Tag: Agriculture

There are many sources of dangerous bacteria, explains CALS professor Martin Wiedmann (@foodsafetyprof) and they might not be anywhere near your food. #foodsafety @ConsumerReports @BigRedFoodSci https://t.co/AlLKWTudjI

— Cornell CALS (@CornellCALS) January 5, 2021

CALS dean @BenHoulton worked with @EFIForTheFuture on a new report that examines cutting-edge approaches for reducing carbon emissions from forests, farms and rangelands. #energyinnovation #carbonneutral https://t.co/kYaU0M2Tka

— Cornell CALS (@CornellCALS) December 22, 2020

The first variety of spring malting barley bred by Cornell to succeed in New York’s wet climate and support the state’s $5.4 billion #craftbeer industry just got a new name: Excelsior Gold. #ThinkNYDrinkNY @nyagandmarkets https://t.co/X7n8tM0i67

— Cornell CALS (@CornellCALS) December 19, 2020

While quality standards have been developed to protect water & air, there hasn’t been enough documented information to develop similar parameters for maintaining #soilhealth. CALS #soil scientists are working to fill that research gap. @soilhealth1https://t.co/wDT93vsX7G

— Cornell CALS (@CornellCALS) December 16, 2020

The sunflower sea star, once as common in the ocean as the robin is on land, is disappearing. Biologists like @CornellEEB's @DrewHarvell have raised the alarm, resulting in the sea star's addition to @IUCN's Red List of Threatened Species. #conservationhttps://t.co/rgngNVnfdJ pic.twitter.com/mURKE3G5Tb

— Cornell CALS (@CornellCALS) December 15, 2020

Bred by @CornellCALS professor Mark Sorrells, Excelsior Gold – the first variety of spring malting barley bred to succeed in #NewYork’s wet climate – is key for brewers trying to meet #NY Farm Brewing Law standards. #ThinkNYDrinkNY #craftbeer @ithacavoice https://t.co/xczATPV68f

— Lindsey Hadlock (@LHadlock) January 5, 2021

@CornellCALS is emboldened by our most basic of scientific research discoveries — John Helmann: Learning the genetic steps in the dance of life https://t.co/3HRtiqNv7T

— Benjamin Z Houlton 🌍 (@BenHoulton) December 22, 2020

New imaging method views soil carbon at near-atomic scales https://t.co/HrBd8PXwtT

— Benjamin Z Houlton 🌍 (@BenHoulton) December 22, 2020

President-elect Joseph Biden has selected Tom Vilsack to serve as Agriculture Secretary. Emeritus Professor Andrew Novaković says given the broad spectrum of the USDA, Vilsack’s previous experience allows him to hit the ground running.https://t.co/BGZ9cSJpgY pic.twitter.com/YCwmhiNKQv

— Cornell Dyson (@CornellDyson) December 9, 2020

An analysis of Denmark’s wind industry offers lessons for policymakers seeking to increase renewable electricity production with limited budgets, according to Associate Professor Lin Lawell.https://t.co/ugbqcc0C2G

— Cornell Dyson (@CornellDyson) November 12, 2020

“Economic recoveries are usually associated with increases in demand for goods and services produced both domestically and abroad,” says Eswar Prasad, Nandlal P. Tolani Senior Professor of International Trade Policy at Dyson. #CornellDyson https://t.co/YV7Y0ScAra pic.twitter.com/xUpz6gUiYz

— Cornell Dyson (@CornellDyson) October 7, 2020

“The sunflower star was the most susceptible of the twenty starfish species affected by a multi-host pathogen and has rapidly gone from being the most common subtidal starfish on the US west coast to critically endangered,” @DrewHarvell, marine ecologist.https://t.co/9C11z3WCpL

— Media Relations (@CornellMedia) December 14, 2020

President Martha Pollack discusses the upcoming spring semester and @Cornell’s success with testing in the fall on @Quicktake. https://t.co/l18jhu85mz

