[{"id":"332834","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/04\/creative-teaching-awards-celebrate-experiential-learning-community-connections","title":"Creative Teaching Awards celebrate experiential learning, community connections","content_text":"This year\u2019s Creative Teaching Awards faculty recipients have taken students for hands-on, local learning experiences well beyond the classroom walls.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-04\/cta_fiorella_aquaponics-a.jpg?itok=vXUL-8DR","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-04\/cta_fiorella_aquaponics-a.jpg?itok=Xqc7lYK-","date_published":"Tue, 14 Apr 2026 11:04:18 EDT","byline":"","tags":["Chronicle","News \u0026 Events","New York City","College of Agriculture and Life Sciences","College of Human Ecology","College of Veterinary Medicine","Weill Cornell Medicine-NY","Ithaca","New York 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world.\u0026nbsp;","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-04\/2026_1096_cemeterybees_lead_final_n.jpg?itok=Xf8KQt4Y","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-04\/2026_1096_cemeterybees_lead_final_n.jpg?itok=vipmSn7g","date_published":"Mon, 13 Apr 2026 12:04:00 EDT","byline":"Krishna Ramanujan, Cornell Chronicle","tags":["Chronicle","Food \u0026 Agriculture","Energy, Environment \u0026 Sustainability","Life Sciences \u0026 Veterinary Medicine","Local Impact","NYS Impact","College of Agriculture and Life Sciences","Ithaca","NYS Impact","Research Impact"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-04\/2026_1096_cemeterybees_lead_final_n.jpg?itok=3yi3eSJR","image_alt":"Illustration with bees over a cemetery and fruit trees"},{"id":"332814","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/04\/portent-backs-five-new-technologies-expand-access-care","title":"PORTENT backs five\u202fnew\u202ftechnologies\u202fto expand\u202faccess to care\u202f ","content_text":"Five next-generation point-of-care technologies have been selected for funding by PORTENT, a Center for Point-of-Care Technologies for Nutrition, Infection, and Cancer at Cornell, focusing on crucial healthcare across the globe. \u0026nbsp;","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-04\/year_3_project_16x9.jpg?itok=_YAPgFpK","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-04\/year_3_project_16x9.jpg?itok=yDxLgnoj","date_published":"Fri, 10 Apr 2026 13:04:39 EDT","byline":"","tags":["Around Cornell","Life Sciences \u0026 Veterinary Medicine","Around Cornell","College of Agriculture and Life Sciences","Cornell Duffield 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backyards.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-04\/0409_kakapo-a.jpg?itok=33R3dB0S","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-04\/0409_kakapo-a.jpg?itok=3apa1V6C","date_published":"Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:04:24 EDT","byline":"","tags":["Chronicle","Arts \u0026 Humanities","Energy, Environment \u0026 Sustainability","Public Engagement","College of Agriculture and Life Sciences","Cornell University Library","Ithaca","Student Life","Engagement","Sustainability"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-04\/0409_kakapo-a.jpg?itok=P3i0tinL","image_alt":"Among critically endangered species featured in \u201cLast Call\u201d exhibit is the k\u0101k\u0101p\u014d, a flightless parrot endemic to New Zealand."},{"id":"332794","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/04\/cornell-atkinson-research-grants-support-future-sustainability-leaders","title":"Cornell Atkinson research grants support future sustainability leaders","content_text":"Cornell Atkinson has announced 40 research grants to support undergraduate and graduate student researchers whose work will support sustainability, biodiversity and agriculture.