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Alumni News | Captain Megan Unrath ’21 builds a legacy of service
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Kate Morgan '27 stomps grapes at the CALS Pavilion during Big Red Fan Fest at Homecoming 2014 (left), and Homecoming 2023 (right).
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Photo: Lynne Morgan '89 (left), Rachel Philpson (right)
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Cornell celebrates 100% acceptance rate for Fulbright-Hays awards
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Cornell Chronicle | Fulbright-Hays awardees prioritize community-engaged discoveries
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The Cornell Peter and Stephanie Nolan School of Hotel Administration commemorates its 100th anniversary with a photo exhibit. One highlight is the launch of the country's first accredited wine appreciation course 70 years ago, in 1953.
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Cornell Nolan Hotel School | Celebrating 100 Years
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For the past 15 years, Cornell has been testing low-growing native plants that require minimal mowing to replace traditional lawns. Native lawns can help reduce gas, labor, and emissions associated with mowing, and provide habitat for native insects and other pollinators.
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New York Times | A Viable Alternative to Conventional Lawn? Cornell May Have Found One.
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“Whatever CO2 we put into the air or into the ocean, we now need to pull that out, molecule by molecule.”
Cornell professor leads research in how to capture carbon and turn it into a new construction material Source: NPR | Giant vacuums and other government climate bets QUOTE
Nicole Fernandez, assistant professor of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, and her students have been monitoring Cascadilla Creek on a daily basis. When wildfire smoke blanketed New York State earlier this summer, it caused spikes in phosphorus concentrations in the creek water. According to their data, as the phosphorus-rich water flowed into Cayuga Lake, it triggered a lake-wide harmful algal bloom (HAB).
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Alumni News | Smoke in the water
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