Bailey in Bloom

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The rebuilt Liberty Hyde Bailey Conservatory Greenhouse opened Feb. 9, continuing the legacy of botanical discovery of its namesake, the first dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. The 4,000-square-foot facility on Tower Road...
  • School of Integrative Plant Science

Cornell to Establish a College of Business

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A new College of Business will bring together Cornell’s three accredited business programs: the School of Hotel Administration, the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, and the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of...

Sound Off on Zika

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“We know that the Aedes aegypti mosquito—its common name is yellow fever mosquito—is a very important vector of the Zika virus. It’s the only example I know of a truly domesticated mosquito; it coevolved with humans. In fact, our ancestors...
  • Lab of Ornithology
  • Development Sociology

Genomic Glimpse into Human Migration

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For African emigrants 125,000 to 60,000 years ago, the Arabian Peninsula was the first stop en route to populate Europe and Asia. However, genomic evidence has revealed that some put down roots in the desert instead of migrating north, and...
  • Computational Biology

I Spy

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CRUISING THE WATERS of Puget Sound in January, the crew aboard the research vessel the Clifford A. Barnes netted some good news: several healthy sunflower stars (Pycnopodia helianthoides), which had been thought to be functionally extinct in the...

$13.4M Gates Foundation grant to help combat malnutrition in India

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During the past 50 years, the Green Revolution helped transform India’s countryside into productive plots dedicated to the staple grains wheat, rice and maize, but the displacement of vitamin and mineral-rich foods has left much of the rural...
  • Animal Science
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Nutritional Sciences
  • Department of Communication
  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
  • Global Development

International Call

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Come along for the journey as researchers take their skills on the road: rice paddies in The Gambia, a village in Malawi, an Indonesian national park, the Aegean island of Santorini, and the metropolis of São Paulo, Brazil. Shaped by...
  • Global Development

Here's the Catch

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Look over the side of a boat on Oneida Lake in early summer: In some places you can see straight down nearly 18 feet below. The water is clearer than it was two decades ago, when the lake was more often covered with algal blooms, and murky...
  • Biological Field Station
  • Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
  • Natural Resources and the Environment Section
  • Natural Resources

Dean's Message

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As I write this, the Cornell community is mourning the sudden loss of our university’s 13th president, Elizabeth Garrett. President Garrett’s death from colon cancer has hit us especially hard as she was just beginning to move forward with her...

Chris Fromme awarded Guggenheim fellowship

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Chris Fromme ‘99, an associate professor in the Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology and the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, has received a fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. The fellowship...
A man

Virus fighter may have played a key role in human evolution

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A virus-fighting protein in humans and other primates triggers an explosion in genetic mutations that may have sped up the evolution of our species, according to a new study. “In some sense, this is scary,” says Kelley Harris, a geneticist at...
A graphic detailing the process of retrovirus infection and reverse transcription

‘Climate-smart soils’ may help balance the carbon budget

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While farm soil grows the world’s food and fiber, scientists are examining ways to use it to sequester carbon and mitigate greenhouse gas emissions. “We can substantially reduce atmospheric carbon by using soil. We have the technology now to...
A group of people stand in a field in Awassa, Ethiopia

CCE Helps Local Beverage Producers Hone Their Craft

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Home to more craft breweries and cideries than you can shake a pint glass at, the Finger Lakes region continues to entice new craft beverage consumers and producers. Recognizing the value and continued potential of these growing industries...
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Kids face higher lead exposure playing in urban gardens

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Cornell and New York state scientists estimate that some gardeners who toil in urban gardens and children who play in them could be exposed to lead levels that exceed U.S Food and Drug Administration thresholds. Their new research, which also...
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CALS experts address critical needs of New York communities

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A trio of CALS researchers will use their expertise this summer to help students give voice to farmers in Tioga County, New York. The researchers — Todd Schmit, associate professor in the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and...

High-calorie package images mislead eaters

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While a picture may be worth a thousand words, pictures displayed on food packages, like cake mix, may be worth hundreds of extra calories, according to research from the Cornell Food and Brand Lab. Think of the typical box of cake mix sold at...
A slice of cake

$4.8 million USAID grant to improve food security

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To strengthen capacity to develop and disseminate genetically engineered eggplant in Bangladesh and the Philippines, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has awarded Cornell a $4.8 million, three-year cooperative grant. The...
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