Cornell plant breeding pioneer wins Japan Prize

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Steven D. Tanksley, a molecular geneticist who pioneered concepts essential to modern plant breeding while a professor at Cornell University, has won the prestigious Japan Prize. The award recognizes his development of molecular genetic analysis...
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Financial fundamentals key for first-time farmers

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For beginning farmers the work of getting crops to grow is often the easy part. Understanding the financial aspects of running their own business is another trouble altogether. The business side of farming is complex and, for many first-time...
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Cornell CALS research key to New York farming growth

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The ground may be covered in snow, but New York farmers already have their minds on growth. Agricultural producers from across the state are meeting in Syracuse Jan. 19-21 as part of the 2016 Empire State Producers Expo. The three-day showcase...
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Cornell study: Transparency key in GMO labeling decisions

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Take a look at any food label and there’s a good chance all design elements, from the color palette to the smallest detail, were meticulously chosen. Now, amid public debate about whether food companies should list genetically modified (GM)...
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Program keeps New York roads safer, less expensive

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Roads are a critical component of modern infrastructure, as essential to our safe daily commutes as to the efficient transportation of goods. And at Cornell University, a small team is dedicated to keeping those tens of thousands of miles of...
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Cornell entomologists lauded for teaching, research

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A pair of Cornell University entomologists have been recognized for their exceptional research and teaching by the world’s premier entomological organization. Gregory Loeband Linda Rayor each received awards from the Eastern Branch of the...

Cornell wine expert Ben Gavitt dies at 59

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Ben Gavitt ‘79, director of Cornell’s New York State Wine Analytical Lab in Geneva, New York, who helped improve the taste and quality of wines made in New York and around the world, died of cancer Dec. 25, 2015, in Union Springs, New York. He...
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Cornell communications expert elected to chair AAAS section

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Bruce Lewenstein, professor of science communication, has been elected chair of the general interest in science and engineering section of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). He will begin his three-year term...
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CALS alumnus leads plan to build school in Zambian village

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In a village called Masopo in Zambia’s Choma province, 40 children could not enroll in the first-grade this year because the only school did not have space to educate them. Those children are among at least 200 shut off from an education in a...
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CALS organizers earn Tompkins County tourism recognition

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A Cornell University food security conference held in October brought around 700 people from more than 60 countries to Ithaca to confront the global challenges of providing reliable and healthy food to a booming human population. Impacts from...
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Research project ripe for fruit quality breakthrough

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It is one of life’s little disappointments: that piece of fruit so fresh in the grocery store turns soft and withered in only a few days, and an anticipated snack ends up as garbage instead. Multiply that scenario millions of times and add with...
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Southern Tier $500M economic award to be boon for Cornell

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The Southern Tier Regional Economic Development Council has won $500 million over the next five years in New York’s Upstate Revitalization Initiative, with Cornell involved in about $100 million worth of key projects funded by the grant. Cornell...
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Holly Lange receives NYSAES Outstanding Employee Award

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Holly Lange, a plant pathology technician in the School of Integrative Plant Science (SIPS), was named the 2015 NYSAES employee of the year at the annual station banquet Dec. 5. A 16-year veteran of the station, Lange was praised for her work...
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Vegetable storage expert James Russell Hicks dies

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James Russell Hicks, an expert in vegetable storage and post-harvest physiology, died Nov. 26. He was 78. Hicks’ career was dedicated to retaining the nutrition, flavor and consumer appeal of horticultural crops from field to plate. He is most...
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Thanksgiving hasn’t changed much since the 1950s

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Think your Thanksgiving meal must be richer, fattier and far unhealthier than the food your grandparents ate in the trimmer days of yore? Turns out that doesn’t seem to be true. Analyses by the Cornell Food and Brand Lab in CALS’ Charles H...
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