A youth-driven approach to sustainable farming in Thailand

Field Note

Over the summer I spent my time working on two main projects in Thailand. Most of the work with the Yasothon farming collective revolved around aiding in the creation of a project proposal for alternative cropping for farmers, and permaculture...
  • International Programs
  • Global Development Section
  • Global Development
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Students’ hot new ice cream offers pinch of cayenne

News

Sweet meets heat in “We Cayenne Change the World,” a rich, velvety chocolate ice cream, with a hint of cinnamon and a burst of cayenne pepper. It’s fire-and-ice worthy of an extra scoop, as it won Cornell’s annual Food Science 1101 final project...
  • Food Science
  • Food
  • Dairy
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Bill Macaulay, Lab of Ornithology benefactor, dies at 74

News

The Linda R. and William E. Macaulay Library at the Lab of Ornithology, named after Bill and wife Linda, is the premier archive of media from the natural world, with more than 15 million photos, sound recordings and videos of wildlife, including...
  • Lab of Ornithology
  • Animals
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Making a splash in international agriculture

Field Note

Agriculture's role as a mobilizer in emerging markets was a core theme of my undergraduate studies in International Agriculture and Rural Development ( IARD). Understanding this concept allowed me not only to engage more deeply with my work but...
  • International Programs
  • Global Development Section
  • Global Development

Saara Kumar ’17 named Schwarzman Scholar

News

Kumar is based in New York City as a program quality and business development associate for Trickle Up, an international poverty alleviation NGO. She designs partnerships between governments, the World Bank and the United Nations. She studied...
  • International Programs
  • Global Development Section
  • Global Development
  • Development

Grants seed social science research, conferences

News

In all, the center’s Fall 2019 Small Grant Awards supported 14 proposals, including nine research projects and five academic conferences, with a total of $90,000. The awards provide seed funding to help early career social science faculty...
  • Department of Communication
  • Communication

John Murray Elliot, animal nutrition expert, dies at 92

News

Elliot was known for his teaching as well as his nutritional science research in ruminants. “Professor Elliot had a distinguished career of more than 30 years in the Department of Animal Science,” said Tom Overton, professor of animal science...
  • Animal Science
  • Animals
  • Health + Nutrition

Research explores how grape pests sniff out berries

News

A new study, published Nov. 21 in the Journal of Chemical Ecology, investigates how these pests find their target amid a sea of other plants in the landscape. The researchers originally hypothesized that grapes might have a unique profile of...
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Department of Entomology
  • Fruits
  • Crops
  • Entomology
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Graduate School dean wins national leadership award

News

Knuth, also a professor of natural resources in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, received the honor at an awards ceremony held during the council’s 59th annual meeting in Nashville, Tennessee. The award includes a $4,000 prize to...
  • Natural Resources and the Environment Section
  • Natural Resources

Pelosi meets Cornell students at UN climate change meeting

News

There are 18 students from the Global Climate Change Science and Policy class attending the two-week international conference. The Cornell students are leading partner projects with the governments of Armenia, Zambia and Tonga, as well as The...
  • Cornell Atkinson
  • Global Development Section
  • Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
  • Development Sociology
  • Global Development
  • Climate Change
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Intergroup Dialogue Project expands reach with new podcast

News

Featuring conversations between students, faculty and staff connected to IDP, podcast episodes are recorded at the Cornell Broadcast Studios and are available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, SoundCloud and the IDP website. The first episode is...
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Young tree swallows carry environmental stress into adulthood

News

When they analyzed breeding and hormone data, the team found a negative relationship between the temperature during the birds’ development and their hormonal response to stressors as adults. Specifically, they found that colder temperatures...
  • Lab of Ornithology
  • Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Biology
  • Animals
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Immunology workshop to demystify cutting-edge tech

News

An Immunoprofiling Workshop – sponsored by the Cornell Center for Immunology, Dec. 13 in Stocking Hall – will feature campus researchers and technology experts who will provide case studies and best practices on various core technologies...
  • Microbiology
  • Genetics
  • Microbiology
  • Medicine

Three CALS faculty among elected AAAS fellows

News

The association elected 443 new fellows in 2019, honoring their efforts to advance research and its applications in scientifically or socially distinguished ways. New fellows will be presented with an official certificate and a gold and blue...
  • International Programs
  • Global Development Section
  • Molecular Biology and Genetics
  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
  • Genomics
  • Biology
  • Food

Ornithologist to speak on increasing diversity in conservation

News

Lanham is giving the Elizabeth E. Rowley Lecture, part of the Cornell Botanic Gardens’ Fall Lecture Series, Dec. 4 at 7 p.m. in Statler Auditorium. It is free and open to the public. Lanham’s talk, “Coloring the Conservation Conversation,” will...
  • Cornell Botanic Gardens
  • Animals

CALS honors outstanding alumni

News

These annual awards honor alumni who have achieved professional success, demonstrated leadership on behalf of the college and university, and made significant contributions toward the betterment of society. “At CALS, we strive to leave the world...
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CALS propels Cornell's climate change research

Spotlight

Of course, there has always been occasional mixing, as animals and underwater waves move through the lake. But global warming is driving a bigger wedge between Lake Tanganyika’s warm and cool water zones. As the surface warms at an accelerating...
  • Cornell Atkinson
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Natural Resources and the Environment Section
  • Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
  • Agriculture
  • Animals
  • Environment
  • Climate Change
  • Ecosystems
  • Natural Resources
  • Nature
  • Water
  • Food
  • Fish
  • Soil
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Student engineers to ply their green skills in NYC

News

Taitem Engineering has partnered with the students on a heating system retrofit project in an apartment building on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. The building will switch from using fuel oil for steam heating to using electricity to power heat...
  • Cornell Atkinson
  • Energy
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Bee exhibit creates buzz at Museum of the Earth

News

A museum exhibit – created in collaboration with Cornell experts, illustrators and students – seeks to shine a light on the vast diversity of wild bees through breathtaking photos, unusual specimens, video footage and extremely rare bee fossils...
  • Department of Entomology
  • Animals
  • Pollinators
  • Environment
A collage of different kinds of wild bees.