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May 23, 2016

A recent study co-authored by Brad Rickard and Todd Schmit, both professors in Applied Economics and Management at Cornell, and Pamela Weinberg-Shapiro, a lecturer in the Division of Nutritional Sciences in Cornell's College of Human Ecology, analyses the...

May 17, 2016

The Looming Threat of Avian Flu, a recent article by Mary Mckenna in the New York Times Magazine, delves into the crippling 2015 outbreak in the Midwest and the possible threat that this virus poses to the United States in the future Between December 2014 and June...

March 23, 2016

Gellert Family Professor in Food Safety, Department of Food Science, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Academic program focus on developing and communicating the scientific knowledge needed to prevent and control foodborne and zoonotic diseases caused by...

March 23, 2016

International Professor of Plant Breeding and Director of International Programs of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Coffman also serves as Principal Investigator of the Agricultural Innovation Partnership, the Durable Rust Resistance in Wheat project,...

March 23, 2016

As the global population grows and human innovations abound, the world becomes a smaller yet more complex place With sufficient resources, one can get to almost any point in the world in some 48 hours With this mobility, ideas and commerce move rapidly Along with them,...

March 22, 2016

Bruce Calnek, DVM '55, the Steffen Professor Emeritus of Veterinary Medicine, and Karel Schat, PhD '78, professor emeritus in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology were awarded the 2015 Ezra Technology Innovator Award for their work as inventors of the...

March 21, 2016

On February 29th, the Cornell Chronicle announced that Cornell University and the New York State Department of Health have been selected as the 6th CDC Integrated Food Safety Center of Excellence The Center, formed since Fall 2015, will "assist local, state and...

March 21, 2016

Ronnie Coffman, international plant breeder and director of Cornell's office of International Programs in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, is the director of the newly funded $24 million grant project Delivering Genetic Gain in Wheat that has...

March 21, 2016

Associate Director of International Programs and the Master of Public Health, College of Veterinary Medicine Gen Meredith, a graduate of McGill University’s Faculty of Medicine (Occupational Therapy) and the University of Massachusetts’ School of Public Health...

March 18, 2016

Population Medicine & Diagnostic Sciences The Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences' mission is to promote health, productivity, and welfare of food- and fiber-producing animals, companion animals, and wildlife populations; ensure safety...