\u0026nbsp;","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-04\/leahcrenshaw_measures_bill_of_white-throated_spadebill_thumbnail.jpg?itok=5rD4goBl","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-04\/leahcrenshaw_measures_bill_of_white-throated_spadebill_thumbnail.jpg?itok=ELIGh7L9","date_published":"Wed, 08 Apr 2026 10:04:00 EDT","byline":"Krisy Gashler","tags":["Around Cornell","Food \u0026 Agriculture","Energy, Environment \u0026 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Brooks School of Public Policy","Cornell Duffield College of Engineering","Ithaca","Student Life","Diversity","International"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-03\/0326_welcome_tnd.jpg?itok=FCa12mSY"},{"id":"332703","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/03\/two-cornell-elected-2025-aaas-fellows","title":"Two from Cornell elected 2025 AAAS Fellows","content_text":"Engineering professor Lara Estroff and plant science professor Klaas van Wijk have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world\u2019s largest general scientific society.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-03\/0326_aaas_tnd.jpg?itok=zkbrGfz_","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-03\/0326_aaas_tnd.jpg?itok=ayCtNJ-p","date_published":"Thu, 26 Mar 2026 10:03:00 EDT","byline":"Tom Fleischman, Cornell Chronicle","tags":["Chronicle","Life Sciences \u0026 Veterinary Medicine","Physical Sciences \u0026 Engineering","College of Agriculture and Life Sciences","Cornell Duffield College of Engineering","Ithaca"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-03\/0326_aaas_tnd.jpg?itok=CzXYxyHH"},{"id":"332718","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/03\/tiny-bubbles-sound-waves-clean-produce-safely-and-effectively","title":"Tiny bubbles, sound waves clean produce safely and effectively","content_text":"A bubble bath with a constant acoustic sound in the water may be the best chemical-free, gentle method for cleaning agricultural produce.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-03\/0326_bubbles2.jpg?itok=taGUyuPX","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-03\/0326_bubbles2.jpg?itok=WU_X4I-Q","date_published":"Thu, 26 Mar 2026 09:03:00 EDT","byline":"Krishna Ramanujan, Cornell Chronicle","tags":["Chronicle","Food \u0026 Agriculture","Life Sciences \u0026 Veterinary Medicine","Physical Sciences \u0026 Engineering","College of Agriculture and Life Sciences","Ithaca","Research Impact"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-03\/0326_bubbles2.jpg?itok=tpD_9S6p"},{"id":"332708","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/03\/programmable-plant-systems-team-selected-global-food-initiative","title":"Programmable plant systems team selected for global food initiative","content_text":"The Center for Research on Programmable Plant Systems (CROPPS) has been selected to help shape a new international effort to reimagine the future of food systems through the CIFAR Arrell Future of Food Initiative.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-03\/margaret_frank_speaking.png?itok=ZcxwlkXp","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-03\/margaret_frank_speaking.png?itok=DM7V7n32","date_published":"Tue, 24 Mar 2026 14:03:39 EDT","byline":"Stephen D\u0026#039;Angelo","tags":["Around Cornell","Life Sciences \u0026 Veterinary Medicine","Around Cornell","College of Agriculture and Life Sciences","Ithaca","Research Impact"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-03\/margaret_frank_speaking.png?itok=eICdLABw","image_alt":"Margaret Frank Speaking"},{"id":"332710","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/03\/education-researcher-speak-active-learning-dber-field","title":"Education researcher to speak on active learning, DBER field","content_text":"At a talk on April 7, Susan Singer will discuss the history and trajectory of active learning and discipline-based education research in higher education, and her experience advocating for both.\u0026nbsp;","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-03\/susan_thumbnail.jpg?itok=neR4dmF5","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-03\/susan_thumbnail.jpg?itok=lNBIiJwr","date_published":"Tue, 24 Mar 2026 14:03:53 EDT","byline":"Carolyn Keller","tags":["Around Cornell","Arts \u0026 Humanities","College of Agriculture and Life Sciences","College of Arts and Sciences","Cornell Ann S. 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Nolan Dean of the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, has been reappointed for a second five-year term.