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Students with specific interests in food safety participated in the 2014 Cornell Summer Undergraduate Research Program, including undergraduate students from Mount Holyoke College, Ithaca College, American University, Bryn Mawr College, Monmouth College, University of Hawaii, Alabama A&M University, North Carolina State University, Iowa State University, University of Michigan, and Georgia Institute of Technology.

Naa Ankrah, a chemistry major from Mount Holyoke College, is conducting research in Dr. Tako's lab at Cornell University. She is working on improving zinc and iron bioavailability in staple foods and developing countries.

Avery Becker, a biochemistry major from Ithaca College, is conducting research in Dr. Wiedmann's lab at Cornell University. His research assesses envelop stress responses by Listeria monocytogenes as regulated from its sigma factors.

Madeleine Bee, a chemistry major from American University, is conducting research in Dr. Sacks lab at Cornell University. She is determining volatile acidity in wines by measuring acetic acid using gas detection tubes.