Pre-vet mentorship supports underrepresented students in Animal Science

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The Minorities in Animal Science Students Club (MASS) provides a safe space for underrepresented Animal Science students through meetings, events and networking opportunities. The club recently collaborated with the Cornell College of Veterinary...
  • Animal Science
  • Animals
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A bright future for dairy sustainability

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Over the last 20 years, the Cornell Nutrient Management Spear Program (NMSP) has worked with dairy farmers across New York state to employ research aimed at reducing agricultural operations’ environmental footprint.
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • Animal Science
  • Agriculture
  • Field Crops
  • Animals
  • Dairy
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Ann Charles Vegdahl: Working under pressure at Cornell AgriTech

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Have you wondered why guacamole on supermarket shelves can stay fresh and green for so long? Or how cold-pressed juice can taste freshly squeezed, even after days or weeks in the refrigerator? It's all thanks to High Pressure Processing (HPP)...
  • Cornell AgriTech
A headshot of Ann Vegdahl sitting beside an HPP machine.

7 ways Dairy Fellows cultivates students in agriculture

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The Dairy Fellows program is a partnership connecting Cornell students and faculty with dairy production and agribusinesses around the world. Discover how Dairy Fellows trains the next generation of dairy scientists and practitioners!
  • Dairy Fellows Program
  • Animal Science
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Olga Padilla-Zakour: Leading NY’s future through food and ag innovation

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Olga Padilla-Zakour, M.S. ’88, Ph.D. ’91, professor of food processing in the Department of Food Science and director of the Cornell Food Venture Center at Cornell Agritech, is interim director for Cornell AgriTech, effective December 1, 2022.
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Cornell Food Venture Center
  • Food Science
  • Food
Olga Padilla-Zakour standing in a kitchen

Finding your Path: Students Explore Careers in Animal Science

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Undergraduate Animal Science students are required to take ANSC 1105: Careers in Animal Science, which provides a glimpse into the wide variety of unique fields open to anyone with a passion for animals. Learn more about the course and what it...
  • Animal Science
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Kate McHale ‘24: Advocating for youth empowerment and nutrition policy

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Meet Kate McHale’24, an undergraduate in Global Development who is on a mission to increase youth engagement specifically as it relates to nutrition. As an eight-year alumna and current student leader of 4-H, Kate advocates for youth’s voices in...
  • Global Development Section
  • Agriculture
  • Global Development
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Internship connects Puerto Rican agricultural students with Cornell

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In 2022, five students from the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez spent their summer at Cornell for an intensive internship with faculty from across the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
  • Global Development Section
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Agriculture
  • Climate Change
  • Global Development
  • Development
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The path to vet school: Insights from Animal Science alumni

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The Careers in Animal Science class (ANSC 1105) allows students to explore various animal science opportunities and develop skills that will aid them in career planning. Recently, six students from Cornell’s College of Veterinary Medicine with differing backgrounds, species interests, and intended specialties visited the class for a Q & A. Here’s a snapshot what they had to say!
  • Animal Science
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Growth beyond the field: Summer interns explore extension for NYS dairy

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The Nutrient Management Spear Program (NMSP) works with farmers, farm advisors and state agencies to conduct research and advise on the nutrient management of field crops across New York State. This summer, the program welcomed Dairy...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • Animal Science
  • Agriculture
  • Digital Agriculture
  • Field Crops
  • Soil
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Home gardening for life

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Chindavone (Chin) Sanlath is an environmental and social consultant at Earth Systems and a certified lead auditor in integrated management systems. She is currently a Hubert H. Humphrey Fellow in the Department of Global Development at Cornell...
  • Global Development Section
  • Global Development
Chindavone Sanlath carries harvested vegetables on a pack in her garden

Summer interns spend sunny days under the solar arrays

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Milan Broughton ’24, Animal Science major and Claire Bloodnick ’22, MPS graduate and lead lab technician, spent the past summer working on the solar grazing project where they spent their days among the solar arrays, grazing sheep and livestock guardian dogs! We visited Milan and Claire out in the field to learn more about their experiences.
  • Animal Science
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Animals
  • Entomology
  • Environment
  • Ecosystems
  • Solar
  • Agrivoltaics
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Lan Nguyen ’23: There’s no place like Shoals

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Cornell CALS Animal Science major, Lan Nguyen ’23, spent 56 days of her 2022 summer on an island off the coast of Maine where she completed a minor in marine biology at Shoals Marine Laboratory – a remote field station located on Appledore Island, Maine, that is jointly operated by Cornell University and the University of New Hampshire.
  • Shoals Marine Laboratory
  • Animal Science
  • Animals
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With Cornell's help, new fungicide may help curb global food shortages

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VM Agritech has spent the last five years developing Curezin, a broad-spectrum, copper-and-zinc-based fungicide that thanks to its unique chemistry, won’t lead to pathogenic resistance. When in-vitro testing by the University of Exeter showed...
  • Center of Excellence in Food and Agriculture
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
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Visualizing data for food security at the New York Youth Institute

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Each year, high school students from around New York State gather at Cornell University to explore ways they can help develop real-world solutions to the greatest challenges in agriculture and food systems. At the 2022 New York Youth Institute...
  • Global Development Section
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Global Development
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Improving public sector plant breeding for the future of food security

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Public plant breeding programs play a central role in tackling local food security challenges around the world, but how can we be sure that they are operating effectively and optimally at the institutional level? In this blog series, the Feed...
  • Global Development Section
  • Global Development
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In the field with Jensen Njagi ’25: conservation biocontrol on urban farms

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This summer, international agriculture and rural development major Jensen Njagi ’25 interned for Cornell Cooperative Extension’s Conservation Biocontrol on Urban Farms in New York City project. This three-year project is designed to help urban...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • Global Development Section
  • Agriculture
  • Entomology
  • Environment
  • Food
  • Plants
  • Crops
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