A faculty member since 1983, McLaughlin is senior associate director of the Dyson School. He will become Dyson's interim David J. Nolan Dean starting July 1, Provost Michael Kotlikoff announced.
Ariel Ortiz-Bobea, assistant professor of applied economics and management and a fellow at Cornell’s Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future, Sarah Evanega, director of the Cornell Alliance for Science and professor of plant breeding and genetics, and Daryl Nydam, professor in the Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences and director of Quality Milk Production Services, comment on an upcoming IPCC report that calls for urgent food systems reforms.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded Cornell $18.5 million for a project that will give modular, open-source breeding software resources to plant breeders in the developing world.
The Cornell Veterinary Biobank celebrated its International Organization of Standards accreditation with a ceremony May 22. It is the first biobank of any kind in the world to be so accredited.
After a two-year strategic planning and engagement process, Cornell Plantations is looking to rebrand as Cornell Botanic Gardens, which will better reflect its mission, says Plantations Director Christopher Dunn.
Cornell University will partner with the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Eben-Ezer University of Minembwe to offer two virtual courses, one on peace building and another on African disease patterns.
The U.S. Agency for International Development has awarded Cornell a $4.8 million, three-year grant to fight hunger and improve food security using agricultural science and technology.
More than 200 attendees at Cornell’s Sustainability Leadership Summit heard how New York may be a leader in creating renewable energy and learned about the university’s own sustainability progress.
Vanquishing the agony of defeat, Cornell food scientists now have better grasp on the sweet, thrilling taste of victory. And in the face of loss, the researchers found prompts for emotional eating.
New York State Sen. Catharine Young, R-57th Dist., has been named director of the New York State Center of Excellence for Food and Agriculture at Cornell AgriTech.
