Krishna Ramanujan

3 weeks ago | news.cornell.edu | Krishna Ramanujan

Conventional wisdom is that U.S. farmers are aging. One-third are over the age of 65, they have a median age of 58 years old, and they constitute the nation’s oldest workforce, which threatens long-term viability of food and fiber in the country. However, a number of nuances explain why active farmers are older, said Chris Wolf, the E.V. Baker Professor of Agricultural Economics in the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, part of Cornell SC Johnson College of Business.

3 weeks ago | news.cornell.edu | Krishna Ramanujan

Laura Goodman was close to finalizing a prototype of a new test that can detect any tick-borne disease. Unlike some current tests, it could provide results even before symptoms occur – and even for unknown diseases.

3 weeks ago | phys.org | Krishna Ramanujan |Lisa Lock |Robert Egan

To satisfy the seafood needs of billions of people, offering them access to a more biodiverse array of fish creates opportunities to mix-and-match species to obtain better nutrition from smaller portions of fish.

3 weeks ago | news.cornell.edu | Krishna Ramanujan

To satisfy the seafood needs of billions of people, offering them access to a more biodiverse array of fish creates opportunities to mix-and-match species to obtain better nutrition from smaller portions of fish. The right combination of certain species can provide up to 60% more nutrients than if someone ate the same quantity of even a highly nutritious species, according to a global analysis of fisheries published May 27 in Nature Sustainability.

3 weeks ago | news.cornell.edu | Krishna Ramanujan

Thomas A. Lewis, dean of Brown University’s Graduate School, has been named the next dean of Cornell’s Graduate School and vice provost for graduate education, Provost Kavita Bala announced June 3. The Cornell Board of Trustees Executive Committee voted on June 2 to approve the five-year appointment, effective Aug. 1. Lewis succeeds Kathryn Boor ’80, the current dean and vice provost.