Awards Congratulations to Department of Communication undergraduate student award winners. Together, they received more than $17,000 in awards! Edward L. Bernays Primus Inter Pares Award: Tess Lehrman Kenneth J. Bissett Communication Award...

Researchers at the Center for Research on Programmable Plant Systems have taken a major step toward advancing two-way communication with plants.

In the U.S., strategically converting a small fraction of land used to grow corn for ethanol to solar facilities could vastly increase energy production per hectare, as well as provide ecological benefits and financial resiliency for farmers.

Ann Janson has been involved with New York State 4-H for nearly 60 years. First, as a youth in Columbia County and later, as a volunteer involving her own children in the program. She has served as the Horse Bowl Chair and mentored many youth...

Academic focus: Ecology and evolution of plant pathogens in controlled environment agriculture (CEA) Research summary: I study how biotic drivers such as the plant virome are shaping the ecology and evolution of plant pathogens. My lab aims to...

Academic focus: Artificial intelligence (AI), automation and robotics in agriculture Research summary: My research program focuses on innovating AI, machine learning and robotics solutions for agricultural applications, aiming to reduce resource...

Academic focus: Insect environmental physiology Research summary: I study how insects survive and thrive in harsh environments. Although we center our research on the insect, we follow mechanisms all the way to molecular biology and consequences...

Academic focus: Trait evolution, genomics and phylogenetics Research summary: I study why and how phenotypic traits evolve in insects. I focus on traits that often differ between the sexes, such as color patterns, and try to understand how...

Academic focus: Biodiversity big data and insect conservation Research summary: The goal of my research is to help improve insect conservation by developing statistical methods that better use all available data. While the distribution of some...

Academic focus: Evolutionary and conservation genomics Research summary: I study evolution in natural populations. I am motivated by questions that help us understand biodiversity on a fundamental level. What are the origins of biodiversity...

Academic focus: Biotechnologies for sustainable solutions in space and on Earth Research summary: In the coming decades, space exploration will take us beyond Earth’s orbit, demanding highly efficient closed-loop systems to reduce costs and...

Academic focus: Controlled environment insect ecology Research summary: My research explores how abiotic and biotic factors drive invertebrate communities in controlled environment agriculture (CEA). CEA is a dynamic and rapidly evolving field...

Academic focus: Alpine botany, biodiversity, museum science Research summary: My research aims to understand the ecological and evolutionary processes that generate and maintain biodiversity across space and time in alpine “sky islands” on...

Despite nutrition’s essential role in pet well-being, most nutrition courses focus solely on basic dietary needs for growth, overlooking the complexities of nutrient metabolism disorders. Nathalie Trottier, professor of animal nutrition in the...

A new study, published in Global Change Biology, presents five case studies that demonstrate how deep collaboration can transform crop monitoring, fertilizer use and water management to tackle the most significant challenges facing farming...

The Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability’s 15th-anniversary conference addressed past successes and future efforts to support climate and sustainability.

How better to learn with classmates than to soil your undies together? Students in the Cover Crops in Agroecosystems (PLSCI 4125) course learn about the importance of soil nutrient cycling by, among other things, burying a new pair of cotton...

Conferences & Symposia Assistant Professor M. Cornejo will be participating in a panel entitled “ Margins and Mobilization: Migrant Worker Precarity and Power in the Trump-era Economy.” Bringing together scholars and activists, the panel will...

Atkinson Hall officially opened its doors with a ribbon-cutting ceremony April 9, realizing its benefactors’ vision of the facility as a home for impact-driven research across grand challenges in sustainability, cancer biology and immunology...