Leadership Transitions in 2015

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Susan Brown became an associate dean in CALS and the Goichman Family Director of the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station (NYSAES) on Jan. 2. Brown had served as associate director of NYSAES since July 1, 2013. Among her...

Making the Move to Mann

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After more than two decades in Kennedy Hall, the Department of Communication is moving across the Quad to a new home on the fourth floor of Mann Library. Renovation of the space has begun, making way for a layout that values connectivity and...
  • Department of Communication
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Giving Biofilms the Slip

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Just as the invention of nonstick pans was a boon for chefs, a new type of nanoscale topography that repels bacteria holds promise for any surface where microbes are unwelcome guests—including food processing equipment, medical equipment and...
  • Food Science

A New Angle on Orchards

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A Cornell-U.S. government research team is poised to transform the shape of trees and orchards to come, thanks to a $1.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation Plant Genome Research Program. The project, led by Kenong Xu, assistant...
  • Cornell AgriTech

A Probiotic a Day

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Imagine a daily pill that can help control diabetes using the body’s own insulin. John March, associate professor of biological and environmental engineering, and collaborators have achieved this feat in rats using an engineered probiotic. Their...
  • Biological and Environmental Engineering

A Meaty Invention

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Think tofu but with a creepy-crawly, sustainable twist: A Cornell food science team has developed a new protein product—C-fu, made entirely of crushed mealworms—which may help feed the world’s booming population, a projected 9 billion people by...
  • Food Science
  • Food
  • Global Development

Biodiversity and Bears

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What is the best way to conserve biodiversity in Ecuador’s Andes Mountains? Start with the bears. A Cornell research team is joining efforts with local partners in Ecuador to help design a socio-ecological corridor that could help save...
  • Natural Resources and the Environment Section

A Leading Landscape

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The bioswale garden at the Cornell Plantations’ Nevin Welcome Center is not just another pretty place. An analysis by the Landscape Architecture Foundation (LAF) found the bioswale, designed to mitigate the impact of storm runoff from the...
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Like + Follow = Share: Mentorship Matters

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Art Direction By Ellen Leventry '95 Text by David Nutt Photos by Robyn Wishna No matter the route to CALS, the direction life takes after graduation can be profoundly impacted by mentoring along the way. Partnership and collaboration have long...
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Chemical Conversations - Scientists Decode Nature’s Vibrant Information Landscape

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Every Friday morning since 2004, the CALS Plant-Insect Group has met via conference call to share ideas and talk research. They’re a diverse bunch: entomologists, neurobiologists, ecologists, chemists and evolutionary biologists on the Ithaca...
  • Microbiology
  • Neurobiology and Behavior
  • Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
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Big Data is a Big Deal

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Your route to work today. A re-tweet during a presidential debate. The dishwasher running at 7 p.m. Thanks to the convergence of sensors, Global Positioning System (GPS), digital communications, and wireless connectivity, they are all now...
  • Lab of Ornithology
  • Computational Biology
  • Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
  • Department of Communication
  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
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Dean's Message

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As I look ahead to my second term as dean of Cornell University’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, I also find myself reflecting upon the college’s recent accomplishments. In June 2014, we launched the School of Integrative Plant...

Cornell in 2065: ‘What I see happening’

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In its special Spring 2015 issue, Ezra Magazine asked faculty members to imagine the world in 2065, when Cornell celebrates its bicentennial. Among those featured in that cover story are: Wendy Wolford, the Robert A. and Ruth E. Polson Professor...

Fruit fly experiment reveals diet, immunity and gene links

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A scientific finding in fruit flies on the interplay of genes, nutrition and immunity provides insights that may one day inform personalized medicine. The study, published in the March 12 issue of the journal PLOS Genetics, demonstrates that...
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On the road: Sorrells explores genomics & good food in Thailand

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Editor’s Note: As previewed in this earlier CALS Notes post , Mark Sorrells – professor of Plant Breeding and Genetics in the School of Integrative Plant Science – spent his spring break with postdoctoral associate Julio Isidro Sánchez in...
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Student team explores impact of road salt on streams and soils

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The students found salt residue lasts all year long in the soils contained in storm-water retention basins and that the high salinity levels appear to be changing the composition of soil microbes. “Salinity levels in streams across the...

CALS and global dairy leader Yili sign MOU

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This afternoon in Ithaca, Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Dean Kathryn Boor and Mr. Jiwu Yang, General Manager of the Yili Innovation Center of Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group, signed a memorandum of...
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