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-03\/zhao_thumb.jpeg?itok=AsNGaOJA","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-03\/zhao_thumb.jpeg?itok=FdtF0J3-","date_published":"Thu, 19 Mar 2026 11:03:00 EDT","byline":"","tags":["Chronicle","Business, Economics \u0026 Entrepreneurship","College of Agriculture and Life Sciences","Cornell SC Johnson College of Business","Ithaca"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-03\/zhao_thumb.jpeg?itok=G8iP1fYN"},{"id":"332653","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/03\/milkweed-evolves-mind-blowing-tactic-fight-monarchs","title":"Milkweed evolves \u2018mind-blowing\u2019 tactic to fight monarchs","content_text":"Milkweed has found a new strategy in its epic evolutionary battle with monarch butterflies: structurally upgrading its toxins to outmaneuver monarchs\u0027 resistance.\u0026nbsp;","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-03\/0319_milkweed1.jpg?itok=jjVpaHbH","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-03\/0319_milkweed1.jpg?itok=sq1TgP8q","date_published":"Thu, 19 Mar 2026 09:03:58 EDT","byline":"Caitlin Hayes, Cornell Chronicle","tags":["Chronicle","Life Sciences \u0026 Veterinary Medicine","College of Agriculture and Life Sciences","College of Arts and Sciences","Ithaca","Research Impact"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-03\/0319_milkweed1.jpg?itok=QS4hbECd","image_alt":"Cornell researchers have uncovered a new strategy milkweed uses to fight monarchs: upgrading the structure of its toxins."},{"id":"332661","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/03\/nature-cure-encouraging-well-being-workplace","title":"The nature cure: Encouraging well-being in the workplace","content_text":"Cornell researchers have found that\u0026nbsp;changes or improvements in workplace policy, culture and outdoor amenities could facilitate more time outdoors to aid well-being for staff.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-03\/istock-1272267964-forest-1280x720_1.jpg?itok=LzxRP1qb","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-03\/istock-1272267964-forest-1280x720_1.jpg?itok=5PDNUZlg","date_published":"Thu, 19 Mar 2026 09:03:34 EDT","byline":"","tags":["Chronicle","Social \u0026 Behavioral Sciences","College of Agriculture and Life Sciences","College of Human Ecology","College of Veterinary Medicine","Ithaca","Research Impact"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-03\/istock-1272267964-forest-1280x720_1.jpg?itok=oN7XMegu"},{"id":"332638","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/03\/cce-promotes-buffalos-well-being-healthy-community-stores","title":"CCE promotes Buffalo\u2019s well-being with healthy community stores","content_text":"CCE Erie County\u0026nbsp;encourages corner stores in Buffalo\u2019s food deserts to stock fresh fruits, vegetables and other nutritious options\u0026nbsp;and educates residents on how to take care of their health.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-03\/2026_1054_jk_053.jpg?itok=oJXxJjjY","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-03\/2026_1054_jk_053.jpg?itok=zETqu7rd","date_published":"Wed, 18 Mar 2026 10:03:05 EDT","byline":"Susan Kelley, Cornell Chronicle","tags":["Chronicle","Food \u0026 Agriculture","Health, Nutrition \u0026 Medicine","NYS Impact","Inclusion and Belonging","Public Engagement","College of Agriculture and Life Sciences","Ithaca","Diversity","Engagement","NYS Impact"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-03\/2026_1054_jk_053.jpg?itok=PhcrOMtM","image_alt":"Sheila Bass (center), program manager of CCE Erie\u2019s Healthy Community Store Initiative, talks about nutrition with Jasmine Robbs (left), a customer at Buffalo\u2019s Golden Corner store, and Moet Grooms (right), a CCE educator with the Healthy Community Store Initiative, in Buffalo, New York."},{"id":"332635","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/03\/ecologist-biogeochemist-emily-bernhardt-lead-cornell-atkinson","title":"Ecologist, biogeochemist Emily Bernhardt to lead Cornell Atkinson","content_text":"Emily Bernhardt, Ph.D. \u201801, the James B. Duke Professor of Biogeochemistry at Duke University, will join Cornell as the Francis J. DiSalvo Director of the\u0026nbsp;Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability on Sept. 1.