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Visiting students from hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico honed their science skills by shadowing and working in laboratories across campus this semester. Read more

Study describes for the first time how combinations of proteins combine to inhibit and sabotage the plant’s defenses, so a pathogen can infect its host. Read more

A team of 14 Cornell undergraduates, the Redheads, will participate in the 35th annual World Series of Birding May 12 in Cape May, New Jersey. Read more

Clifford Kraft, professor of natural resources who studies ecosystem interactions that influence the management of freshwater fish, is featured in a new podcast episode. Read more

Kathryn J. Boor '80, the Ronald P. Lynch Dean of CALS, was named a 2018 New York State Senate “Woman of Distinction.” Read more

Boyce Thompson Institute will host an inaugural symposium for the institute’s new Computational Biology Center May 8. Read more

Marcos Simoes-Costa has been honored by the World Economic Forum as one of its 2018 Young Scientists, which recognizes top researchers under age 40. Read more

New maps are using radar to forecast night-time clouds of migratory birds and track their flights in near real-time. Read more

Cornell researchers seek to answer questions about the origin of a key step in transcription – the process of copying codes in DNA and transferring them to RNA in order to make proteins. Read more

Professor of cell biology Anthony P. Bretscher has been elected to membership in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Read more

Robert Reed won the 2017 Cozzarelli Prize for scientific excellence and originality for proving that butterfly wing color and iridescence are activated by a single gene. Read more

A new study outlines a pathogen strategy to overcome the immune systems of house finches with conjunctivitis infections. Read more

Cornell CALS scientists are beginning to unravel the complicated connections between viruses, the environment and wasting diseases among sea stars in the waters of the Pacific Northwest. Read more

The new children’s book, “Beauty and the Beak,” has won the highest honor in children’s book publishing given by a scientific organization, the AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books. Read more

Yi Wen, a fifth-year doctoral student in the field of biochemistry, molecular and cell biology, won the 2018 Harry and Samuel Mann Outstanding Graduate Student Award. Read more

“Beastbox,” a free online game, takes sound clips from real wild animals and allows users to mix and match them into an endless variety of beats, breaks and drops. Read more

Research on how plastics adversely affect coral reefs received a royal shout-out from the Prince of Wales. Read more

The launch of its Undergraduate Research Experience proved to be a highlight of the Cornell Institute of Host-Microbe Interactions' inaugural year. Read more

New faculty member Patrick O'Grady brings National Drosophila Species Stock Center to Cornell.  Read more

When plastic debris meets coral, the likelihood of disease increases 20-fold, according to new research from Cornell CALS. Read more