Dark Refuge for Mysids

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Kayden Nasworthy’s paper on the dark refuge for mysids was accepted last week in the Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. He used uncrewed surface vessels – Saildrones – to collect hydroacoustic data in Lake Michigan and Lake...
  • Biological Field Station
  • Ashley School of Global Development and the Environment
  • Natural Resources and the Environment Section
  • Ecosystems
Person standing in front of a saildrone

Unlocking on-farm research: SSEA tool makes on-farm research accessible

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One of the best ways to connect science to practice is through on-farm research. On-farm research can help farmers make informed decisions about how to efficiently use their resources (like fertilizer and seed) to grow high-yielding, high...
  • Agriculture
  • Digital Agriculture
  • Dairy
Components of the SSEA tool input and output with a faded background of a corn field.

Faces of Extension: Crystal Stewart-Courtens

Multimedia

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Crystal Stewart-Courtens, regional vegetable specialist with Cornell Cooperative Extension’s (CCE) Eastern New York Commercial Horticulture program, built one of the Northeast's premier garlic research and extension program from scratch over 14...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
Crystal Stewart Courtens at CCE field day holding garlic and speaking to attendees

Margaret Smith, “embodiment of the land grant mission,” elected emerita

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After almost 50 years at Cornell – from an undergraduate student to a widely respected steward of Cornell’s land grant mission – Margaret Smith has been elected professor emerita. Smith came to Cornell in 1974 and earned her bachelor’s (’78) and...
  • Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
Margaret Smith in corn field

Research drives sustainable turf management

Field Note

In 2025, evidence-based turf solutions from Cornell’s Bluegrass Lane research center and field sites across New York advanced environmentally sound athletic field and golf course management. The turfgrass program at Cornell University continues...
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture Section
mowing green test plots

Monique Rivera Named '40 Under 40' Leader in Fruit Industry

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Monique Rivera, an assistant professor of entomology at Cornell’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, has been honored as one of the nation’s top young researchers in the fruit and vegetable industries by Fruit Growers News. Rivera began...
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Entomology
Rivera gives a grower talk.

Cornell IPM and CCE help tree farms deck the halls sustainably

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Christmas tree farming is more than a holiday tradition in New York; it’s a vital part of the state’s economy. Spanning more than 22,000 acres and generating up to $22 million in annual sales, the industry delivers festive cheer while sustaining...
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • Cornell Integrated Pest Management
A Christmas tree plot with a fresh dusting of snow.

COMM Updates - 12/10/2025

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December 10, 2025 Conferences & Lectures Graduate student Emma Cox presented her research titled “Expanding the Risk Convergence Model: Distinguishing Character-Driven and Plot-Driven Forms of Engagement as Explanations for Risk Perceptions” at...
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New publication from CBFS

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Sol Lisboa, Rebecca Schneider, Lars Rudstam and Todd Walter published a paper on the phosphorus budget of Oneida Lake, and the sources of P into the lake over the summer months. This was based on Lisboa’s PhD work on Oneida Lake. They found that...
  • Biological Field Station
  • Natural Resources and the Environment Section
  • Ecosystems
Person standing in ankle-high water taking measurements

New Doctor at CBFS and DNRE

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Alex Koeberle defended his thesis “POPULATION ECOLOGY OF ALEWIFE AND CISCO IN LAKE ECOSYSTEMS” and is now Dr. Alex Koeberle. Dr. Koeberle worked in two New York lakes – Keuka Lake and Otsego Lake – where the alewife population had declined...
  • Biological Field Station
  • Natural Resources and the Environment Section
  • Ecosystems
Lake with insert of person