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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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Cornell Professor Art DeGaetano says the conditions this summer were favorable (adequate rain and moderate temperatures) for trees to make sugars that help produce their colors. He expects fall colors to peak in the Adirondacks and Catskills in the next two weeks, and in Central New York by the second week of October.
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WAER | Ideal summer conditions for trees could mean good fall colors
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Armita Jamshidi ’25 holding a box of her signature “Cramp Bites.” The bites contains nutraceutical ingredients to naturally address the root cause of period cramps. Armita recently received a scholarship from Les Dames D’Escoffier, a group of female food and wine experts who help students like her achieve their dreams in the food and hospitality fields.
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Aunt Flo's Kitchen | Introducing Cramp Bites
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329 million birds are expected to migrate through the eastern US after sunset on Thursday, September 14. The Cornell Lab of Ornithology and Colorado State University produce these forecasts using data from the past 23 years of bird movements in the atmosphere, as detected by the US NEXRAD weather surveillance radar network.
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BirdCast | Bird migration forecast maps
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Photo: Cornell Lab of Ornithology and Colorado State University
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Cornell has tripled annual institutional grant aid in the last 20 years
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Cornell AAD | Then vs. now: The cost of education
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“We know that our students are going to work and live in an AI-enabled world. If we do not integrate generative AI into our teaching, and continue with business as usual, we will not be setting up our students for success in the future.”
Bowers CIS dean says Cornell needs to integrate AI into the curriculum Source: Cornell Chronicle | Faculty offered guidance for teaching in the age of ChatGPT QUOTE
