Margery Daughtrey: Keeping plants healthy for nearly 50 years

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Since 1978, Margery Daughtrey has been and ornamental crop disease management problem-solver, serving the greenhouse, nursery and floriculture industries from her base at the Long Island Horticultural Research and Extension Center. “Some of her...
  • Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section
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From the Steppe to the Finger Lakes

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Climate change and global market instability are threatening the livelihoods of Mongolia’s herding families—people who have long lived in harmony with nature and their animals. As the founder of Global Nomadic Products LLC and a 2024-25 Hubert H...
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Chobani scholar: Jocelyn Blachar ’28

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Major: Food science Hometown: Katonah, New York Why did you choose Cornell CALS? I chose Cornell CALS because of the hands-on experience and opportunities within the college. There are endless opportunities within CALS and the food science...
  • Food Science
  • Food
Jocelyn Blachar

Chobani scholar: Taylor Barraclough ’28

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Major: Animal science Hometown: Schuylerville, New York Why did you choose Cornell CALS? I chose to be part of Cornell CALS not only to further my education but also to take advantage of the plethora of other opportunities this college offers...
  • Animal Science
  • Animals
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Chobani scholar: Rosie Vivaldo ’28

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Major: Food science Hometown: White Plains, New York Why did you choose Cornell CALS? I chose Cornell CALS for its food science program and the tight-knit community. I loved that students really get to know their professors and work closely with...
  • Food Science
  • Food
Rosie Vivaldo

Chobani scholar: Eva Ho ’28

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Major: Food science Hometown: Albany, New York Why did you choose Cornell CALS? Everything in my life has always drawn me to food. When I first laid eyes on the food science major at Cornell CALS, I knew it would be the place for me. I love that...
  • Food Science
  • Food
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Meet our faculty: Dominique Holtappels

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Academic focus: Ecology and evolution of plant pathogens in controlled environment agriculture (CEA) Research summary: I study how biotic drivers such as the plant virome are shaping the ecology and evolution of plant pathogens. My lab aims to...
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section
  • Plants
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Meet our faculty: Manoj Karkee

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Academic focus: Artificial intelligence (AI), automation and robotics in agriculture Research summary: My research program focuses on innovating AI, machine learning and robotics solutions for agricultural applications, aiming to reduce resource...
  • Biological and Environmental Engineering
  • Agriculture
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Meet our faculty: Brent Sinclair

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Academic focus: Insect environmental physiology Research summary: I study how insects survive and thrive in harsh environments. Although we center our research on the insect, we follow mechanisms all the way to molecular biology and consequences...
  • Department of Entomology
  • Entomology
  • Physiology
  • Environment
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Meet our faculty: Beatriz Willink

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Academic focus: Trait evolution, genomics and phylogenetics Research summary: I study why and how phenotypic traits evolve in insects. I focus on traits that often differ between the sexes, such as color patterns, and try to understand how...
  • Department of Entomology
  • Entomology
  • Genomics
  • Evolution
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Meet our faculty: Melissa Guzman

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Academic focus: Biodiversity big data and insect conservation Research summary: The goal of my research is to help improve insect conservation by developing statistical methods that better use all available data. While the distribution of some...
  • Department of Entomology
  • Entomology
  • Pollinators
  • Biodiversity
  • Ecosystems
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Meet our faculty: Erik Enbody

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Academic focus: Evolutionary and conservation genomics Research summary: I study evolution in natural populations. I am motivated by questions that help us understand biodiversity on a fundamental level. What are the origins of biodiversity...
  • Computational Biology
  • Animals
  • Genomics
  • Biodiversity
  • Evolution
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Meet our faculty: Rosa Santomartino

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Academic focus: Biotechnologies for sustainable solutions in space and on Earth Research summary: In the coming decades, space exploration will take us beyond Earth’s orbit, demanding highly efficient closed-loop systems to reduce costs and...
  • Biological and Environmental Engineering
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Meet our faculty: Samantha Willden

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Academic focus: Controlled environment insect ecology Research summary: My research explores how abiotic and biotic factors drive invertebrate communities in controlled environment agriculture (CEA). CEA is a dynamic and rapidly evolving field...
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Agriculture
  • Entomology
  • Food
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Meet our faculty: Hannah Marx

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Academic focus: Alpine botany, biodiversity, museum science Research summary: My research aims to understand the ecological and evolutionary processes that generate and maintain biodiversity across space and time in alpine “sky islands” on...
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Biology Section
  • Plants
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Day in the Life Events Connect Students Across NYS with Local Watersheds

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Day in the Life Events Continue to Expand with Help from Cornell Extension Partners Co-written with Emily Fell Additional contributions from Chris Bowser Nearly 5,000 student scientists lined the shores along the Hudson River, tributaries in the...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • New York Sea Grant Institute
  • New York State Water Resources Institute
  • Sea Grant NY

Meet our faculty: Yun Yang

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Academic focus: Geospatial science for sustainable water resource management Research summary: I study plant water use from field to global scales using remote sensing techniques to guide irrigation scheduling and monitor plant stress condition...
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Soil and Crop Sciences Section
  • Plants
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Meet our faculty: Claire Wardle

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Academic focus: Information ecosystems, misinformation, journalism Research summary: I study information ecosystems, with a particular interest in improving communication by trusted institutions, e.g., government agencies, newsrooms...
  • Department of Communication
  • Communication
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Meet our faculty: Madeline Oravec

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Academic focus: Grapevine breeding, genetics and genomics Research summary: My research focuses on the genetic understanding and improvement of grapes, with an emphasis on fruit quality, environmental resilience and biotic resistance. We also...
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture Section
  • Plants
  • Horticulture
  • Cornell AgriTech
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Meet our faculty: Wunpini Fatimata Mohammed

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Academic focus: Media and decolonization Lab website: www.wunpini.com Research summary: My research focuses on interrogating power in media and communications while working together with disenfranchised communities to use media to bring about...
  • Department of Communication
  • Communication
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