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-03\/0317_atkinson_tnd.jpg?itok=PWYaWExK","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-03\/0317_atkinson_tnd.jpg?itok=ykIB3Xrf","date_published":"Wed, 18 Mar 2026 10:03:00 EDT","byline":"","tags":["Chronicle","Energy, Environment \u0026 Sustainability","News \u0026 Events","Staff News","College of Agriculture and Life Sciences","Ithaca","Sustainability"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-03\/0317_atkinson_tnd.jpg?itok=pAkRQFwe"},{"id":"332644","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/03\/susan-henry-former-cals-dean-and-pioneering-geneticist-dies-79","title":"Susan Henry, former CALS dean and pioneering geneticist, dies at 79","content_text":"Susan Henry, former dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and a molecular geneticist whose breakthroughs in understanding cell metabolism contributed to advances in human pharmaceuticals, died March 7 at age 79.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-03\/0318_henry_tnd.jpg?itok=uvcee1sF","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-03\/0318_henry_tnd.jpg?itok=PFW8tTsY","date_published":"Wed, 18 Mar 2026 09:03:14 EDT","byline":"","tags":["Chronicle","Life Sciences \u0026 Veterinary Medicine","Staff News","College of Agriculture and Life Sciences","Ithaca"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-03\/0318_henry_tnd.jpg?itok=cPIvV4pb"},{"id":"332636","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/03\/statistics-tell-whole-truth-its-easy-abc","title":"Statistics that tell the whole truth? It\u2019s as easy as ABC","content_text":"A Cornell statistics expert has come up with a method he believes can boost statistical power and significantly reduce bias \u2013 vital for research involving outcomes that differ by socioeconomics, race, sex and other variables.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-03\/istock-1321306720-statistical-data-1280x720.jpg?itok=_vVZlARc","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-03\/istock-1321306720-statistical-data-1280x720.jpg?itok=3x4TKAeU","date_published":"Tue, 17 Mar 2026 10:03:32 EDT","byline":"Tom Fleischman, Cornell Chronicle","tags":["Chronicle","Computing \u0026 Information Sciences","College of Agriculture and Life Sciences","Cornell Ann S. 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It can take a migrating salamander 10-15 minutes to cross a road. "},{"id":"332604","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/03\/rapid-evolution-can-rescue-species-climate-change","title":"Rapid evolution can \u2018rescue\u2019 species from climate change","content_text":"In response to extreme drought, scarlet monkeyflower populations rapidly evolved and recovered, providing a window into climate change adaptation.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-03\/monkey-flower-a.jpg?itok=ne0uLdxJ","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-03\/monkey-flower-a.jpg?itok=AUR_E7qR","date_published":"Thu, 12 Mar 2026 14:03:00 EDT","byline":"Caitlin Hayes, Cornell Chronicle","tags":["Chronicle","Energy, Environment \u0026 Sustainability","Life Sciences \u0026 Veterinary Medicine","College of Agriculture and Life Sciences","Ithaca","Research 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how today\u2019s information ecosystem has become increasingly polluted by misleading and emotionally charged content that spreads faster than facts.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-03\/0312_wardle.jpg?itok=KoJYPMYX","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-03\/0312_wardle.jpg?itok=nlD2TuPW","date_published":"Thu, 12 Mar 2026 09:03:00 EDT","byline":"Laura Reiley, Cornell Chronicle","tags":["Chronicle","Computing \u0026 Information Sciences","Social \u0026 Behavioral Sciences","Features","News \u0026 Events","Public Engagement","College of Agriculture and Life Sciences","Ithaca","Engagement"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-03\/0312_wardle.jpg?itok=2SHpoPwN","image_alt":"Cornell Chronicle writer Laura Reiley speaks with Claire Wardle, associate professor in the Department of Communication in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, about the \u201carmpit of the internet.