SUNY Morrisville pilots Cornell-developed nutrient mass balance curriculum

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This past spring, undergraduate students at SUNY Morrisville in Dr. Jennifer Gilbert Jenkins’ Soil Fertility course connected classroom knowledge about soil health and sustainability with actual farm assessments. They utilized the Nutrient Mass...
  • Animal Science
  • Global Development Section
  • Agriculture
NMSP team at SUNY Morrisville

Lydia Young ’21: SUNY Morrisville student tackles dairy sustainability

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On December 17th, 2021, Lydia Young graduated from SUNY Morrisville with a focus on dairy management and agricultural mechanics. Throughout the summer and fall semester of 2021, Young participated in an internship program with the Nutrient...
  • Animal Science
  • Agriculture
  • Animals
Lydia and NMSP team

Ashley Jernigan: creating graduate student community at AgriTech

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Ashley Jernigan is a graduate student at Cornell AgriTech working under the direction of Kyle Wickings , associate professor of entomology. When Jernigan isn’t performing research that leads to improved soil health and crop production in New...
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Department of Entomology
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture Section
  • Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section
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Megan Wittmeyer ’22: CCE’s role in the future of dairy sustainability

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Agricultural science major, Megan Wittmeyer ’22, spent the summer completing a joint internship between the Nutrient Management Spear Program (NMSP), run by Quirine Ketterings, professor of nutrient management in the Department of Animal Science...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • Agriculture Sciences Major
  • Animal Science
  • Agriculture
Megan Wittmeyer ’22

Megan Lamb ’22: Reflections from the next generation of ag educators

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Megan Lamb ’22, an agricultural sciences major, participated in a joint summer internship program between the Nutrient Management Spear Program (NMSP) and the William H. Miner Agricultural Research Institute. Lamb’s internship was made possible...
  • Agriculture Sciences Major
  • Animal Science
Megan Lamb ’22 at the The William H Miner Agricultural Research Institute

A brilli-ANT new species

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A new ant species recently discovered in New Mexico has been named Strumigenys moreauviae, after CALS faculty member Corrie Moreau, the Martha N. and John C. Moser Professor Arthropod Biosystematics and Biodiversity.
  • Department of Entomology
  • Entomology
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Ndunge Kiiti: Welcome to Global Development

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Meet Ndunge Kiiti, PhD '02, adjunct associate professor in Global Development. With expertise in communication, education, health and entrepreneurship, she brings more than 30 years of experience in international development. Her recent work...
  • Global Development Section
  • Global Development
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Johannes Lehmann: COP26 leaders: support biochar scale-up to fight climate change

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Johannes Lehman n , the Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor in the School of Integrative Plant Science and the Department of Global Development, is at the forefront of research on biochar , a form of charcoal created by heating biomass (like manure or...
  • Global Development Section
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Agriculture
  • Climate Change
  • Soil
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High school teachers pilot Cornell-developed ag sustainability curriculum

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What are the goals of the NMB curriculum? Olivo: It is important to engage youth in different aspects of agriculture and sustainability. Growing awareness about sustainability among new generations is very relevant to getting them interested in...
  • Animal Science
  • Global Development Section
  • Agriculture
Dairy farm in upstate NY

Research, policy, and the future of sustainable agriculture

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Veronika Vogel ’21 came to Cornell CALS from Nesselwang, Germany seeking to make a positive impact on the global food system. As an International Agriculture & Rural Development major with minors in Plant Science and Plant Breeding, Veronika...
  • Global Development Section
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Global Development
  • Plants
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Roop Singh ’14: Translating the science of climate change

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Roop Singh ’14, a climate risk advisor for the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre, talks about her climate work and shares how her time in CALS laid the foundation for her career and helped her reconnect with family roots.
  • Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
  • Climate Change
Roop Singh ’14 talking in front of a group

Winfield Mac ’23: Applying information science to food safety

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Winfield Mac ’23 spent the summer interning with the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets’ Division of Food Laboratory and shares how the internship helped him apply classroom knowledge to real-world problems.
  • Food
Winfield Mac sitting at a desk with computers

From community-based organizing to the U.S. Congress

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Melanie Stansbury , M.S. ’07 arrived at Cornell in 2006 searching for new tools and knowledge to make a difference in her hometown community in Albuquerque. Backed by new insights into the theory and practice of community sociology, she returned...
  • Global Development Section
  • Global Development
U.S. Congress building

Quotes Du Jour from the Humphrey Fellows

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What the Cornell Humphrey Program director Peter Gregory and I have in common is we both love quotes! Quotes put words to our unexplainable fears, inspire us to stand up for ourselves and take risks, and open our eyes to the struggles we share...
  • Global Development Section
  • Global Development
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International Humphrey Fellows build lasting American friendships

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Every August, a new international cohort of Cornell Humphrey Fellows arrives in Ithaca, New York. While each Fellow is an accomplished professional in their own right, many begin their fellowship feeling lonely, uncertain, and disconnected from...
  • Global Development Section
  • Global Development
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