World Food Prize laureate Jan Low joins Global Development

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Jan Low, M.S. ’85, Ph.D. ’94, an agricultural economist whose work integrating agriculture and nutrition has improved the health of millions worldwide, has joined Cornell’s Department of Global Development as an adjunct professor in the College...
  • Global Development Section
  • Global Development
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Cornell, Puerto Rican students to connect for food security innovation

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As Puerto Rico continues to build back from hurricanes Irma and Maria amid intensifying climatic changes, a joint project between Cornell and the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez (UPRM) will prepare agricultural students to develop skills...
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Global Development Section
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
  • Soil and Crop Sciences Section
  • Agriculture
  • Environment
  • Food
  • Global Development
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CALS award ceremony recognizes faculty, staff contributions

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Benjamin Houlton, the Ronald P. Lynch Dean, recognized 41 faculty and staff members for their remarkable accomplishments at the 2021 CALS Research, Extension and Core Value Staff Awards ceremony.
  • Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station
  • Institute for Food Safety
  • Department of Communication
  • Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Department of Entomology
  • Food Science
  • Global Development Section
  • Microbiology
  • Molecular Biology and Genetics
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Biology Section
  • Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section
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New scholars join Tata-Cornell Institute

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The new scholars, Apurva Borar and Whitman Barrett, are pursuing doctoral degrees in applied economics and management and soil and crop sciences, respectively. Kasim Saiyyad, who earned a master’s in applied economics and management in May 2021...
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Chobani grant supports future of sustainability in dairy

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A $500,000 grant from Chobani to Quirine Ketterings, professor of nutrient management in the Department of Animal Science in Cornell CALS and director of the Cornell Nutrient Management Spear Program (NMSP), will allow continued development of...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • Animal Science
  • Agriculture
  • Field Crops
  • Environment
Quirine Ketterings, Olivia Godber, Agustin Olivo and the owners of Whey Street Dairy inspecting cover crops.

Enzyme research unlocks gateway for new medicines

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The new findings published in Science capture never-before-recorded stages of a molecular construction process, with implications for future pharmaceutical development.
  • Molecular Biology and Genetics
  • Biology
  • Genetics
  • Health + Nutrition
  • Medicine
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Cornell’s Chatrchyan represents Armenia at COP26 talks

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Working with the Armenian delegation at COP26, Allison Chatrchyan aims to shape U.N. agriculture policy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase carbon sequestration.
  • Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
  • Global Development Section
  • Agriculture
  • Climate Change
  • Food
  • Global Development
  • Soil
Allison Chatrchyan greeting the president of Armenia at COP26

Secrets of quillwort photosynthesis could boost crop efficiency

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Researchers have assembled a high-quality Isoetes genome that furthers understanding of how these aquatic plants regulate CAM photosynthesis to compete for carbon dioxide underwater, and how that regulation differs from terrestrial plants.
  • Boyce Thompson Institute
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Biology Section
  • Biology
  • Genetics
  • Nature
  • Plants
  • Crops
Isoetes under water

Bitcoin mining yields climate chaos, faculty tell NYS Assembly

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Four Cornell faculty testified to the NYS Assembly Oct. 27 on how firing up once-shuttered carbon-based power plants – to process cryptocurrency – could pause environmental progress.
  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
  • Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Energy
  • Climate Change
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Seed to Supper sows confidence while addressing food insecurity

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Over 2.9 million New Yorkers across the state — a third of whom are children — rely on food assistance programs. Even temporary food insecurity can be discouraging and disempowering for families — a hard lesson many learned during the height of...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture Section
  • Food
  • Vegetables
  • Plants
  • Horticulture
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Sperm switch swimming patterns to locate egg

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This change in behavior, called hyperactivation, enables the sperm to sweep the area once in the egg’s proximity, which improves the sperm’s chances of finding it. For the in vitro study, the researchers designed microfluidic chips with micron...
  • Food Science
  • Biology
  • Health + Nutrition
  • Medicine
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Scientists bring efficiency to expanding offshore wind energy

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Cornell research shows how to make offshore wind farms more efficient in the face of impending rapid expansion, as the U.S. Department of the Interior plans leasing federal waters.
  • Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
  • Energy
  • Environment
  • Climate Change
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Upgraded facility to study dairy industry emissions

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Four climate-controlled respiration chambers will be built in the Large Animal Research and Teaching Unit to study gas exchange of dairy cattle and other livestock with the goal of reducing emissions.
  • Animal Science
  • Animals
  • Climate Change
  • Environment
Joseph McFadden working in a dairy barn with students

Funny name, rewarding job: University seeks ombudsman

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The independent Office of the University Ombudsman provides a space for faculty, students and staff to engage in candid and confidential discussions about academic or workplace concerns. Charles Walcott, Ph.D. ’59, plans to retire later this year as university ombudsman, the part-time position he’s held for a decade.
  • Lab of Ornithology
  • Neurobiology and Behavior
Charles Walcott