Microbiology Chair Esther Angert joins CALS senior leadership team

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“CALS is in a unique position to help the world navigate global challenges, leveraging our commitment to purpose-driven science and impact for the 21st century, the solutions century,” Houlton said. “We are delighted to have Esther Angert join...
  • Biological and Environmental Engineering
  • Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Fish
  • Bacteria
  • Evolution
  • Microbial biology

‘Apple Commons’ licks ice cream contest competition

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Your mind wanders, enjoying a dreamy vanilla base that features apple, cinnamon, maple and tiny chunks of graham cracker. It’s just like fresh, warm apple pie à la mode – only everything is frozen. You’re going to need a bigger waffle cone. In...
  • Food Science
  • Food
  • Dairy
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New committee drives diversity, equity and inclusion at Cornell AgriTech

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At Cornell AgriTech , CALS’ preeminent center for agriculture and food research in Geneva, New York, the success of research and extension activities are also shaped by a diversity of faculty, staff and students. Their unique perspectives enable...
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
Male graduate student and female technician work in an orchard.

Migrations initiative wins $5M Mellon grant for racial justice

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Migrations: A Global Grand Challenge, part of Global Cornell, has won a three-year, $5 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation’s Just Futures Initiative that will bring together scholars across the university and beyond to study the links between racism, dispossession and migration.
  • American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program
  • Global Development Section
  • Global Development
  • Behavior

Community remembers undergraduate student, artist and activist KAR Robison

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Robison originally attended Baylor University, where they took courses in pre-medicine, philosophy and African studies. They went on to work in the field of sustainable food marketing in both San Diego and New York City for nearly 20 years...
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Soil and Crop Sciences Section
  • Natural Resources and the Environment Section
  • Agriculture
  • Communication
  • Environment
Abstract art by KAR Robison

Remembering KAR Robison, student, activist and artist

Field Note

I was very saddened by the news of KAR’s passing. They had enrolled in two courses with me in the spring of 2020: Underground Railroad Seminar (an Africana course) and the Rural Humanities Seminar (offered through the Rural Humanities Initiative...

DNA in water used to uncover genes of invasive fish

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In a proof-of-principle study, Cornell researchers describe a new technique in which they analyzed environmental DNA – or eDNA – from water samples in Cayuga Lake to gather nuanced information about the presence of invasive fish.
  • Cornell Atkinson
  • Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Natural Resources and the Environment Section
  • Biodiversity
  • Environment
  • Water
  • Ecosystems
  • Fish
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Plant biologists reveal genetic patterns in maize development

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A Cornell research team led by Michael Scanlon, professor of plant biology in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences’ School of Integrative Plant Science, recently reported new insights into the patterns of gene expression in maize stem...
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Biology Section
  • Agriculture
  • Plants
  • Genetics
three male researchers look at maize genes on a computer screen

Organic matter, bacteria doom sea stars to oxygen depletion

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New Cornell-led research suggests that starfish, victims of sea star wasting disease (SSWD), may actually be in respiratory distress – literally “drowning” in their own environment – as elevated microbial activity derived from nearby organic...
  • Microbiology
  • Fish
  • Health + Nutrition
  • Disease
  • Biology
  • Microbiology
  • Organisms
  • Environment
  • Nature
  • Water
  • Ecosystems
  • Climate Change
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Cornell startup awarded $600K to improve food safety

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Halomine, a Cornell-based startup developing cutting-edge technologies for the sanitation of food processing equipment, has been awarded $600,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-NIFA)...
  • Biological and Environmental Engineering
  • Health + Nutrition
  • Biology
  • Environment
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Center’s grants seed diverse research in the social sciences

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Researchers posing those questions were among more than 20 awarded grants last fall by the Cornell Center for Social Sciences (CCSS). In total, two dozen projects led by scholars spanning 11 colleges and schools – on diverse topics ranging from...
  • Global Development Section
  • Nutritional Sciences
  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management

Sex peptide causes female fruit fly’s gut to grow

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A new study of the common fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) has identified a protein in the male’s seminal fluid that triggers the female’s midgut to expand after mating. This widening and lengthening of the gut likely prepares the female for...
  • Biology
  • Entomology
  • Nature

The 2020 CALS Global Fellows Program: Working around the world from home

Field Note

For the past five years, the CALS Global Fellows Program (GFP) has worked with international partners to create meaningful, professionally-focused internships and research opportunities for undergraduate students in any major in CALS and Dyson...
  • CALS Global Fellows Program
  • Department of Communication
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Cornell removing ash trees, as replanting effort launches

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The university will be sending letters in the coming weeks to notify local municipalities and neighbors of the ash abatements. The latest removals are part of phases 2 and 3 of Cornell’s Emerald Ash Borer Action Plan to manage thousands of on-...
  • Arnot Teaching and Research Forest
  • Cornell Botanic Gardens
Evidence of the emerald ash borer on a light brown piece of wood being held by someone

Cornell apple breeder named National Academy of Inventors fellow

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Brown leads the oldest apple breeding program in the United States, located at Cornell AgriTech in Geneva, New York, part of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Her work supports the state’s robust apple industry — valued at $262...
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture Section
  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
  • Food
  • Fruits
  • Crops
  • Horticulture
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CALS dean advises on carbon removal strategies

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Benjamin Z. Houlton, the Ronald P. Lynch Dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, joined a group of experts working with the Energy Futures Initiative (EFI) to identify key pathways for terrestrial carbon dioxide removal that merit...
  • Global Development Section
  • Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Agriculture
  • Crops
  • Soil
  • Environment
  • Climate Change
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New imaging method views soil carbon at near-atomic scales

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Improving such understanding may help researchers develop strategies for sequestering more carbon in soil, thereby keeping it out of the atmosphere where it combines with oxygen and acts as a greenhouse gas. A new study describes a breakthrough...
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Soil and Crop Sciences Section
  • Soil
A black and white microscope image of soil