Johan Swinnen to give first Global Development Distinguished Speaker talk

News

Global food systems expert Johan Swinnen, Ph.D. ’92, will explore the lessons learned and the steps needed to prevent a hunger catastrophe in the first talk of a new speaker series dedicated to confronting the world’s most urgent and complex challenges.
  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
  • Global Development Section
  • Climate Change
  • Food
  • Global Development

Meet our faculty: Martin Graef

Spotlight

Academic focus: Cellular homeostasis and aging Research summary: I study how cells maintain their homeostasis and function under diverse stresses. Cells have evolved the process of autophagy, which allows them to degrade parts of themselves and...
  • Molecular Biology and Genetics
  • Biology
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Meet our faculty: Marian Schmidt

Spotlight

Academic focus: Ecology, evolution and genomics of aquatic microbial communities Research summary: My lab studies the microbial inhabitants of aquatic ecosystems through a combination of field, molecular and computational approaches. Despite...
  • Microbiology
  • Biology
  • Biodiversity
  • Microbiology
  • Water
  • Ecosystems
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Meet our faculty: Jason Londo

Spotlight

Academic focus: Fruit crop physiology and climate adaptation Research summary: I study how environmental stresses such as temperature, water availability and soil chemistry impact apple and grapevine physiological performance. The key to climate...
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture Section
  • Agriculture
  • Digital Agriculture
  • Climate Change
  • Fruits
  • Plants
Jason Londo and his family

Meet our faculty: Yu Jiang

Spotlight

Academic focus: Multimodal sensing, agricultural robotics and artificial intelligence in agriculture Research summary: I study systems engineering and digital solutions to enhancing the productivity, quality, sustainability and resilience of...
  • Cornell AgriTech
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture Section
  • Agriculture
  • Digital Agriculture
  • Plants
Yu Jiang and Ph.D. student Ertai Liu stand with an agricultural robot in a grape vineyard

Meet our new faculty - spring 2022

News

  • Cornell AgriTech
  • Microbiology
  • Molecular Biology and Genetics
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture Section
  • Agriculture
  • Biology
  • Climate Change
  • Environment
  • Plants

Easy test can see if breeding bulls have the right stuff

News

Forget sending bull semen out for complicated laboratory tests to learn whether the agricultural animal is virile. Cornell scientists have developed a faster, easier microfluidics method.
  • Cornell Atkinson
  • Food Science
  • Agriculture
  • Animals
  • Biology
  • Genetics
bull semen

NY Stewards trained to work on local climate change projects

News

Specialists at Cornell University and New York Sea Grant (NYSG) have established a program of stewards who are being trained to help their communities mitigate the causes of, and adapt to become more resilient to climate change. “Climate change...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • New York Sea Grant Institute
  • Climate Change
Long Island Sunset

$6.75M EPA grant to fund Great Lakes food web monitoring

News

Cornell received the grant to continue efforts to monitor and research the lower part of the food web, particularly zooplankton like Mysis and benthic invertebrates.
  • Natural Resources and the Environment Section
  • Water
  • Ecosystems
  • Fish
James Watkins works on a boat on Lake Ontario

Deserts ‘breathe’ water vapor, study shows

News

A Cornell-designed probe shows how water vapor penetrates powders and grains – a finding that could have wide-ranging applications in pharmaceutical research, agriculture and food processing, and planetary exploration.
  • Microbiology
  • Environment
  • Nature
  • Water
  • Land
A grad student surveying sand dunes in a desert

Animal Science club event opens new doors to dairy science

News

The Cornell University Dairy Science Club (CUDS) held their 2022 Dairy Open House and Spring Classic Sale on March 18-19, after a three-year pause due to COVID-19. This was the first entirely student run event in years. Here, animal science major and CUDS co-sale chair, Isabel Hall ’23, reflects on the sale’s success and excitement for the next sale year.
  • Animal Science
  • Dairy
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Nasra Ismail ’22: At the intersection of health, human rights & development

Field Note

Meet Nasra Ismail ’22, an undergraduate in Global Development with a commitment to develop critical health solutions for underserved communities globally. As an intern with the Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office of the World Health...
  • Global Development Section
  • Global Development
  • Health + Nutrition
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Forage shrink costs more when inputs are high

Report

This fact sheet was published in PRO-DAIRY e-Leader, a monthly e-Leader newsletter distributed to an email list of nearly 7,000 dairy producers, agriservice and legislators. Significant focus is on the cost and availability of key inputs for...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • PRO-DAIRY
  • Animal Science
tractor packing a bunk

Migrations project helps refugees claim health care rights

News

A Cornell collaboration crossing medicine, law, technology and communication is aiming to encourage the use of health care benefits by refugees in the U.S. – who often suffer poor health but are using these entitlements less than they have in the past.
  • Department of Communication
  • Communication
  • Health + Nutrition
  • Medicine
A stethoscope

Facing high water, Hudson towns reimagine waterfronts

News

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, in partnership with Cornell, is announcing a chance for Hudson riverfront communities to host the university’s Department of Landscape Architecture’s Climate-Adaptive Design Studio in...
  • Landscape Architecture
  • Climate Change
  • Water
  • Landscape
  • Land
Two pedestrians walk along a walking path atop breakwaters