NYS integrated pest management program doubles return on taxpayer investment

The study underscores the value of a state-funded, Cornell-run program that has helped farmers protect their crops from pests for more than 40 years. 

Hundreds of students attend new startup career fair

The expo brought together companies in fields from robotics to defense to health tech to food.

Around Cornell

Cornell startup seeks to redefine food, ag, industrial testing 

Quantera’s Curio HS prepares dozens of samples at once and is entering a pilot with E. & J. Gallo Winery.

Global food, ag innovators to compete for $3M at Grow-NY Summit

The annual two-day food and agriculture business competition and networking event will take place Nov. 12-13 at the DoubleTree hotel in Rochester, New York.

Winter Session 2027 registration is now open

Registration is now open for Cornell University’s online Winter Session. Classes run Jan. 4–22, giving students the opportunity to explore an interest, fulfill a requirement, or earn credits before the spring semester.  

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NSF awards $22.5M to continue plant-human communication projects

The Cornell-led multi-institutional Center for Research on Programmable Plant Systems will continue work to transform agriculture by enabling direct two-way communication with crop plants’ internal processes. 

Sheep grazing in solar fields offers farmers economic, ecological gains

As solar grazing expands across the country, new research helps sheep farmers increase profitability and sheds light on the how the number of sheep in solar array fields interacts with beneficial insects.

‘Rooted in Reciprocity’: Indigenous students share stories of how plants fuel connection

Through plants and personal stories, a new student-led exhibit at Cornell Botanic Gardens explores the concept that people live because the natural world lives.

New technique holds promise for improved gene editing

A new engineered gene editing system addresses some of the limitations of current gene editing tools with the hope of improving their use for research, for better crops or to treat diseases.