Then and Now
News
We invited current and former students to discuss their CALS educations, the state of agriculture and how digital technologies are changing all of our lives.
A new order: Controlling the boundaries of social media
Spotlight
Social boundaries are collapsing online, complicating how people engage with news, politics and each other.
Atkinson Center postdoc fellows address global sustainability
News
The Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future is welcoming five new postdoctoral fellows, who will study global food systems, health and energy transitions.
My Cornell story: Christian Yunker '02
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CY Farms is incorporating digital technologies and Cornell expertise to tackle weather extremes.
LEAD NY develops leaders in state’s ag community
News
LEAD NY, in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, helps professionals in the food, agricultural and natural resource industries develop critical leadership skills.
Larissa Osterbaan: unraveling the genetic mysteries of grapevine disease
News
Research into the genetic background of a grapevine virus is opening new insights into disease threats across the wine and grape industry.
Digital ag is Cornell’s newest radical collaboration initiative
News
Digital agriculture at Cornell has just been seeded for robust additional growth by being added as a strategic discipline area to the provost's radical collaboration initiative.
Mahowald to Congress: Act now to arrest climate change
News
Cornell professor Natalie Mahowald offered straightforward and hopeful testimony on Earth’s warming atmosphere Feb. 13 in a three-hour hearing on climate change before the House Science, Space and Technology Committee.
New grant program funds novel conservation collaborations
News
The Atkinson Center is partnering with The Nature Conservancy on three funded research projects, related to climate change, renewable energy and wildlife management.
A fresh look at China’s energy policy shows mixed results
News
Cornell researchers and their colleagues have created a new, comprehensive data set of China’s 2,656 energy-related policies operating in 30 provinces – and found they cancel each other out when it comes to energy consumption.
Rosario Provvidenti, authority on vegetable diseases, dies at 97
News
Rosario Provvidenti, Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor Emeritus of plant pathology, died on Feb. 1 in Geneva, New York. He was 97.
NY’s ag economy faces low profits, big risks
News
The outlook for New York state’s farm economy is steady, with farm incomes likely to remain relatively low for a second straight year, according to Jennifer Ifft, assistant professor of applied economics and management.
Cornell creates multicollege Center for Immunology
News
Building on Cornell’s decades of fundamental and comparative research in the immunological sciences, Provost Michael Kotlikoff has announced the creation of a new Cornell Center for Immunology.
Extension podcast breaks down impact of 2018 Farm Bill
Multimedia
News
Season 3 of Cornell Cooperative Extension’s “Extension Out Loud” podcast series kicks off by unpacking what the 2018 Farm Bill means for New York state farmers and agricultural stakeholders.
Study: Mosquitoes can hear up to 10 meters away
News
Cornell and Binghamton University researchers report for the first time that mosquitoes can hear over distances much greater than anyone suspected.
Active Learning Initiative funds nine projects
News
Innovative projects to enhance undergraduate teaching and learning in nine departments have received funding administered by Cornell’s Active Learning Initiative.
Cornell partners in center to tackle rural schools’ challenges
News
Scholars from Cornell, Harvard and Dartmouth, along with state officials in New York and Ohio, have established the National Center for Rural Education Research Networks to address challenges facing rural schools.
Study probes effect of virtual reality on learning
News
An exercise in learning phases of the moon conducted by the Virtual Embodiment Lab showed no real difference in learning between VR, hands-on and computer simulation methods.
New BTI database to foster efficiency, collaborations
News
Researchers at the Boyce Thompson Institute have announced the launch of the Plant Genome Editing Database, which they hope will lead to research efficiency and collaborations.
Fight or flight: Serotonin neurons prompt brain to make the right call
News
Known for its role in relieving depression, the neurochemical serotonin may help the brain execute instant, appropriate behaviors in emergency situations, according to a new Cornell study Feb. 1 in Science.
