Sturt Manning, the Goldwin Smith Professor of Classical Archaeology, is leading investigations into the timelines of ancient events, using tree ring data to refine the widely used radiocarbon dating method.
The Genomic and Open-source Breeding Informatics Initiative, operating under an $18.5 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is working to develop new plant-breeding tools and genomic databases.
Research Professor of Global Development KV Raman works to implement global partnerships for food and agriculture systems — bringing together Cornellians and partners in developing countries to build solutions for hunger, poverty and malnutrition.
A team led by a Boyce Thompson Institute researcher has identified genes enabling peaches and their wild relatives to tolerate stressful conditions – findings that could help the domesticated peach adapt to climate change.
Global Cornell’s Study Away program, a residential option for international students who faced COVID-19 visa or travel issues that prevented them from returning to Ithaca, has been extended into the spring 2021 semester.
A new podcast on “Unsettled Monuments, Unsettling Heritage,” launched in the spring, showcases the work of the Public Life fellowship group, part of the humanities-focused Radical Collaboration initiative.
Cornell’s Southeast Asia Program has received a four-year, $275,000 Luce Foundation grant to strengthen graduate education in the field, working with National Resource Centers across the country.