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Boyce Thompson Institute welcomes Professor Sarah Evanega as the newest member of their faculty. Sarah is a science communicator whose research and outreach efforts focus on the nexus of plant science and society, and strive to ensure that plant science has positive impacts on agriculture, the environment and human health.
June 30, 2021
After playing a key role in helping keep the university calm, healthy and safe during the pandemic – and for his expertise as campus opened for the 2020-21 academic year – Frank Cantone, former director of Cornell’s Office of Emergency Management, has won the 2021 George Peter Award for Dedicated Service. Lindsay France/Cornell University
Surrounded by family and friends, Frank Cantone, center, learns he has won the 2021 George Peter Award for Dedicated Service, in a ceremony held June 29 at the atrium of the East Hill Office Building.
“I’m overwhelmed,” Cantone said June 29 in accepting the award, given by Cornell’s Employee Assembly and presented by Mary Opperman, vice president and chief human resources officer. “I am honored and a little emotional right now because of the reality of tomorrow.” Cantone retired June 30.
With the help of DNA and Egyptian tomb paintings, a long debate has been settled.
Squeezed and sliced into fresh cocktails and salads, the bright pink juicy flesh of a watermelon is an iconic summer delight.
But when it comes to understanding the exact origin of our domesticated watermelons, this is something that has puzzled scientists for a long time.
That is, until now.
Sweet and deadly
Citrullus lanatus) is part of
Citrullus, a genus that contains six other wild species, most of which can t be eaten raw due to the bitter tasting compounds cucurbitacins, which can also kill you.
Stress-Response Compound Widespread in Animals Is Found in Plants the-scientist.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from the-scientist.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.