Researchers from Cornell and Virginia Tech have identified the process by which fungus is spread from plant to plant, carrying disease that costs billions annually in lost crops.

Kathryn J. Boor '80, the Ronald P. Lynch Dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, introduces the life-changing research we're doing to help farmers, communities and businesses embrace new technologies through innovation and the application of pioneering solutions to today's ongoing challenges.

Graduate student Michał Matejczuk has been named a Luce Scholar by the Henry Luce Foundation and will spend a year working in Asia starting this summer.

As climate change threatens coastal areas, experts from the New York Sea Grant program are involved in a project to protect the state’s shorelines and the people who live near them.

Learn about an expanded major, a broadened diversity program and new campus leadership in this round-up of news from the year.

Name change underscores the value Cornell AgriTech brings to the people, environment and economy of the state and beyond.

Cassava hasn't received the scientific attention of cash crops such as wheat, but the seventh annual meeting of NextGen Cassava hopes to draw attention to the sub-Saharan Africa dietary staple.

Climate change expert Natalie Mahowald will deliver the keynote address on removing atmospheric carbon at the 2019 Polson Institute Future of Development symposium.

Millions of times each day, New Yorkers turn on the faucet, relying on water supplied from about 125 miles away in the Catskill Mountains. Cornell CALS expertise keeps the award-winning water pristine.

His research aims to understand processes underlying social disparities in order to develop policies to address them.

Apple-growing operations over the past half-century have undergone a stark transformation. But the story of the modern apple orchard begins in many ways below ground.

Insulin resistance research provides clues that could inform care of cows and humans alike.

Understanding how plants evolved in the past is opening insights into how they might adapt in the future—especially under the existential threat of global climate change.

Now in its 30th year, our Cornell Food Venture Center helps bring about 2,000 products to market each year, aiding startups and established companies alike.

Rapid and radical changes are happening across agriculture as digital technology expands a farmer’s capacity to produce high-quality, nutritious food.

From the rooftops of New York City to inner-city Buffalo, urban farms are sprouting across the Empire State with help from Cornell.

Active learning teaching techniques are increasingly being used in classrooms across CALS as faculty revamp courses to emphasize creative and innovative thinking.

An update on upcoming Primacy visits for design, content and user experience testing; proposed CALS website rollout and web accessibility.

Daily life can sometimes feel mundane. For these alumni, beauty inspires what they do and how they live.

Leonard D. Topoleski, professor emeritus of vegetable crops and horticulture, died Feb. 8 in Sayre, Pennsylvania.