— Media Relations (@CornellMedia) December 22, 2020

"The masks we wear today make us more aware than ever of the air we breathe. We can do more to make that air clean — for us all," writes @AtkinsonCenter Fellow and @CornellCALS Prof. @ADRodewald in a @thehill op-ed. @CornellBirds https://t.co/uEYU9HSEgK

— Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability (@AtkinsonCenter) January 4, 2021

“I am hopeful that we will learn even more exciting physics about our universe." @CornellAstro researcher Steve Choi with @CornellPhysics prof @michaelniemack. They're using #Atacama Cosmology Telescope in Chile to pinpoint the age of the #Universehttps://t.co/8cM574b3r3

— CornellArts&Sciences (@CornellCAS) January 8, 2021

"I like the phrase freedom seekers. It suggests that freedom is always a process rather than a destination—a horizon we work towards." @EnglishCornell professor Derrick R. Spires @drkmttr82, discusses the politics of Black freedom in @Ideas_History blog.https://t.co/dEhTWU8leZ pic.twitter.com/h9LkXWZ1QD

— CornellArts&Sciences (@CornellCAS) January 8, 2021

#USCapitolPolice might have been complicit with the mob they failed to stop on Wed., says @sabrinamkarim, @cornellgov, in @voxdotcom: "They have been supportive of the police, and thus arresting ‘allies’ may not be in the larger interests of the police.”https://t.co/aTi3TfBEXv

— CornellArts&Sciences (@CornellCAS) January 7, 2021

"The chances of filibuster reform are not great…What we might see instead is a push to expand what can be done through reconciliation."@cornellgov professor @DavidAlexBatema analyzes #Senate strategy after #Georgia Dems won two seats.https://t.co/siiX6Fgl88

— CornellArts&Sciences (@CornellCAS) January 7, 2021

Teens are more likely to live at home with their family, which may contribute to them holding on to #Faith: @CornellSoc professor @LandonSchnabel is quoted in @RNS reporting that UK teens are now more likely than #Millennials to believe in God. https://t.co/jEROfPe6VI

— CornellArts&Sciences (@CornellCAS) January 6, 2021

A high-magnetic-field beamline at @CHESS_user got one of the first mid-size infrastructure grants from @NSF. “Strong magnetic fields provide the most direct way to manipulate quantum states of matter,” says Brad Ramshaw, @CornellPhysics, in @PhysicsTodayhttps://t.co/F71LvXmN2h pic.twitter.com/9EV9J7W26f

— CornellArts&Sciences (@CornellCAS) January 6, 2021

"A campus without differing viewpoints is like a weight room that doesn’t have any weights."

An op-ed on "The problem with liberal echo chambers on college campuses" by @EnglishCornell grad student Adam Szetela in @BostonGlobehttps://t.co/O4dUmKp8xI

— CornellArts&Sciences (@CornellCAS) January 6, 2021

"America can be a catalyst if it actively engages with the world once again…Biden and Harris should show vaulting ambition and set their sights high." @kaushikcbasu, @CornellEcon, in a @CGTNOfficial op-ed urging an "internationalist mindset" for the U.S.https://t.co/4vDI3UCt7b

— CornellArts&Sciences (@CornellCAS) January 6, 2021

“This is unprecedented territory. We’ve never had a former president who is dedicated to the proposition of the failure of his successor.” @RepSteveIsrael, @cornellgov professor of practice, in @bpolitics reporting on the #JoeBiden transition strategy. https://t.co/T2aBmBfxUF

— CornellArts&Sciences (@CornellCAS) January 6, 2021

"All Trump has on his side is his base. That is the currency of his power, and he will hold on to it as much possible.” @cornellgov professor Valerie Bunce in an article in which @NYMag asks experts about American #democracy after #Election2020https://t.co/dsdi1qJ5E8

— CornellArts&Sciences (@CornellCAS) January 4, 2021

“Democratic procedure will most likely hold this week, but the spirit of democracy is damaged."@CornellSoc professor @mabelberezin, an expert on populism and fascism, on threats to #democracy presented by President Trump and allies this week. https://t.co/KTKkVKsVxC pic.twitter.com/6K2U7RHHpd

