Collars Monitor Cow Health, Freeing Up Farmers' Time
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Collars with tags that carry an accelerometer – the same technology used in Fitbits for people – are effective non-invasive tools for tracking the health of dairy cows.
Plant Breeders Take Cues From Consumers to Improve Kale
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A Cornell breeding program is targeting the natural biodiversity of kale to further promote its acceptability and popularity as a leafy green vegetable among consumers.
Federal Grants Promote Cornell Pest Management Research
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Cornell has been awarded nearly $1.5 million to fund research aimed at promoting safer, more effective pest management.
Geoffrey Fisher Named Inaugural New Innovator
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Geoffrey Fisher has been named an inaugural New Innovator Award winner from the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research.
Moral Values Influence Action on Climate Change
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The willingness to make lifestyle changes to avert climate change may depend on the moral values closely aligned with liberal political leanings, according to Cornell research.
June Nasrallah Honored with Career Accomplishment Award
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The Career Accomplishment Award is considered a capstone for individuals who have achieved extraordinary distinction for their scholarly efforts in research or extension.
The Impact of Influence: Technology and Strategy in Health and Wellbeing
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A Facebook post about a bad day, the placement of chocolate milk in the school cafeteria, taxes on sodas: Research on strategies for health and wellbeing is now encroaching on the turf of advertising, social media and behavioral economics. To...
Outstanding Alumni Awards
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The CALS Alumni Association and the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences honor alumni who have achieved recognized success in their businesses, professions, or other avocational endeavors; have been actively involved in, worked for, and...
Stephen Ashley recognized for alumni service
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periodiCALS, Vol. 6, Issue 2, 2016 Stephen B. Ashley ’62, MBA ’64, served on Cornell’s board of trustees for 16 years and as a co-chair of the Far Above capital campaign for ten years, and this is his 45th consecutive year serving on the...
Graingers honored for service to Cornell
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periodiCALS, Vol. 6, Issue 2, 2016 Mary Maxon Grainger ’79, MPS ’87, and Bradley Grainger ’79 started serving Cornell as undergraduates, and they have never stopped. The CALS grads and longtime Ithacans are two of the six 2016 recipients of the...
Gift to Comm department funds research, career exploration
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periodiCALS, Vol. 6, Issue 2, 2016 Inspired by long Cornell ties and the Communication Department’s new state-of-the-art space in Mann Library, John Fraser ’83 and Amy Brown Fraser ’84 are donating $500,000 to Comm, the largest single donation...
Coastlines and climate change
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periodiCALS, Vol. 6, Issue 2, 2016 For two weeks this summer, the magnificent brick archways, colorful tile mosaics and stained glass of Barcelona’s Hospital de Sant Pau welcomed associate professor of landscape architecture Maria Goula and...
Shaping up therapeutics
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periodiCALS, Vol. 6, Issue 2, 2016 Researchers in the Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering have created a doughnut that could be good for diabetes treatment. Each only three millimeters across, the ring-shaped particles offer a...
‘Greening’ the machinery of plant life
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periodiCALS, Vol. 6, Issue 2, 2016 Inside every plant leaf, emerald chloroplasts harness water, light and carbon dioxide and create energy, a fundamental reaction that both is life and gives life. One of its powerhouse enzymes is the target of...
How the butterfly got its spots
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periodiCALS, Vol. 6, Issue 2, 2016 The wings of many butterflies, like the common buckeye, sport large round “eyespots” that help them attract mates and deflect would-be predators. Associate professor of ecology and evolutionary biology Robert...
New faculty fellowships target fisheries and fermentations
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periodiCALS, Vol. 6, Issue 2, 2016 New positions funded as part of the college’s Faculty Renewal Initiative will bring additional expertise in fisheries and fermentations to CALS. The Dwight A. Webster Faculty Fellowship in Fisheries and Aquatic...
Celebrating President Emeritus Frank H.T. Rhodes’ 90th
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periodiCALS, Vol. 6, Issue 2, 2016 On a twilit summer evening in 1991, President Emeritus Frank H.T. Rhodes played the back nine holes at the university golf course with alumnus Tim Vanini ‘91. “It was an awesome night for golf,” Vanini said....
Jan Low wins World Food Prize
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periodiCALS, Vol. 6, Issue 2, 2016 Orange is the new hot color when it comes to nutrition and human health. And thanks to agricultural economist Jan Low, M.S. ’85, Ph.D. ’94, and her efforts introducing the orange-fleshed sweet potato into...
Big Red on the greens at the Rio Olympics
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periodiCALS, Vol. 6, Issue 2, 2016 When some of the world’s best golfers teed off in the 72-hole Olympic competition, they were navigating fairways and greens imagined and designed by a pair of Cornellians. Gil Hanse, MLA ’89, bested a field of...
My Cornell Story: Pearl (Hsu) Pugh ’93
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periodiCALS, Vol. 6, Issue 2, 2016 Do you believe that things happen in life for a reason? I do. It seems that my journey from Cornell to a career in the pharmaceutical industry was meant to be. In 1989, I entered Cornell as a freshman in the...