\u201d"},{"id":"332615","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/03\/doctoral-alumna-wins-phd-dissertation-award","title":"Doctoral alumna wins Ph.D. Dissertation Award","content_text":"Soil and crop sciences alumna Jiameng Lai, Ph.D. \u002725, was selected as a winner of the SUNY Chancellor Distinguished Ph.D. Dissertation Award.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-03\/jiameng_lai.jpg?h=5bd9b7d5\u0026itok=htNvbbnD","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-03\/jiameng_lai.jpg?h=4f58cedd\u0026itok=hu1ijrPr","date_published":"Thu, 12 Mar 2026 09:03:00 EDT","byline":"Katya Hrichak","tags":["Around Cornell","Around Cornell","College of Agriculture and Life Sciences","Graduate 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producers to cool and hold sap before boiling, giving greater flexibility and preventing all-nighters.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-03\/0310_maple1.jpg?itok=mRrvw_11","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-03\/0310_maple1.jpg?itok=bkEw8N83","date_published":"Tue, 10 Mar 2026 10:03:57 EDT","byline":"Caitlin Hayes, Cornell Chronicle","tags":["Chronicle","Food \u0026 Agriculture","Energy, Environment \u0026 Sustainability","NYS Impact","Public Engagement","College of Agriculture and Life Sciences","Ithaca","Engagement","NYS Impact","Research Impact","Sustainability"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-03\/0310_maple1.jpg?itok=Gl2m424R","image_alt":"Maple sap is boiled down at Cornell\u2019s Arnot Teaching and Research Forest in Van Etten, New York."},{"id":"332563","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/03\/flipped-chromosomal-segments-drive-natural-selection","title":"Flipped chromosomal segments drive natural selection","content_text":"Research finds that chromosomal inversions \u2013 which occur when a chunk of chromosome containing tens to thousands of genes breaks off, flips and reattaches \u2013 help certain species maintain genetic differences adapted to various regions.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2017-11\/1109_chromosomes_TND.jpg?itok=6CEAnnDg","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2017-11\/1109_chromosomes_TND.jpg?itok=ASfZX4Hl","date_published":"Fri, 06 Mar 2026 11:03:00 EST","byline":"","tags":["Chronicle","Life Sciences \u0026 Veterinary Medicine","College of Agriculture and Life Sciences","Ithaca","Research 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Consumers need to understand sustainability claims and, more importantly, be willing to pay a premium for them.\u0026nbsp;","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/0802_wheat_tnd_0.jpg?itok=ZhaYCHhH","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/0802_wheat_tnd_0.jpg?itok=In9blDRZ","date_published":"Thu, 26 Feb 2026 12:02:16 EST","byline":"Laura Reiley, Cornell Chronicle","tags":["Chronicle","Business, Economics \u0026 Entrepreneurship","Food \u0026 Agriculture","Energy, Environment \u0026 Sustainability","Health, Nutrition \u0026 Medicine","NYS Impact","Public Engagement","College of Agriculture and Life Sciences","Cornell SC Johnson College of Business","Ithaca","Economic Impact","Engagement","NYS Impact","Research Impact","Sustainability"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/0802_wheat_tnd_0.jpg?itok=r1Sbp8-A"},{"id":"332507","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/02\/civic-leadership-class-asks-students-consider-their-purpose","title":"Civic leadership class asks students to consider their purpose","content_text":"On a Saturday morning in February \u2013 the coldest day yet of a cold winter \u2013 more than 350 students trekked to Statler Hall for an innovative new course on civics.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-02\/2026_1037_jk_045-n.jpg?itok=1Qhme5DY","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-02\/2026_1037_jk_045-n.jpg?itok=vu_HR4_6","date_published":"Thu, 26 Feb 2026 10:02:27 EST","byline":"Holly Hartigan, Cornell Chronicle","tags":["Chronicle","Arts \u0026 Humanities","Law, Government \u0026 Public Policy","College of Agriculture and Life Sciences","College of Arts and Sciences","Cornell Jeb E. 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