Spring freeze: Cornell helps vintners recover growing season

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Following a mid-May freeze, two Cornell viticulture experts are advising grape growers in New York on how to rescue their season, as vineyards now face a reduced crop and economic loss.

  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture Section
  • Agriculture
  • Nature
  • Beverages
  • Fruits
  • Health + Nutrition
  • Plants
  • Crops
  • Horticulture
(L-R) Fred Frank, Richard Ball, and Hans Walter-Peterson survey vineyard damage along Keuka Lake

COMM Updates - 5/31/2023

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Awards Assistant Professor Neil Lewis, Jr., received the International Communication Association’s Early Career Scholar Award. The award honors a scholar no more than seven years past receipt of the Ph.D. for a body of work that has contributed...
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Exploring digital ag internships: Ben Polson ’23 and Shirley Zhang ’23

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Ben Polson ’23 and Shirley Zhang ’23 are graduating from CALS’ Biometry and Statistics major this May. While studying at Cornell, both explored digital agriculture opportunities with the Cornell Nutrient Management Spear Program (NMSP). Hear...
  • Animal Science
  • Agriculture
  • Digital Agriculture
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Unlikely coincidence blooms as classic weed guide gets updated

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The classic identification guide “Weeds of the Northeast” sprouted from a collaboration of Cornell researchers. Now, a new edition of the book brings together a pair of uncannily named weed scientists: Antonio DiTommaso and Joseph DiTomaso.

  • Cornell Integrated Pest Management
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture Section
  • Soil and Crop Sciences Section
  • Agriculture
  • Field Crops
  • Environment
  • Plants
  • Horticulture
Antonio DiTommaso in the Cornell Weed Science Teaching Garden

COMM Updates - 5/24/2023

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Conferences & Invited Lectures Professor Bruce Lewenstein delivered the paper “Core Competencies for Communicating Basic Science” at the SciPEP workshop on equipping scientists to communicate about basic research, which was co-sponsored by the...
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Microbes key to sequestering carbon in soil

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Microbes are by far the most important factor in determining how much carbon is stored in the soil, according to a new study with implications for mitigating climate change and improving soil health for agriculture and food production.

  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
  • Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Global Development Section
  • Soil and Crop Sciences Section
  • Agriculture
  • Climate Change
  • Environment
  • Planet
  • Soil
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Maria DiGiovanni ’23: The future of food and work

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In her time at Cornell, Maria DiGiovanni ’23 explored and confronted a multitude of challenges that impact our food system. From co-founding the Soil Factory to co-leading Cornell Hunger Relief, she’s put classroom lessons into practice. Her...
  • Global Development Section
  • Global Development
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Corrine Brown ’23 begins career as dairy sustainability analyst

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Corrine Brown ’23 spent four semesters with Cornell CALS’ Nutrient Management Spear Program (NMSP), collaborating on their dairy sustainability project. The Agricultural Sciences graduate now heads to Newtrient as a sustainability analyst, where...
  • Agriculture Sciences Major
  • Animal Science
  • Agriculture
  • Climate Change
  • Environment
  • Planet
  • Dairy
Corrine Brown with beef cow

Will Kandalaft ’21: Speaking the language of insects

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As an undergraduate entomology major, Will Kandalaft ’21 worked as a research assistant in the lab of Robert Raguso , professor of neurobiology and behavior. Raguso helped revolutionize his field by emphasizing and categorizing the role of scent...
  • Entomology
  • Pollinators
  • Biology
  • Plants
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