Hochul names Cornellians to NYS climate assessment project

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Several Cornellians – appointed by Gov. Kathy Hochul – will explore how the warming environment will affect New York’s communities, ecosystems and economy in the new Climate Impacts Assessment project.
  • American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • New York Sea Grant Institute
  • Cornell Integrated Pest Management
  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
  • Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
  • Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Global Development Section
  • Natural Resources and the Environment Section
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture Section
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Earth Source Heat open house addresses community questions

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Welcome to the Cornell University Borehole Observatory – known as CUBO. By summer 2022, the university plans to drill a 10,000-foot hole to verify whether conditions underground will allow clean, reliable and renewable Earth Source Heat –...
  • Biology
  • Environment
  • Climate Change
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Rural Bangladeshis turn to faith, family for fact-checking

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On top of the COVID-19 pandemic, people worldwide have dealt with an infodemic – a flood of ever-evolving information and misinformation about the virus, causing confusion and mistrust. New Cornell research finds that in remote parts of Bangladesh with little internet access, people have relied on local experts, spiritual views and their sense of social justice to evaluate new coronavirus information.
  • Environment
  • Global Development
  • Health + Nutrition
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Cornell graduate award to accelerate niche research in global development

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The Ronny Adhikarya Niche Award (RANA) provides $10,000 in funding to either a doctoral or master of professional studies (MPS) student in the Department of Global Development. The competitive prize will be given to a student interested in...
  • Global Development Section
  • Global Development
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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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World Food Prize laureate Jan Low joins Global Development

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Jan Low, M.S. ’85, Ph.D. ’94, an agricultural economist whose work integrating agriculture and nutrition has improved the health of millions worldwide, has joined Cornell’s Department of Global Development as an adjunct professor in the College...
  • Global Development Section
  • Global Development
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Cornell, Puerto Rican students to connect for food security innovation

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As Puerto Rico continues to build back from hurricanes Irma and Maria amid intensifying climatic changes, a joint project between Cornell and the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez (UPRM) will prepare agricultural students to develop skills...
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Global Development Section
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
  • Soil and Crop Sciences Section
  • Agriculture
  • Environment
  • Food
  • 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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CALS award ceremony recognizes faculty, staff contributions

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Benjamin Houlton, the Ronald P. Lynch Dean, recognized 41 faculty and staff members for their remarkable accomplishments at the 2021 CALS Research, Extension and Core Value Staff Awards ceremony.
  • Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station
  • Institute for Food Safety
  • Department of Communication
  • Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Department of Entomology
  • Food Science
  • Global Development Section
  • Microbiology
  • Molecular Biology and Genetics
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Biology Section
  • Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section
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New scholars join Tata-Cornell Institute

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The new scholars, Apurva Borar and Whitman Barrett, are pursuing doctoral degrees in applied economics and management and soil and crop sciences, respectively. Kasim Saiyyad, who earned a master’s in applied economics and management in May 2021...
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Chobani grant supports future of sustainability in dairy

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A $500,000 grant from Chobani to Quirine Ketterings, professor of nutrient management in the Department of Animal Science in Cornell CALS and director of the Cornell Nutrient Management Spear Program (NMSP), will allow continued development of...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • Animal Science
  • Agriculture
  • Field Crops
  • Environment
Quirine Ketterings, Olivia Godber, Agustin Olivo and the owners of Whey Street Dairy inspecting cover crops.

Enzyme research unlocks gateway for new medicines

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The new findings published in Science capture never-before-recorded stages of a molecular construction process, with implications for future pharmaceutical development.
  • Molecular Biology and Genetics
  • Biology
  • Genetics
  • Health + Nutrition
  • Medicine
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Cornell’s Chatrchyan represents Armenia at COP26 talks

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Working with the Armenian delegation at COP26, Allison Chatrchyan aims to shape U.N. agriculture policy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase carbon sequestration.
  • Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
  • Global Development Section
  • Agriculture
  • Climate Change
  • Food
  • Global Development
  • Soil
Allison Chatrchyan greeting the president of Armenia at COP26

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
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