— CornellArts&Sciences (@CornellCAS) January 4, 2021

“First, #Georgia is fast becoming one of the most important swing states in the nation…Second, the incoming Congress will see some of the narrowest margins of party control in decades."@DavidAlexBatema, @cornellgov, on the Jan 5 GA runoff election https://t.co/JtXIsfBu14 pic.twitter.com/0pxQXQk69A

— CornellArts&Sciences (@CornellCAS) January 4, 2021

"Entitled: How Male Privilege Hurts Women" by philosophy prof @kate_manne makes @TheAtlantic list of #BestBooksof2020

"Manne explains how a society that organizes itself around the wants and whims of men will radiate that bias into every area of life." https://t.co/tnOTyH8dB9 pic.twitter.com/lR4ghi2pHu

— CornellArts&Sciences (@CornellCAS) January 4, 2021

Low-cost pleasures can boost mood and foster connections, says @CornellPsychDpt professor Thomas Gilovich in @PopSci“Get out and #hike and #bike and take advantage of your local environment. These kinds of #experiences don’t demand a giant bank account.”https://t.co/HJ5coS9c6e pic.twitter.com/gDbFLNqxxZ

— CornellArts&Sciences (@CornellCAS) December 31, 2020

Cornell researchers discovered that a female fruit fly’s gut expands after #mating due to a protein in the male’s seminal fluid –one of reproduction’s many transformations. https://t.co/pHtQnJXGcM @WolfnerLab@CornellMBG pic.twitter.com/r2S5i13eOW

— CornellArts&Sciences (@CornellCAS) December 23, 2020

"The Trump administration's policies have affected European citizens' lives…from students who now find a less welcoming environment and more restrictive visa policies…to higher prices as a result of tariffs." Prof @Gustavo_F_M, @cornellgov, in @euronewshttps://t.co/mYnpDdi6mC

— CornellArts&Sciences (@CornellCAS) November 3, 2020

Check out this Brookings report by Alaka Basu, Kaushik Basu, and Jose Maria U. Tapia on the effect of COVID-19 governance strategies in emerging economies. A big congratulations to Jose Maria U. Tapia '20 on his co-authorship of this article! https://t.co/z2Ign0CHeF

— Cornell Economics (@CornellEcon) November 18, 2020

.@LieberCode of @EinaudiCenter's Peace and Conflict Studies Program and @CornellLaw says: “If you incite someone to commit a crime, you’re just as responsible as they are for committing the crime."https://t.co/T30lH4ippE

— Global Cornell (@globalcornell) January 8, 2021

#CornellLawSchool professor Robert Hockett (@rch371) discusses the origins of reconstruction in this opinion piece via @Forbes. https://t.co/hf8Izqw1Hs

— Cornell Law School (@CornellLaw) December 23, 2020

Halomine, a Cornell-based startup developing cutting-edge technologies for the sanitation of food processing equipment, has been awarded $600,000 from the @USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture. https://t.co/JDIS3yOyAG

— Cornell University (@Cornell) January 8, 2021

New Cornell-led research suggests that starfish, victims of sea star wasting disease, may actually be in respiratory distress, as nearby organic matter and warming oceans rob them of their “breath.” https://t.co/j2HwseltCk

— Cornell University (@Cornell) January 7, 2021

President Martha E. Pollack condemns today’s events at the U.S. Capitol. https://t.co/u1g7rYCsux pic.twitter.com/Kt4YaN4yiu

— Cornell University (@Cornell) January 7, 2021

Linda Zall, Ph.D. ‘76, played a key role in American science that led to decades of major advances.

For nearly 30 years, Zall worked inside the C.I.A., exploring how surveillance observations could strengthen assessments of Earth’s changing environment. https://t.co/Q8tIxCPH1f

— Cornell University (@Cornell) January 6, 2021

Cornell researchers are leveraging smart devices and AI to detect subtle changes in behavior to help willing individuals, and their doctors, better monitor and manage behavior health. https://t.co/XQZKgGvz3Y

— Cornell University (@Cornell) January 6, 2021

Vivian Zayas is a Cornell alumna, an associate professor of psychology at @CornellCAS, and a new member of the Ultimate Hall of Fame. 🥏 https://t.co/1ixruexUcp

— Cornell University (@Cornell) January 5, 2021

What makes people good at having conversations?

