.
  • Cornell Atkinson
  • Food Science
  • Environment
  • Food
Man in lab.

Cornell's Humphrey program director Peter Gregory to retire

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Peter Gregory, who for more than a decade supported cadres of international leaders through Cornell’s Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program, plans to retire June 30 from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences where he has served as a noted educator, researcher and administrator since 2001.
  • Global Development Section

Johan Swinnen to give first Global Development Distinguished Speaker talk

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Global food systems expert Johan Swinnen, Ph.D. ’92, will explore the lessons learned and the steps needed to prevent a hunger catastrophe in the first talk of a new speaker series dedicated to confronting the world’s most urgent and complex challenges.
  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
  • Global Development Section
  • Climate Change
  • Food
  • Global Development

Meet our new faculty - spring 2022

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  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Microbiology
  • Molecular Biology and Genetics
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture Section
  • Agriculture
  • Biology
  • Climate Change
  • Environment
  • Plants

Easy test can see if breeding bulls have the right stuff

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Forget sending bull semen out for complicated laboratory tests to learn whether the agricultural animal is virile. Cornell scientists have developed a faster, easier microfluidics method.
  • Cornell Atkinson
  • Food Science
  • Agriculture
  • Animals
  • Biology
  • Genetics
bull semen

NY Stewards trained to work on local climate change projects

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Specialists at Cornell University and New York Sea Grant (NYSG) have established a program of stewards who are being trained to help their communities mitigate the causes of, and adapt to become more resilient to climate change. “Climate change...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • New York Sea Grant Institute
  • Climate Change
Long Island Sunset

$6.75M EPA grant to fund Great Lakes food web monitoring

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Cornell received the grant to continue efforts to monitor and research the lower part of the food web, particularly zooplankton like Mysis and benthic invertebrates.
  • Natural Resources and the Environment Section
  • Water
  • Ecosystems
  • Fish
James Watkins works on a boat on Lake Ontario

Deserts ‘breathe’ water vapor, study shows

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A Cornell-designed probe shows how water vapor penetrates powders and grains – a finding that could have wide-ranging applications in pharmaceutical research, agriculture and food processing, and planetary exploration.
  • Microbiology
  • Environment
  • Nature
  • Water
  • Land
A grad student surveying sand dunes in a desert

Animal Science club event opens new doors to dairy science

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The Cornell University Dairy Science Club (CUDS) held their 2022 Dairy Open House and Spring Classic Sale on March 18-19, after a three-year pause due to COVID-19. This was the first entirely student run event in years. Here, animal science major and CUDS co-sale chair, Isabel Hall ’23, reflects on the sale’s success and excitement for the next sale year.
  • Animal Science
  • Dairy
cows and people in barn