Dr Alistair Hayden, assistant professor of practice in the Department of Public and Ecosystem Health, and a former division chief at the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services, has authored a policy memo on incorporating smoke waves into disaster policy...
Dr Kathryn Fiorella, Assistant Professor in the Department of Public and Ecosystem Health, researches how changes in the environment affect the well-being, economic stability, and food security of communities One area where all those concerns intersect are global...
One year since Dead & Company’s show at Barton Hall, proceeds from the fundraiser are generating momentum for faculty-led climate research-to-impact efforts, and now the Climate Solutions Fund is announcing its inaugural grant recipients “The Climate...
In the vacant former Ulta Beauty space at The Shops at Ithaca Mall, eye-catching displays on a recent Saturday featured not cosmetics but brightly colored sticky notes, magic marker drawings, file cards, masking tape, yarn, pipe cleaners and Play-Doh Equipped with...
As FAS gets ready to officially kick off its Day One 2025 effort and looks back to the origins of Day One, it’s essential to also recognize the important policy innovations our community surfaced after that initial tranche of memos It’s also useful to reflect on...
African swine fever (ASF) is a viral hemorrhagic disease that has spread globally and killed more than half the world’s population of pigs since 2007 A new paper by researchers at Cornell and Makerere University in Uganda confirms that a species of ticks is...
The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments Monday on whether laws limiting homelessness are unconstitutional because they punish people for being unhoused The case is about laws in a small city in Oregon, but the outcome could reshape policies nationwide for years to...
A sketchy online report from neurologists at the University of Texas Health Science Center, in the journal Neurology, is getting attention and causing confusion about the human health implications of chronic wasting disease in deer Caution and accuracy are critical...
What does Christoph Winkler’s Environmental Dance Challenge have in common with the Hulu adaptation of Beth Macy’s Dopesick, and poet Joy Harjo’s “Honoring” They’re all works that Moseley has integrated into her courses, research, and practice The goal...
A challenge brought by Grants Pass, a small rural city in southern Oregon, is the most significant case in decades before the US Supreme Court about homelessness The case could upend how cities interact with people living in the streets (AP Video by Claire Rush, Manuel...
Recent global events have underscored a pressing truth: our ever-expanding interactions with the natural world can lead to unforeseen health challenges At the juncture of urban development, climate change and health concerns, the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic raised...
