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Masanori Seto, a postdoctoral associate in Tony Shelton’s  lab, was honored by the Asian/Pacific Islander/American Association of Greater Rochester for pushing the boundaries of Taiko, a traditional Japanese percussion instrument, and breaking stereotypes about people with disabilities. For more about Masa’s innovations as a Taiko drummer, philanthropist, and entomologist, click here.

North Country Public Radio reporter David Sommerstein interviewed senior extension associate Tim Martinson and his colleagues about the Northern Grapes project for a segment that aired on today’s Morning Edition. Researchers Don’t ‘Wine’ About The Cold, Their Grapes Thrive A dozen universities are collaborating on a sort of extreme winemaking project: How cold a climate [...]

The Station Club Golf Tournment is coming up so SAVE THE DATE! Join us on July 19, 2013 at Big Oak Golf Course Save the date and look for more details and registration form soon.

By Stacey Shackford  Agricultural research at Cornell will get a big boost, thanks to a $4.7 million investment in greenhouses at the university’s New York State Agricultural Experiment Station (NYSAES) in Geneva, N.Y. The two-year project, funded by money released by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, will reconstruct 21,000 square feet of greenhouses at NYSAES, which were [...]

Just read the leaves. Regularly testing leaf tissue for nutrient levels may significantly enhance the profitability of New York vegetable crops, say Cornell researchers. “Hungry” crops are a common sight in vegetable fields and high tunnels across New York state, says Stephen Reiners, Cornell professor of horticulture and the project leader of the Northern New [...]

By Krishna Ramanujan It’s more than mirepoix. Cornell University and Hobart and William Smith College professors have organized a contest, “Communicating Chemistry: Cajun Cooking,” for April 9 during the American Chemical Society’s (ACS) spring convention in New Orleans. The competition will take place at the restaurant Dickie Brennan’s Tableau in the French Quarter. Conveying critical topics [...]

Associate Chair Susan Brown has been named a 2013 winner for the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Faculty Service. The Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence are conferred by the State University of New York to acknowledge and provide system-wide recognition for consistently superior professional achievement and to encourage the ongoing pursuit of excellence.  These programs [...]

Sarah Zhang of Mother Jones recently posted an excellent article highlighting the Apples of New York volumes as important contributions to science (and art).  Take a look at her article by clicking on the image:             This post can also be accessed from our facebook page!

Gregory Jaffe, the Director of the Project on Biotechnology for the Center for Science in the Public Interest, will present a seminar on April 9 at 3pm in the Jordan Hall Auditorium at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva.  The title of the talk is “Busting the Myths About Genetically Engineered Foods” [...]

At the recent International Fruit Tree Association annual meeting in Boston MA, Dr. David Rosenberger of Cornell University was awarded the 2013 IFTA researcher of the year award. Dave  grew up on a dairy farm in Pennsylvania and then received his PhD degree from Michigan State University.  He then moved to Cornell University and took a [...]

Could the state’s valuable apple crops be saved from the region’s unpredictable weather by… wind machines? According to an article in the Albany Times-Union, enormous propane-powered fans outfitted with 12-foot blades are being installed on orchards across the state. They pull rising warm air in and push it down to the ground, forcing the temperature [...]

What can pecan pie teach us about food chemistry? A team of Cornell students hopes to convey a lesson in the role of metals and proteins in setting the gel in a practically perfect pecan pie filling in an interactive cooking demonstration during the American Chemical Society’s (ACS) spring convention in New Orleans on April [...]

Local high school students are invited to apply for an Advancement of Agricultural Studies Scholarship, established by the Student Association of the Geneva Experiment Station (SAGES) as a way to give back to the communities that have contributed to their lives and educations at NYSAES and Cornell. Nearly $3,000 has been awarded to seven local [...]

STEM students scholarship award honor CALS Cornell science teaching study notes Know an outstanding undergraduate who deserves to be recognized for their teaching, tutoring and outreach efforts in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math? CALS wants to inspire and encourage future science educators through a new award, recognition dinner and symposium, supported by [...]