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Rebecca Harrison '14: In memory of animal science professor Jerrie Gavalchin

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May 13, 2020

In high school, my guidance counselor told me I didn’t have what it would take to get accepted into or succeed at Cornell. It took until I walked into Jerrie Gavalchin’s office at Cornell for me to stop believing my high school counselor was...

Ayanna Dixon '21: In memory of animal science professor Jerrie Gavalchin

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May 13, 2020

Dr. Gavalchin was a gifted educator, advisor and mentor. I remember when I first met her during O-week, all the new animal science students were gathered in Morrison 146, and after a presentation introducing all of the advisors, we were split up...

Elana Kriegel '20: In memory of animal science professor Jerrie Gavalchin

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May 13, 2020

Although I have known Dr. Gavalchin since my freshman year, I only began to truly get close to her this year. I walked into Dr. Gavalchin’s office for the first time because I felt lost in her immunology course. I learned her door was always...

Christel-Remy Kuck '20: In memory of animal science professor Jerrie Gavalchin

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May 13, 2020

While I have known about Dr. Gavalchin for my whole college career, I did not get to really know her until my junior year during her immunology class. However, looking back on my interactions with her, I am astounded by how natural our...

Tom Overton: In memory of animal science professor Jerrie Gavalchin

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May 13, 2020

Jerrie was a wonderful colleague among the faculty and staff of the department, and an outstanding teacher and mentor of students. She was deeply committed to advising and to the undergraduates in animal science. She maintained the largest...

Mary Beth Dale '21: Creating sustainable paths forward

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May 10, 2020

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Global Development

Elena Setiadarma ’21: Taking classroom lessons to the global stage

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April 30, 2020

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Agriculture
Digital Agriculture
Global Development

Chris Peritore-Galve: Defending a Dissertation in an Online World

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April 30, 2020

Like other students in Cornell’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, graduate students based at Cornell AgriTech are adapting to the challenges of remote learning during the COVID-19 crisis. As students from the Geneva campus continue to...

Cornell AgriTech
School of Integrative Plant Science
Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section

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My Cornell story: Deborah Arrindell '79

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April 24, 2020

Deborah Arrindell ’79 has 19 years of experience in the pharmacology and biotechnology industries. She currently works as an executive medical director in global patient safety and labeling at Amgen Inc. located in Thousand Oaks, California. My...

Molecular Biology and Genetics
Biology
Health + Nutrition

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Dean's Message

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April 24, 2020

Kathryn J. Boor is the Ronald P. Lynch Dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Serving as the college’s chief academic and administrative officer, she is responsible for developing and implementing the strategic direction of the...

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New York’s rural schools prove resilient during COVID-19

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April 22, 2020

New York state’s early response to the COVID-19 crisis contained a daunting directive to its public schools: Shut down now. On March 16, the state ordered schools to switch immediately from classroom instruction to remote teaching delivered...

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Global Development

Fostering social change through international agricultural education

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April 20, 2020

Francine Jasper is an expert in the field of international education administration. She develops training programs with faculty and other professional resources for visiting scholars and has trained hundreds of professionals from nearly 90...

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Agriculture
Global Development

Bill Weldon: Supporting New York state hop growers in the fight against powdery mildew

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April 2, 2020

Bill Weldon is a graduate student at Cornell AgriTech, studying under the direction of David Gadoury, senior research associate in the plant pathology and plant-microbe biology section of the School of Integrative Plant Science. What is the...

Cornell AgriTech
School of Integrative Plant Science
Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section
Agriculture
Plants

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From education to service: David Kay’s 40-year journey

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March 24, 2020

The social tailwinds that lofted me here were stirred by the movements of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Most important was my undergraduate exposure to the debates about global economic growth and the environment following publication of The...

Community and Regional Development Institute
Global Development Section
Applied Economics

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Meet the next generation of New York state dairy farmers: Caroline Lafferty ’23

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March 18, 2020

What is your connection to dairy farming? I have been connected to dairy farming since I was born. My dad worked on the dairy right around the corner from my house, Dutch Hollow Farm. My mom also had cows at the farm and worked weekends there...

Animal Science
Agriculture
Dairy
Animals

Meet the Next Generation of New York State Dairy Farmers: Emily Starceski ‘23

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March 18, 2020

What is your connection to dairy farming? I grew up working on my family owned and operated farm, Finn-Star Farm. It was established in 1989 by my parents Paul and Robin Starceski. The farm is currently a 3rd generation family farm and hopefully...

Animal Science
Agriculture
Dairy
Animals

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Meet the next generation of New York state dairy farmers: Blake Wadsworth ‘23

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March 18, 2020

What is your connection to dairy farming? I have worked on Eildon-Tweed Farm for the last 12 years. Prior to that, I worked on my father’s 50-cow dairy in Middlesex, NY. At age 5, my family moved to Oneonta, NY where my father owned a 2000-cow...

Animal Science
Agriculture
Dairy
Animals

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Meet the next generation of New York state dairy farmers: Cassandra Wilbur ‘23

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March 18, 2020

What is your connection to dairy farming? My grandfather came to the United States from Austria around 1960 looking for work on a farm, and eventually he saved enough money to buy the family farm in Fabius. I spent the majority of my childhood...

Animal Science
Agriculture
Dairy
Animals

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Keelin Kelly '20: Tackling climate change alongside farmers in Armenia

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March 11, 2020

Research is something I love and gets to the heart of my curiosity. What drives me is understanding how climate change impacts real people and societies. Research doesn’t just mean sitting in a lab: For my honor thesis project, it meant speaking...

Agriculture
Climate Change
Environment

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Global Partnerships Help Armenian Farmers Adapt to Climate Change

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March 9, 2020

Everything changed when I came to Cornell as a Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship participant. The Humphrey Fellowship Program provides mid-career specialists from developing countries the opportunity to spend a year at Cornell University learning...

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Agriculture
Food
Global Development
Planet
Climate Change

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