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Concord grapes on the vine.

Engineers, plant scientists create app to predict vineyard yields

Anna Underhill calibrates a leaf disk tray in the BlackBird imaging robot.

Interdisciplinary technology helps save multibillion dollar grape crop

An architect making a note on a blue print.

Mellon grant boosts collaborative projects for equity, social justice

Cornell faculty are reaching across disciplines to tackle society’s most complex challenges and to make breakthrough discoveries. These radical collaborations—collisions of thoughts and perspectives from vastly different fields—lead to unexpected and unconventional solutions and deepen our thinking.

A RICH ENVIRONMENT FOR RADICAL COLLABORATION

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Olin Library from the Art's Quad.

Library research informs Cornell’s COVID-19 models

Cornell’s COVID-19 Modeling Team often turned to Cornell librarians when developing protocols for the return to campus, using their aid to answer rapidly evolving and important questions.

A digital rendering of a computer motherboard.

Machine learning tool sorts the nuances of quantum data

An interdisciplinary team developed a tool to parse quantum matter and make crucial distinctions in the data, helping scientists understand phenomena in the subatomic realm.

A road flooding.

Politicians in areas with most climate risk tweet about it least

A multidisciplinary study found that U.S. politicians tweet about climate change based on party affiliation and public opinion, rather than the climate risk to the areas they represent.

Farmland near Ekwendeni, Malawi.

Cornell Atkinson awards $1.8 million to fund vital collaborations

Forty faculty researchers across Cornell received seed grants to examine a wide range of topics, from agroforestry studies to sustainable seafood practices.

Radical Collaborators

Infection Biology

Immunologist Avery August focuses on immune cell responses to antigens, including potential treatments for asthma and other chronic conditions.

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Digital Agriculture

Rice geneticist Susan McCouch advances molecular breeding strategies, including the first published map of the rice genome.

Nanoscale Science

Physicist Paul McEuen focuses on the fabrication and study of nanostructures for use in electronics, optics and other fields.

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Genome Biology

Chemist Rick Cerione studies biological mechanisms involved in cell growth and differentiation, with particular emphasis on cancer progression.

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Critical Inquiry into Values, Imagination and Culture

Classicist Verity Platt examines the historiography of ancient cultures, including Greek and Roman civilizations.

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Radical Collaboration

faculty members working together

Radical collaboration: spanning disciplines and fueling new discoveries