DiTommaso wins IPM award for his way with weeds — and people

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If two words could sum up Toni DiTommaso’s qualities as professor of weed science at Cornell University, “unbridled enthusiasm” — words from a nomination letter — fit the bill. Yet it’s not just his innovative Integrated Pest Management (IPM)...
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Young scientists shine at inaugural NYSAES symposium

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Students at Cornell’s New York State Agricultural Experiment Station conduct research that is varied and far-reaching. On June 23 in Jordan Hall, a few of those postdoctoral fellows and graduate students gave a glimpse into their impressive...

Gil Stoewsand, who helped to save N.Y. wine trade, dies

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Gilbert Stoewsand, a Cornell food scientist who helped to rescue New York’s fledgling wine industry in the early 1970s by debunking shoddy science and malicious rumors that attributed health risks to drinking wine made from hybrid grapes, died...
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Flower bud uniformity beholden to time and space

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What makes flowers on a plant almost identical, or internal organs remarkably reproducible? A study of sepals in Arabidopsis plants published in the July 11 issue of the journal Developmental Cellhas revealed the mystery of how such uniformity...
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Population studies pioneer J. Mayone Stycos dies at 89

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Professor emeritus of development sociology Joseph Mayone Stycos, who taught at Cornell for 43 years, died June 24 at Kendal at Ithaca. He was 89. An early pioneer in population studies, Stycos was an expert in the study of population and...
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For dairy farms, flaring methane offers mitigation option

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As New York’s dairy farms get larger and store more manure – rather than spread it – methane emissions have doubled in the last two decades. To reduce this potent greenhouse gas in the atmosphere, Cornell researchers advocate an economical...

NNY food hub study completed

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A three-year project by Cornell Cooperative Extension and the Cornell University Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management has analyzed hundreds of surveys of farmers, processors, deliverers and consumers in northern New York...

Cornellians net prizes for distinguished entomology work

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Cornell faculty, students and alumni were named winners of the 2016 Entomological Society of America (ESA) awards. The ESA, which recognizes those “scientists, educators and students, who have distinguished themselves through their contributions...

Alumna Jan Low named a World Food Prize laureate

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Jan Low, M.S. ’85, Ph.D. ’94, an agricultural economist whose pioneering work combining agriculture and nutrition has improved the health of millions in sub-Saharan Africa, has been named a 2016 World Food Prize co-laureate. The introduction of...
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Indicator of chronic fatigue syndrome found in gut bacteria

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Physicians have been mystified by chronic fatigue syndrome, a condition where normal exertion leads to debilitating fatigue that isn’t alleviated by rest. There are no known triggers, and diagnosis requires lengthy tests administered by an...

Sustainability projects funded by new Atkinson Center grants

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Cornell’s Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future (ACSF) has given $1.5 million from its Academic Venture Fund to a record 14 new university projects. CALS researchers are involved with 11 of those projects. “Our Academic Venture Fund (AVF)...
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Edward McLaughlin named interim dean of the Dyson School

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Edward McLaughlin, a distinguished expert in the efficiency of food distribution systems, will become the interim David J. Nolan Dean of the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management starting July 1, Provost Michael Kotlikoff...
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Symposium honors plant hormone expert Peter Davies

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Peter Davies, a plant hormone expert who taught generations of Cornell students plant physiology during his career, retired in January after 46 years with the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. A symposium was held June 17 at Emerson Hall...
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Alumni learn about effects of extreme weather on farming

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Thor Oechsner ’87 spent years cultivating a rich layer of topsoil essential to growing lush fields of organic wheat, rye and buckwheat. But it took just a few minutes for those years of hard work to be washed away when more than 5 inches of rain...
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