Innovators & Impact
Scientific inquiry drives discovery, solves problems and advances our understanding of the world. Listen to conversations with the experts behind the latest research breakthroughs at Cornell University. They reveal what inspired their discoveries and what these discoveries mean for humanity. Produced by the Cornell Chronicle and Media Relations. Read more at news.cornell.edu.
Innovators & Impact
Balto and me: A love of dogs inspires a life in science
Heather Huson ’97, associate professor of animal science in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, has a personal connection to dog sledding, having raced competitively for almost 25 years throughout North America. Now she studies how genetics shapes the traits – from physiology and speed to behavior and diet – that produce the ideal working canine, including detection and seeing-eye dogs.
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