Kevin Maloney: Developing seriously good apples at Cornell AgriTech

Field Note

Kevin Maloney is a research specialist who works in the apple breeding program at Cornell AgriTech , part of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences . Maloney has worked on the Geneva campus for 35 years, where he has been collaborating...
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture Section
  • Agriculture
  • Food
  • Fruits
  • Horticulture
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CALS Department of Natural Resources announces new name

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To reflect a broadened scope of research and scholarship, the Department of Natural Resources in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (Cornell CALS) has adopted a new name: the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment. The...
  • Natural Resources and the Environment Section
  • Environment
  • Nature
  • Water
  • Landscape
  • Natural Resources
  • Ecosystems
  • Climate Change
Pitcher plants grow in a bog in upstate New York. Photo by Chris Kitchen

NSF grant to fund research into ‘microcleaners’ for waterways

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Engineers from Cornell and North Carolina State University have proposed a creative solution: an army of swimming, self-propelled biomaterials called ‘microcleaners’ that scavenge and capture plastics so they can be decomposed by computationally...
  • Biological and Environmental Engineering
  • Biology
  • Environment
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USDA team honored with gene stewardship award from Cornell's BGRI

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A research team from the United States earned the Borlaug Global Rust Initiative (BGRI) 2020 Gene Stewardship award for their pioneering work protecting global wheat crops from vulnerabilities to fungal pathogens that threaten global food...
  • Global Development Section
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
  • Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section
  • Global Development
  • Plants
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Grant will help researchers prevent apple fire blight in U.S.

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture has awarded a $779,000 grant to Cornell AgriTech researchers to combat fire blight, one of the most devastating bacterial diseases for the apple and pear industries...
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section
  • Food
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Four CALS postdocs honored with achievement awards

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The recipients are: Andy Borum (mathematics, College of Arts and Sciences) and Yoon Choi ( communication, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences) for Excellence in Community Engagement; Rachel Cheng ( food science, CALS) and Sara Sachs...
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology Section
  • Food Science
  • Department of Communication

Hunting eelgrass disease in the San Juan Islands

Field Note

During summer 2020, Drew Harvell, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, postdoc Lillian Aoki and Ph.D. student Olivia Graham traveled to the San Juan Islands off the coast of Washington state to study the pathogenic causes of seagrass...
  • Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Disease
  • Plants
  • Biology
  • Bacteria
  • Biodiversity
  • Environment
  • Nature
  • Planet
  • Water
  • Ecosystems
  • Climate Change
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NYC youth choose health through CCE-NYC community engagement

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When New York City shut down in the spring to stop the spread of COVID-19, Jackie Davis-Manigaulte and Wendy Wolfe had to make a tough decision. Davis-Manigaulte, a senior extension associate and Cornell Cooperative Extension program leader for...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • Health + Nutrition

Supporting rural communities with evidence-based knowledge

Field Note

The growth and change of communities captured my interest from a very early age. For most of my youth, I envisioned a career in urban planning. So, it may seem ironic that my career path has been comprised of research, teaching and outreach...
  • Global Development Section
  • Global Development
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Ph.D. students design biology lesson for undergrads

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Graduate students in six fields of study have designed an evolution lesson on speciation for undergraduate non-majors that applies active-learning techniques. The lesson, “ What is Speciation, How Does It Occur, and Why Is It Important for...
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Biology Section
  • Soil and Crop Sciences Section
  • Neurobiology and Behavior
  • Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Biology
  • Evolution
  • Environment
  • Planet
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Benjamin Z. Houlton: Investing in agriculture for a climate resilient future

Spotlight

If all goes as planned, the addition of rock dust — rich in potassium, iron and zinc — will help increase the crop’s overall yield, nutrient density and sequester carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere. “Each time these natural rock particles...
  • Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Agriculture
  • Global Development
  • Plants
  • Crops
  • Soil
  • Environment
  • Planet
  • Ecosystems
  • Climate Change
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Four Cornellians tapped for NYS climate advisory panels

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Four Cornellians have been appointed to three climate advisory panels that will inform the New York State Climate Action Council – a task force established by Gov. Andrew Cuomo – to guide the state and draft a plan toward a zero-carbon economy...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Soil and Crop Sciences Section
  • Climate Change
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Bridging divides with the 4-H Rural Storytelling Project

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Each year the Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) Summer Internship Program invites dozens of students from across Cornell to engage with CCE staff on a broad variety of applied projects. This summer, three interns worked with 4-H program...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
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Community-engaged learning to build on colleges’ strengths

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Five years into its mission to make community-engaged learning a hallmark of the Cornell undergraduate experience – and building on the passion and commitment of faculty, staff and students across the university – the Office of Engagement...
  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management

Ladybugs love their leafy greens

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That’s because a diet consisting solely of aphids lacks an essential nutrient –sterols, like cholesterol – which all male animals need to make sperm, hormones, and to maintain cell health. As a result, farm-friendly aphid-eating ladybugs...
  • Food
  • Plants
  • Entomology
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Braudy Foundation funds Phase II of dust and drought research

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The Braudy Foundation – founded by Bob Braudy ’65, M.Eng. ’66, and his wife, Judi – has committed to funding a second five-year phase of a collaboration between Cornell’s Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EAS) and Northern Arizona...
  • Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
  • Environment
  • Nature
  • Planet
  • Water
  • Landscape
  • Land
  • Climate Change
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Dyson student tells Assembly how to fix NYS food insecurity

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While poor economic indicators for the state’s food pantries show no sign of easing, food insecurity can be blamed on unemployment economics rather than on coronavirus hot spots, doctoral candidate Anne Byrne said in testimony Sept. 9 before the...
  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
  • Food
  • Health + Nutrition
  • Applied Economics

Migrations research highlights human impacts on environment

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Birders across the Rocky Mountain region are reporting a decline in backyard traffic and dead migratory birds – including evidence of mass bird deaths in New Mexico. Sentinel species like wild songbirds are a potent reminder that humans and...
  • Lab of Ornithology
  • Animals
  • Environment
  • Natural Resources
Amanda Rodewald, holds a bird.