Plant parasites cause lasting genetic changes
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When ground-dwelling parasites munch on the roots of plants, they don’t just damage the roots: They trigger chemical changes in the plant itself.
Keelin Kelly '20: Tackling climate change alongside farmers in Armenia
Field Note
Research is something I love and gets to the heart of my curiosity. What drives me is understanding how climate change impacts real people and societies. Research doesn’t just mean sitting in a lab: For my honor thesis project, it meant speaking...
Getting climate smart in Armenia
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“Armenia is one of the world’s most vulnerable countries to climate change,” said Allison M. Chatrchyan, senior research associate in the Department of Global Development. “Temperatures there are rising more than the global average, drought is...
Bumblebees hate pumpkin pollen, which may help pumpkins
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A new study shows that pumpkin pollen can lower bumblebees' defenses and prevent their eggs and larvae from maturing.
Global Partnerships Help Armenian Farmers Adapt to Climate Change
Field Note
Everything changed when I came to Cornell as a Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship participant. The Humphrey Fellowship Program provides mid-career specialists from developing countries the opportunity to spend a year at Cornell University learning...
Students swap skills to seek solutions at digital ag hackathon
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“I’m cooperating with so many other majors that I have never come into touch with – it’s just so brand-new and refreshing,” said Jel Zhao ’20, an animal science major in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS), one of nearly 150...
Food scientists slice time off salmonella identification process
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Researchers have developed a method to identify salmonella serotypes in a mere two hours, allowing food safety sleuths to find the sources of bacterial contamination more quickly.
CCE educators help farmers meet new produce safety codes
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All farms that meet market and income requirements and that grow fruits and vegetables commonly eaten raw are now required to comply with a new set of regulations aimed at keeping fresh fruits and vegetables – everything from salad greens...
Lehmann, alum artificially age tech waste for new exhibit
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Artist Nathaniel Stern ’99 is posing these questions in dramatic ways with “ The World After Us: Imaging techno-aesthetic futures,” an exhibition through March 29 at the Museum of Wisconsin Art in Milwaukee. It includes installations, sculptures...
A hunger fighter empowers farmers with NextGen Cassava
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“Cassava is our daily food in Uganda,” says Ozimati, Ph.D. ’18, now a plant breeder working for a national program in his country. “It’s what we grew up with and what we still love.” That food – and the livelihood of millions of farmers like...
Researchers pinpoint mechanism controlling cell protein traffic
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And while scientists have identified enzymes that remove a chemical modification known as lysine myristoylation – a “code” used for cell signaling – the enzymes that add such modifications have proved elusive. Knowledge of such modifications...
CALS-ILR leadership skills workshop is March 24-25
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The program is open to anyone, on or off campus, but is limited to the first 25 registrants. The workshop costs $850; payments must be received by March 10. Visit the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences website to register. The workshop is...
Small Grants Program funds bioengineering project to turn rare earth metals into sustainable energy
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With the help of funding from the Small Grants Program offered by the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability, postdoctoral researcher Alexa Schmitz is using bacteria to create an efficient and environmentally responsible method for...
Ornithology lab releases high-resolution migration maps
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The eBird program at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology just released 500 animated maps spanning the entire Western Hemisphere. The maps show in fine detail where hundreds of species of migratory birds travel, and how their numbers vary with habitat...
Einaudi Center awards eight faculty grants
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This year’s grants support four faculty research projects and four international conferences or workshops; the awards total more than $50,000. Launched in fall 2005, the Einaudi Center’s grants provide funding to seed faculty-led international...
Faculty forge archaeology partnership at Pompeii
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Caitlín Barrett, associate professor of classics in the College of Arts and Sciences, and Kathryn Gleason ’79, professor of landscape architecture in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, have been collaborating since 2016 on the...
Improved CRISPR gene drive solves problems of old tech
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In theory, such a mechanism could be used to prevent malarial mosquitoes from transmitting disease, or possibly to wipe out an invasive species by disabling its ability to reproduce. Though scientists have had success proving the concept in the...
Winter break trips celebrate 25 years of connecting students with international dairy industry
Spotlight
These international experiences have a powerful and lasting impact on students, shaping how they think about national and international food systems. Going into the first trip in 1996, 15 of the 42 students had never left New York state, and...
Center for Social Sciences names 2020-21 faculty fellows
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The center’s Faculty Fellows Program has named 11 faculty members from six colleges and schools as its 2020-21 cohort. The yearlong fellowships, including a semester in residence at the center, are designed to give promising early-career faculty...