Julie Suarez Named CCE Friend of Extension

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As the associate dean for land-grant affairs in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Julie Suarez is recognized across the state as an advocate for New York agriculture and a trusted partner in furthering the outreach conducted by...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension

Academic Integration office reports 15 new seed grants

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Cornell's Office of Academic Integration has announced 15 new multi-investigator seed grants, including support for a project on climate change, pollen and asthma attacks and another to develop a microbial delivery system for a unique treatment of colorectal cancer.
  • Cornell Atkinson
  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
  • Nature
  • Climate Change
  • Health + Nutrition
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Michael Walter, environmental engineer, dies at 75

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Michael Walter, professor emeritus and former chair of the Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering, who was known for his affability and inclusivity, died Nov. 5 in Lansing, New York.
  • Biological and Environmental Engineering

Look who’s talking now: the fishes

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A new study from Cornell University finds that fish are far more likely to communicate with sound than previously thought — and some fish have been doing this for at least 155 million years.
  • Lab of Ornithology
  • Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Animals
  • Communication
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Prabhu Pingali Named AAAS Fellow

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Prabhu Pingali, director of the Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (TCI), was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) on Wednesday, January 26. Pingali was honored “for distinguished...
  • Global Development Section
  • Agriculture
  • Global Development
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Grants fund study, outreach on sustainable milk production

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Two National Science Foundation grants totaling more than $1.2 million will fund projects to test a novel strategy to make milk production more efficient and sustainable and outreach to communicate animal science to the public.
  • Animal Science
  • Agriculture
  • Animals
  • Communication
  • Dairy
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CLASP participants celebrate growth in learning partnerships

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As Cornell employees and students work together in lifelong learning partnerships with the Community Learning and Service Partnership (CLASP), a wealth of accomplishments and comradery builds up over the semester. Traditionally, this treasure...
  • Global Development Section
  • Global Development
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Cornell to co-lead NIH center for precision nutrition research

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The NIH on Jan. 20 announced the Division of Nutritional Sciences and RTI International (RTI), a nonprofit research institute, will co-lead a new center that coordinates research for the NIH’s Nutrition for Precision Health study. Part of the...
  • Global Development Section
  • Nutritional Sciences
  • Food
  • Health + Nutrition
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Don Barton, former director of Cornell AgriTech, dies at 100

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Barton, who joined the Cornell faculty in 1951, served as the ninth director of the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva – now known as Cornell AgriTech – from 1960 until his retirement in 1982.
  • Department of Entomology
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section
  • Entomology

Global Development MPS alum named AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow

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Ukaejiofo, who earned his Master of Professional Studies in Global Development at Cornell, is among 284 scientists and engineers who will spend a year serving professionally in federal agencies and congressional offices as a Science & Technology...
  • Global Development Section
  • Global Development
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