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Explore our updates on ground-breaking research, student experiences, alumni accomplishments, and other stories from around the AgQuad and beyond.

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Melanie Abreu ’23 Discovers a New World through Dyson

Melanie Abreu honed leadership and communications skills in and outside the classroom and mentored students through the Office of Diversity and Inclusion.

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Dyson Professor Ralph Christy Recognized for Achievements in Teaching and Outreach

Professor Christy was honored with the George Washington Carver Public Service Hall of Fame Award by the Professional Agricultural Workers Conference.

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Downsizing personal items can be just a snap away

A Cornell professor and her co-author learned, in a study involving hundreds of participants, that when individuals replace an item with a photo or memento, it satisfies the sense of ownership and makes downsizing easier.

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Mardiya Shardow ’23 Views Dyson as a Transformative Experience

Mardiya Shardow, who concentrated in marketing at Dyson, broadened her education at Cornell by minoring in inequality studies and creative writing.

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First Career Trek to JP Morgan and Blackstone NYC Offices for Diversity and Inclusion in Real Estate (DAIRE)

DAIRE members make first career trek to JP Morgan and Blackstone in NYC with the support of CREF

Illustration of 2 men and 1 woman examining the globe, framed by the outline of a house flanked by tools (gears, a pencil, a triangular ruler) and plants and sky with a few clouds in the background.
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Everything Everywhere All at Once

Every feature of our built environment has a relationship with climate; we can no longer separate fields of learning into rigid, prescribed pathways.

Illustration of renewable energy sources, solar panels and windmills, with tiny people on either side and a scale of justice in the foreground.
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Redressing the Balance: Equitable Approaches to Sustainable Real Estate

Sustainability in real estate is about more than energy efficiency; environmental justice for communities requires looking at a far broader picture.

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Dynamic Properties

From investment opportunities to risk protection and energy savings, climate change awareness is sparking transformation in real estate.

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Evidence-Based Crop Management for Organic Dry Bean Farming

Dyson Professor Miguel Gomez is a contributing researcher to this study focused on the sustainability and profitability of the organic dry bean industry.