One Health
In an increasingly interconnected world, sustainability challenges require collaborative, holistic approaches, Cornell University experts said at a conference in Hong Kong April 6-7 The university, they said, is prepared to play a central role in that...
For breeders of cassava, a staple food for hundreds of millions in the tropics, producing improved varieties has been getting harder over time A team at Cornell used genomic analysis of cassava varieties and wild relatives to make a diagnosis: Mutations have...
A new partnership between the Cornell Institute for Translational Research on Aging and The Nature Conservancy is responding to two critical trends in society today – mounting concern about environmental sustainability and an aging population.
College of Human Ecology faculty and student efforts to develop sustainable approaches to textile and fashion design has led to the development of the Cornell Natural Dye Garden after a successful crowdfunding campaign that ended in fall 2016 The project raised...
Eighteen graduate and professional students traveled from the Ithaca campus and Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City to Capitol Hill for Cornell Advocacy Day April 5 Students met with members of Congress and their staffs to discuss science policy, graduate...
A collection of Arts Quad trees now sport price tags, but they’re not for sale The tags highlight the dollar value of the ecosystem services the trees provide, including energy savings, intercepting storm water runoff, air quality improvements and greenhouse...
They say you are what you eat But that may not be true for vegetarians A Cornell undergraduate and his academic adviser have come up with a new way to think about vegetarians And it’s not just about what’s on their plates The new theory proposes that...
Senior Adam Shelepak has been named the 2017 winner of the Cornell University Relations’ Campus-Community Leadership Award The annual honor is presented to a graduating senior who has shown exceptional town-gown leadership and innovation Among his many...
State officials are embracing industrial hemp as a lucrative addition to New York agriculture as regulations are relaxed around a versatile plant with the potential to thrive in the state Gov Andrew M Cuomo convened the first-ever Industrial Hemp Summit on...
Lab of Ornithology Cornell University scientist Amanda Rodewald and economist Juan Nicolás Hernandez-Aguilera are collaborating on a project to look at the ecological and socio-economic aspects of sustainable coffee The traditional approach to environmental...
More than 200 alumni are expected to return to campus – along with a few humanoid robots – for Entrepreneurship at Cornell’s Celebration conference, April 27-28 Keynote speaker for the event will be Rodolphe Gelin, chief scientific officer of SoftBank Robotics...