Using data from a crisis text hotline, Cornell researchers explored factors that make conversations successful. https://t.co/Fqqi0sOypi

— Cornell University (@Cornell) January 5, 2021

Astronomers, including Cornell’s Steve Choi, have used observations, plus a bit of cosmic geometry, to propose that the universe is 13.77 billion years old – give or take 40 million years. https://t.co/4etRyuS3ww

— Cornell University (@Cornell) January 4, 2021

By using a radio telescope array, a Cornell postdoctoral researcher and an international team of scientists may have detected emissions from a planet beyond our own solar system. https://t.co/kx05k2QcUk

— Cornell University (@Cornell) December 17, 2020

A feature story in @NatGeo about former Geisel faculty member Jason McLellan and his colleague, whose research during his time at Geisel contributed a critical piece to the most promising candidates for COVID-19 vaccines. https://t.co/hYo5MdTKso

— Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth (@GeiselMed) January 7, 2021

Discoveries originating in a basic science lab at Geisel School of Medicine’s Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology are being used in the newly approved COVID-19 vaccine from the @pfizer/@BioNTech_Group partnership. https://t.co/lX6jgGmp3o

— Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth (@GeiselMed) December 17, 2020

Even with vaccines on the way, there is still more to learn about how best to carry out and promote ‘non-pharmacological efforts’ to reduce #COVID19 transmission. @GeiselMed @DartmouthInt's Steven Woloshin & co-authors explain in a new op-ed: https://t.co/xaHzO1Z1CC

— Dartmouth Institute (@DartmouthInst) January 4, 2021

Five ways to quit smoking one of the most addictive substances in the world – ABC 4 https://t.co/hKjORbifPg via @GoogleNews

— Center for Technology and Behavioral Health (@DartmouthCTBH) January 7, 2021

Hospitals without walls: the future of healthcare – The Guardian https://t.co/eil9ae5nvy via @GoogleNews

— Center for Technology and Behavioral Health (@DartmouthCTBH) January 4, 2021

Telemedicine Reduces Substance Abuse Stigma – MedPage Today https://t.co/iXnvgp8bfM via @GoogleNews

— Center for Technology and Behavioral Health (@DartmouthCTBH) January 4, 2021

In the news! @DartmouthCTBH Director, Lisa Marsch quoted in New Hampshire Magazine article "Better Health With Digital Therapeutics" #DigitalHealth #BehavioralHealthhttps://t.co/j5V01JDeU3

— Center for Technology and Behavioral Health (@DartmouthCTBH) December 2, 2020

Risks and benefits of an AI revolution in medicine – Harvard Gazette https://t.co/DsNfECH4mB via @GoogleNews

— Center for Technology and Behavioral Health (@DartmouthCTBH) November 18, 2020

In 2020, #DartmouthEngineers did everything from fighting #COVID19 with #antibody research to making inexpensive ventilators. Take a look back at our top stories of the year: https://t.co/x0ze1JypbK pic.twitter.com/t1xvVtHyJ5

— Dartmouth Engineering (@thayerschool) January 5, 2021

What exactly does a high-tech, climate-focused oyster farm look like? 🦪 🖥️ Find out from #DartmouthEngineering alumni @martyodlin '04, Thayer '07, in this @PCMag article.https://t.co/05OmgmuWhI

— Dartmouth Engineering (@thayerschool) November 26, 2020

.@MOSAiCArctic "was motivated by an overarching #science question: what are the causes and consequences of an evolving and diminished #Arctic sea ice cover?"

