Cooperative Extension podcast talks farming in NYC

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In Episode 4 of this season’s CCE “Extension Out Loud” podcast series, urban agriculture specialists Yolanda Gonzalez and Sam Anderson talk about their work with growers in New York City.
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  • Agriculture
Sam Anderson and Yolanda Gonzalez

New Virtual Front Door to Cornell Botanic Gardens

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Cornell Botanic Gardens has launched a new website, designed to help Cornell students, faculty, and the broader community explore the living, breathing heart of the Cornell campus and the nation’s fifth-largest public garden, and to deepen their vital connection to plants and nature.
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Meet our Faculty: Andrew McDonald

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New faculty member Andrew McDonald is an associate professor in the School of Integrative Plant Science, Soil and Crop Sciences Section with a focus on cropping systems ecology and sustainable agricultural development.
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Shaping India’s agricultural future

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The Cornell Alliance for Science collaborated with India-based Cornell Sathguru Foundation for Development to tailor a training workshop for Indian farmers, scientists, policymakers, educators and journalists about gene editing, science communications and the regulatory framework that governs the technology in India.
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CCE sows seeds to grow urban agriculture

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Specialists from Cornell Cooperative Extension are helping urban farmers from Buffalo to New York City make the most of confined spaces and unique growing conditions.
Yolanda Gonzalez and Sam Anderson scout for harlequin bugs at farm.

Center for Veterinary Business and Entrepreneurship launches

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The College of Veterinary Medicine has launched the Center for Veterinary Business and Entrepreneurship, a new interdisciplinary program intended to spur research, training and outreach. The center will establish a veterinary economics research program through a strategic faculty hire and collaborations with Cornell’s Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management.
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April 2019 CALS Web Rethink Project Update

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An update on the CALS website designs, upcoming user testing and announcing a series of web accessibility training opportunities hosted by Cornell IT.
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New course ‘Just Food’ will challenge students’ perceptions of food systems

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A new course that will be offered in Fall 2019 called “Just Food: Exploring the Modern Food System” will challenge students’ perceptions and deliver insights into both domestic and international food systems, tackling topics including food security, environmental stewardship, and equity in an era of climate change.
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Podcast explores role of forests in providing water

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“The Need for Trees,” a new episode of the “What Makes Us Human?” podcast series from the College of Arts and Sciences, explores the critical role trees play in the Earth’s water cycle.
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CCE podcast taps the sweet innovation of NYS maple

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Cornell Cooperative Extension Lewis County Executive Director Michele Ledoux joins the “Extension Out Loud” podcast for an episode on all things maple.
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  • Environment
A student learns how to tap a tree for maple sugar

Meet our Faculty: Corrie Moreau

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Corrie Moreau is a professor in the Department of Entomology, the Martha N. and John C. Moser Professor of Arthropod Biosystematics and Biodiversity and curator of the Cornell University Insect Collection (CUIC) in the Department of Entomology.
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Student Profile: Samantha Willden

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Samantha Willden is an entomology doctoral student studying the ecology and management of strawberry pests under the guidance of professor Greg Loeb.
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