Alumna wins New Mexico special election for U.S. House seat

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Stansbury, a Democrat and New Mexico state representative, was elected to New Mexico’s 1st Congressional District, which includes the city of Albuquerque. The seat had previously been held by Deb Haaland, who now is serving as the U.S. secretary...
  • Global Development Section
  • Climate Change
  • Global Development
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Rural sociologist Frank Young dies at 92

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Young trained as an anthropologist at a time when applied international work was first emerging after World War II. At Cornell he pushed forward new sociological concepts and comparative research designs to better understand rural communities...
  • Global Development Section
  • Global Development

Nanoscale sensors measure elusive water levels in leaves

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A breakthrough technology developed by Cornell researchers uses nanoscale sensors and fiber optics to measure water status just inside a leaf’s surface, where water in plants is most actively managed. The engineering feat provides a minimally invasive research tool that will greatly advance the understanding of basic plant biology, and opens the door for breeding more drought-resistant crops.
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
  • Agriculture
  • Biology
  • Water
  • Plants
  • Crops
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Subscribe, like, share: visibility in the age of algorithms

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Wilde died more than 120 years ago, but those words could be a mantra for today’s social media content creators, whose digital relevance – in the form of “likes,” “favorites” and “shares” – is often dependent on factors well beyond their control...
  • Department of Communication
  • Behavior
  • Communication
  • Media
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Better implant device may ease therapy for Type 1 diabetes

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The research group, led by associate professor Minglin Ma from the Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, partnered with stem cell biologists at Washington University School of...
  • Biological and Environmental Engineering
  • Biology
  • Health + Nutrition
  • Disease
  • Medicine
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Johnson and Zhang named CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars

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Two Cornell researchers have been named CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars. Elizabeth Johnson, assistant professor of molecular nutrition in the Division of Nutritional Sciences, and Baobao Zhang, Klarman Postdoctoral Fellow in government, are among...
  • Nutritional Sciences
  • Biology
  • Food
  • Health + Nutrition

Global conference to explore community-based service learning

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The 2021 International Conference on Community-Based Service-Learning in Borneo brings together students, faculty and community partners on June 14-15 to reflect on the process and experience of service-learning partnerships and community-based...
  • Global Development Section
  • Natural Resources and the Environment Section
  • Global Development
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Declining fish biodiversity poses risks for human nutrition

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The study, “ Declining Diversity of Wild-Caught Species Puts Dietary Nutrient Supplies at Risk,” published May 28 in Science Advances, focused on the Loreto region of the Peruvian Amazon, where inland fisheries provide a critical source of...
  • Natural Resources and the Environment Section
  • Agriculture
  • Animals
  • Environment
  • Water
  • Food
  • Fish
  • Health + Nutrition
  • Plants
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$1.5M gift will support grapevine research at Cornell AgriTech

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An anonymous gift of $1.5 million to support Cornell AgriTech research will improve grapevine health, quality, yields and profitability in New York state’s wine and grape industry through the creation of an endowed graduate student research...
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture Section
  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
  • Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section
  • Department of Entomology
  • Agriculture
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Six grants support joint research in China through pandemic

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The Cornell China Center (CCC) has announced six new grant awards, totaling $140,000, to support research by Cornell faculty teams partnering with researchers in China.
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Biology Section
  • Biological and Environmental Engineering
  • Food Science
  • Agriculture
  • Crops
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Rey Cotto: Supporting crop sustainability through Bt resistance research

Field Note

Rey Cotto is an entomology Ph.D. student working under Professor Ping Wang at Cornell AgriTech. He first met Wang in 2016, while he was an undergraduate at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, when he had the opportunity to come to the...
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Department of Entomology
  • Agriculture
  • Entomology
  • Climate Change
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West Campus house professor reflects on immersive six years

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Life as one of five house professor-deans on West Campus has given Jackson, associate professor of information science in the Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science, a glimpse into undergraduate life he couldn’t have...
  • Biological and Environmental Engineering
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Merrill Scholars thank educators who shaped Cornell journeys

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The College of Engineering student found her academic footing and forged a new major as a junior with help and inspiration from Drew Margolin, associate professor in the Department of Communication in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences...
  • Animal Science
  • Global Development Section
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture Section
  • Nutritional Sciences
  • Molecular Biology and Genetics
  • Food Science
  • Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
  • Department of Communication
  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
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People prefer ‘natural’ strategies to reduce atmospheric carbon

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But frame these climate change mitigation strategies as being clean and green approaches to reversing the dangerous warming of our planet, and people might be more inclined to at least listen – and even to back these efforts. A cross...
  • Cornell Atkinson
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Soil and Crop Sciences Section
  • Department of Communication
  • Behavior
  • Communication
  • Environment
  • Climate Change
  • Soil
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Grant expands Cornell Farmworker Program efforts

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As COVID-19 bore down on New York state, the Cornell Farmworker Program used mobile phone technology to provide rapid guidance and clear health information in multiple languages to the state’s farmworkers. Now, new federal funding will expand the program and further integrate the initiative with Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE).
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • Global Development Section
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture Section
  • Agriculture
  • Global Development
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Leading Through Extension: Meeting Local Emerging Needs Nationwide

Multimedia

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What trends are we seeing in Extension work nationally and how are state Extension systems rising to meet needs highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic? Dr. Caroline Crocoll Henney, executive director of the national Cooperative Extension System, joins the Extension Out Loud podcast to discuss these questions and the history of the Cooperative Extension System in the latest episode of Cornell Cooperative Extension’s “Leading through Extension” podcast series.
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
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New global development major launches

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Starting in fall 2022, the major will emphasize field experiences and engaged learning as students study complex issues related to socioeconomic development, agriculture and food systems, and environmental sustainability. Students will receive...
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