Listen to more from @dartmouth Prof. Don Perovich on @nhpr. https://t.co/cB5kRubST9

— Dartmouth Engineering (@thayerschool) November 9, 2020

On the eve of Election Day, #DartmouthEngineering Dean @AbramsonAlexis believes facts are under attack, but scientific curiosity may save the day. #election2020 https://t.co/dzE4Oft5lE
Illustration: Alain Lacroix

— Dartmouth Engineering (@thayerschool) November 3, 2020

Who knew that injecting electronic engineering into biology would make it easier: simulating biological circuits with analog electronic circuits from Rahul Sarpeshkar @thayerschool #Bioelectronics https://t.co/zbph4EXDuh pic.twitter.com/MEyhYHEadI

— iScience journal (@iScience_CP) December 30, 2020

Strategic Highly-compliant Roving Explorers of other Worlds, or SHREWs, represent @dartmouth's BIG Idea for exploring dark regions of the Lunar South Pole. These small, lightweight, highly-mobile robots travel and work independently or as a group. More: https://t.co/vCbgQm4HY3 pic.twitter.com/igR89mXoNv

— NASA Technology (@NASA_Technology) January 7, 2021

How can we store sunlight at night? One way is through concentrated solar power systems, which use molten salts to absorb and store solar energy. Researchers @thayerschool are developing a new material for tubing in these systems: https://t.co/kkrxlEZ1uR pic.twitter.com/42soilCtHI

— DOE Science (@doescience) December 4, 2020

Looking for exciting #holiday activities? Then try this #VR Tour of the #MOSAiCexpedition and plunge into the #Arctic! Explore the research icebreaker #Polarstern, the #MOSAiC ice camp and its research sites! 🤗

👇https://t.co/4yUzBZp7E9

📸 Christian Rohleder pic.twitter.com/MitIbxWYIU

— MOSAiC Expedition (@MOSAiCArctic) December 21, 2020

In @FT, Dean Matthew Slaughter examines the importance of basic research to a country’s economic health: “Great nations summon the will to invest in tomorrow even during their darkest todays,” he writes. https://t.co/xXCw5D1LP2 pic.twitter.com/cASlTjLScA

— Tuck School (@TuckSchool) December 17, 2020

“If you stick to a traditional portfolio, hitting your targeted returns over the next five or ten years is highly unlikely,” says #TuckAlumni Jose Minaya T’00, CEO of Nuveen. https://t.co/DCdxq8oXEt

— Tuck School (@TuckSchool) December 16, 2020

Tuck’s Grant Freeland explores why one of the keys to being a good consultant is having great clients. https://t.co/BeuOwxjwt6

— Tuck School (@TuckSchool) December 15, 2020

Tuck’s @eeshasharma shares tips with @CNBC for improving your relationship with money and saving: https://t.co/JGiATsSrBr pic.twitter.com/SLv6iqT5g8

— Tuck School (@TuckSchool) December 9, 2020

“It’s going to take the right messenger for the place. That personal connection is more powerful than any one policy. To me, this is really the path forward,” says Tuck’s @lindsleininger on how to share public health guidance in ways that will resonate. https://t.co/jSSdGwcUWj

— Tuck School (@TuckSchool) December 2, 2020

#TuckMBA Saachi Shah T’21 shares why design matters and how it can be leveraged to address challenges related to COVID-19: https://t.co/LCnOD7ULTT

— Tuck School (@TuckSchool) November 24, 2020

On @HarvardBizEdu, Tuck’s @vgovindarajan and coauthor Nikhil Sikka offer a strategic framework for business schools to consider when evaluating, developing, and growing their advanced analytics and AI programming. https://t.co/r41JWKAszO

— Tuck School (@TuckSchool) November 12, 2020

Tuck’s Peter Fisher joined @BloombergTV to discuss the possibility of a “mini-stagflation economy”, a steepening yield curve, the state of the U.S. dollar, and more. https://t.co/PosxmNyrtV

— Tuck School (@TuckSchool) November 11, 2020

“From curbside pick up to fulfilling drop ship orders from the store, the retail space is experiencing an incredible pace of change," #TuckAlumni Laura Scott T'03 says of the pandemic's impact on retail. https://t.co/JpoG5IfedA

