Faculty Focus: Five Questions for Tim Martinson

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You started your extension job with the Finger Lakes Grape program after several years as a research associate in Entomology. What was your biggest surprise when you started in extension? My first thought was “what am I doing here?” I may know a...
  • Food Science
  • Viticulture and Enology
  • Food
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Bouchet Honor Society inductee makes her mark in Animal Science

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Brianna Tate is a Ph.D. candidate studying in the McFadden Lab housed in the Cornell CALS Department of Animal Science. Over the past four years Tate’s research has looked at ways to benefit dairy calf immunity to better survival and impact health later in life. Tate was recently inducted into the Cornell Chapter of the prestigious Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Student Honor Society in recognition of her outstanding work as a scientist as well as a leader in the Cornell and scientific communities.
  • Animal Science
  • Animals
Brianna and cow

Reaping the benefits of city trees

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Nina Bassuk has dedicated her career helping trees thrive in tough urban landscapes
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture Section
Nina Bassuk

Meet our faculty: Martin Graef

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Academic focus: Cellular homeostasis and aging Research summary: I study how cells maintain their homeostasis and function under diverse stresses. Cells have evolved the process of autophagy, which allows them to degrade parts of themselves and...
  • Molecular Biology and Genetics
  • Biology
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Meet our faculty: Marian Schmidt

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Academic focus: Ecology, evolution and genomics of aquatic microbial communities Research summary: My lab studies the microbial inhabitants of aquatic ecosystems through a combination of field, molecular and computational approaches. Despite...
  • Microbiology
  • Biology
  • Biodiversity
  • Microbiology
  • Water
  • Ecosystems
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Meet our faculty: Jason Londo

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Academic focus: Fruit crop physiology and climate adaptation Research summary: I study how environmental stresses such as temperature, water availability and soil chemistry impact apple and grapevine physiological performance. The key to climate...
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture Section
  • Agriculture
  • Digital Agriculture
  • Climate Change
  • Fruits
  • Plants
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Meet our faculty: Yu Jiang

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Academic focus: Multimodal sensing, agricultural robotics and artificial intelligence in agriculture Research summary: I study systems engineering and digital solutions to enhancing the productivity, quality, sustainability and resilience of...
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture Section
  • Agriculture
  • Digital Agriculture
  • Plants
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Julio Giordano: Pushing the bounds of digital agriculture in dairy

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With the increasing pressure for dairy farms to meet new sustainable benchmarks, scientists in the Cornell CALS department of Animal Science seek innovative ways to help farmers reach these goals. Julio Giordano, associate professor of Animal Science, sees technological advancements to better dairy cattle reproduction and health as a direct solution.
  • Cornell Institute for Digital Agriculture
  • PRO-DAIRY
  • Animal Science
  • Digital Agriculture
  • Dairy
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A dose of nature can cure the blues

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Don Rakow has pioneered the concept of Nature Rx, how spending time in nature can improve emotional and physical health.
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture Section
Don Rakow in the garden

Animal Science undergrads awarded Richard Popp Scholarship

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Five undergraduates in Cornell CALS Department of Animal Science, Elizabeth Maslyn ’22, Johnathan King ’22, Colin Kadis ’22, Matthew Peck ’22 and Grace Harrigan ’22 won the Richard Popp Scholarship Award.
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • PRO-DAIRY
  • Animal Science
  • Dairy
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Olivia Godber: Measuring Carbon Footprints for Dairy Farms

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Olivia Godber is a postdoctoral research associate, leading the Dairy Sustainability Key Indicators Project in Cornell CALS Nutrient Management Spear Program (NMSP). Tasked with the mission to examine dairy farms’ environmental footprints...
  • Animal Science
  • Agriculture
  • Field Crops
Oliva Godber

CALS enhances strategies to recruit, retain diverse faculty, students

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CALS highlights some of the strategies the college and its community members are adopting to improve diversity in faculty, staff and student recruitment and retention.
  • Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
  • Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Microbiology
  • Molecular Biology and Genetics
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
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Cornell AgriTech embraces responsibility to lead in inclusivity

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This is the third in a series of stories detailing actions CALS students, faculty and staff have taken over the past year to make our community a more diverse, equitable and inclusive place for everyone. Because Cornell AgriTech is an...
  • Cornell AgriTech
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Your Cornell CALS Holiday Handbook

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Science is at the heart of the many foods and beverages enjoyed during the holidays. From food safety to ingredients and best practices, CALS experts play a vital role in keeping people healthy and informed during this treasured time of year...
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station
  • Food Science
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Food
  • Health + Nutrition
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CALS assesses curriculum to improve diversity, equity, inclusivity in teaching

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This is the second in a series of stories detailing actions CALS students, faculty and staff have taken over the past year to make our community a more diverse, equitable and inclusive place for everyone. Here, we highlight college efforts to design a more inclusive curriculum and detail some of the courses CALS faculty have developed or adapted to address issues of racial, social, gender, economic and environmental justice.
  • Department of Entomology
  • Global Development Section
  • Natural Resources and the Environment Section
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture Section
  • Health + Nutrition
  • Plants
The CALS Ag Quad

CALS students build new, inclusive paths

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This is the first in a series of stories detailing the actions CALS students, faculty and staff have taken over the past year to make our community a more diverse, equitable and inclusive place for everyone. Here, we highlight some of our student-led efforts – these emerging leaders, often through sheer labors of love, emphasize inclusive excellence and are motivated by a desire to make the path more equitable for those who will follow.
  • Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
  • Landscape Architecture
  • Microbiology
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Meet our faculty: Vivek Srikrishnan

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Academic focus: Climate impacts and risk management Research summary: Climate change creates new risks and enhances existing ones. My group focuses on decision-making to improve resilience in the presence of dynamic environmental and...
  • Biological and Environmental Engineering
  • Climate Change
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Meet our faculty: Chris Roh

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Academic focus: Biofluid mechanics, entomology, bio-inspired engineering, in vivo engineering Research summary: Insects’ well-adapted interactions with abiotic and biotic surroundings offer inspiration for innovative engineering designs and...
  • Biological and Environmental Engineering
  • Entomology
  • Environment
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