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Protecting pollinators, mangroves and deer: Yang Center for Wildlife Health postdocs tackle One Health problems
Through their research programs, the 2026 fellows are advancing new tools and insights to inform conservation strategies, strengthen disease management, and promote sustainable systems that benefit wildlife, people, and the planet.
NYS teachers take on microplastics with snail-inspired robot
Researchers and extension staff translated complex research into a hands-on curriculum – including the construction and deployment of floating robots – for New York State teachers and their students.
Stephen Ashley ’62, MBA ’64, trustee emeritus and CALS benefactor, dies at 86
Trustee emeritus and philanthropist Stephen Ashley ’62, MBA ’64, whose service and advocacy for Cornell spanned more than five decades, died July 29 in Richmond, New York.
Roper Center renews decade-long partnership with Cornell
The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research will remain at Cornell for another 10 years, the longest term in the partnership’s history, as of August 1.
Insights into bee biology could ease US rules for organic honey
Strict regulations have prevented continental U.S. beekeepers from participating in the lucrative organic honey market, but new findings could provide evidence to open organic markets to U.S. producers.
Satellite imagery could protect trees from devastating moth outbreaks
Satellite-derived maps of defoliation caused by European spongy moths offer a promising solution for tracking pest outbreaks and for identifying large scale trends.
Humble grain, big question: Could supercharged millet help children’s gut health?
The fight against childhood malnutrition may have just gotten a new tool in biofortified millet.
Cornell leads a Lake Ontario food web study in $1.5M Sea Grant research suite
Cornell University’s James Watkins and Kade Keranen are leading a nearly $240,000 study to examine the abundance of mysid, small, shrimp-like crustaceans that are critical links in Lake Ontario’s aquatic food web.
Thirteen early-career professors win NSF development awards
Researchers studying ribosomes, AI and quantum computing are among 13 early-career professors from Cornell who’ve recently been awarded National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Awards.
Will dietary fiber help digestion? It might depend on your gut bacteria
People may not only need specific species of gut bacteria but also the right strains of those bacteria to benefit from dietary fiber.
Soil carbon effectively measured by new, efficient AI model
A new model offers a proof-of-principle for how AI might be used to shed light on obscure biological processes.
Rubber tree agroforestry supports birds, biodiversity in the Colombian Amazon
A doctoral candidate and Semlitz Sustainability Fellow and his Colombian partners seek to protect birds and biodiversity in the Amazon via sustainable rubber tree agroforestry.
Master gardeners test for best NYS vegetable varieties
Across 37 counties, Cornell Cooperative Extension master gardeners are growing and evaluating select vegetables to find what grows best in New York state.
Judson Reid to head up CCE Regional Agriculture Teams
A longtime extension educator and vegetable specialist, Reid will lead Cornell Cooperative Extension’s statewide Regional Agriculture Teams, strengthening connections between Cornell research and New York’s agricultural communities.
Cornell, City of Ithaca seek ‘unified vision’ for parks
Students and faculty will help the city transform its parks and their care – with new landscaping features and a proposed maintenance plan and governance structure.
Common diet tips about water intake and spicy foods could be dead wrong
A pair of studies from a Cornell nutrition scientist upend two pieces of received wisdom: that drinking more water at meals curbs eating, and that spicy snacks are a diet danger zone.
The diet that could remake modern agriculture
New study asserts that systematic change in food production and consumption requires real political capital and will.
Cornell Botanic Gardens introduces self-guided tours in Spanish and Mandarin
Cornell Botanic Gardens has expanded its self-guided walking tours to Spanish and Mandarin, the two most spoken languages other than English among Cornell students and their families. The gardens partnered with two campus programs, where students translated 10 tours into the two additional languages, and recorded audio for 26 stops around the cultivated gardens and F.R. Newman Arboretum.
At Cornell, 4-H’ers plant seeds for future careers
Middle and high school students from across New York state spent three days discovering potential career paths during the annual 4-H Career Explorations Conference, held June 30 to July 2 at Cornell.
Learning labs cultivate knowledge – and produce – for students
The labs produce lettuce, cilantro, bok choy and watercress – and cultivate knowledge among high school students growing the food.
China’s pollution declines came at a cost
China’s Scientific Outlook on Development program, which tied local leaders’ job performance evaluations to environmental quality improvements, had negative impacts on the country’s agricultural economy, researchers found.
NYS stewards spur ‘absolutely critical’ local action on climate change
The Cornell Climate Stewards program gives New York state residents the tools and confidence to address the impacts of climate change in their communities.
What social media creators can’t say about their job
Online content creator burnout is, in part, “unspeakable” – a product of a confluence of factors, including the informal nature of platform labor and the privileged status of creative work, seen by many as a “dream job.”
Climate change leaves northern tree swallows most vulnerable
Tree swallows in the northern U.S. and Canada face the greatest risk from climate change despite responding to temperature the same way as tree swallows in the southern U.S.