— Tuck School (@TuckSchool) November 4, 2020

“In general, it’s best to avoid sharing indoor-esque air with anyone beyond your household while dining. Period. No hacks to be had,” says Tuck’s @lindsleininger. https://t.co/hPAjTtEQtc

— Tuck School (@TuckSchool) November 3, 2020

“We don’t love to focus on amplifying a toxic message,” says Tuck's @lindsleininger of @DearPandemic—a group of public health experts combating pandemic misinformation. “We talk about the durable lesson that comes from each piece of toxic misinformation.” https://t.co/wDyYEgximJ

— Tuck School (@TuckSchool) October 27, 2020

Expectations of business are changing, writes Tuck’s @paulargenti, and companies will likely be faced with the decision to speak out on a potentially controversial topic if they have not already. He shares how to approach the decision on @HarvardBiz: https://t.co/0OnLODrh4I

— Tuck School (@TuckSchool) October 23, 2020

Tuck’s @emilyjblanchard responds to the United States’ widening trade gap: “It’s a sign of rising consumer confidence, and it’s a sign that firms are buying imported inputs that they may need to produce things that will become tomorrow’s exports.” https://t.co/r4FWLIYkvV

— Tuck School (@TuckSchool) October 22, 2020

#TuckAlumni Kevin Demoff T’06, Chief Operating Officer of the Los Angeles Rams, joined Tuck's @sydfinkelstein on The Sydcast to discuss diversity, how the #NFL is operating under COVID, and more. https://t.co/X0ihtPrGjV

— Tuck School (@TuckSchool) October 19, 2020

“The amount of circulating disease in a community is the key predictor of outbreak likelihood. Think of it as the foundational piece in playing risk reduction Jenga," says Tuck's @lindsleininger. https://t.co/v4PWScrowB

— Tuck School (@TuckSchool) October 15, 2020

Rocky's own Deputy Director Sadhana Hall and Program Officer Robin Frye were recently on an episode of The Leadership Educator Podcast talking about how they continued our leadership programs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Check it out!https://t.co/OSbAD0KF98

— Rockefeller Center (@RockefellerCtr) June 9, 2020

Former Dickey Center US Foreign Policy and International Security Postdoctoral Fellow Mauro Gilli has co-authored an article with his brother Andrea just published in International Security. Read it here: https://t.co/eKZXKXo6iy

— Dickey @ Dartmouth (@DartmouthDickey) February 19, 2019

President Philip J. Hanlon '77 condemned the violence that erupted at the U.S. Capitol yesterday and made a plea for national unity. Read more at: https://t.co/d4SCWUXwcf.

— DartGRAD (@DartGRAD) January 7, 2021

Dartmouth Researchers Analyze Data From Arctic Expedition https://t.co/bPElDb64KG pic.twitter.com/LWCemiuq8b

— NH Public Radio (@nhpr) November 6, 2020

North America’s biggest salmon run may no longer be in danger https://t.co/ILwOfcvl0E pic.twitter.com/rV4o62C5FA

— Popular Science (@PopSci) November 30, 2020

Listen to @thayerschool Professor Donald Perovich discuss @MOSAiCArctic and the process of analyzing and interpreting all of the data collected on the expedition. https://t.co/Ws4O9r92oS

— Dartmouth (@dartmouth) January 6, 2021

Professor @BrendanNyhan debunks five myths about misinformation and how it spreads. #DartmouthScholars https://t.co/iYmA7baKMW

— Dartmouth (@dartmouth) January 5, 2021

There is nothing like scrolling through headlines from 2020 to drive home just how unusual the year was—and just how well the our community rose to meet unprecedented challenges, from the pandemic response to a campus visit from an ursine neighbor. https://t.co/X7YWqmrWyd

— Dartmouth (@dartmouth) January 4, 2021

Travel with us to the Arctic, where Dartmouth scientists are studying the effects of climate change and training the next generation of climate scientists: https://t.co/8dX6pf4prp #DartmouthLeads #GlobalDartmouth pic.twitter.com/TtNmYe9ShA

— Dartmouth (@dartmouth) November 1, 2018