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December 4, 2017

Provided Etinosa Obanor, representing global youth constituencies, addresses the high-level segment at COP23 on Nov 16 On the world stage, Etinosa Obanor ’18 minced no words Representing global youth constituencies at the high-level segment at the...

December 1, 2017

Blaine Friedlander/Cornell Chronicle From left, Khaled Hashad, Bo Yang, Max Zhang and Dan Shaw are developing a computational fluid dynamics model for the Green Heart project, to mitigate highway exhaust pollution and improve human health Cornell...

November 20, 2017

Cornell’s Institute for Nutritional Sciences, Global Health and Technology (INSiGHT) is dedicated to “applying modern technological tools to solve nutritional and global health problems” Its co-founders are Saurabh Mehta, professor of global...

November 17, 2017

Dan Klotz '89/Provided Carmen Moraru, professor of food science, speaks during a briefing in the House of Representatives Nov 2 “How can we improve the safety of the food supply” asked Cornell food scientist Carmen Moraru Moraru, professor of food...

November 14, 2017

Erwin Chemerinsky Controversial speakers and their opponents have entangled campuses across the country in fraught, sometimes violent clashes When speakers with provocative or biased viewpoints come knocking, should universities welcome them and safeguard...

November 13, 2017

Local & Regional Food Systems Strengthening Collaborations across Campus, County and Community Strengthening Connection: Who We Are To catalyze collaboration and strengthen our impact, we are taking some time to get to know our LRFS network and are sharing what we...

November 8, 2017

Provided Chris Barrett speaks at a forum hosted by the American Enterprise Institute Oct 19 in Washington, DC Congress can change the United States’ international food aid programs to save lives without increasing taxpayer costs, said Cornell expert...

November 6, 2017

Adam Shelepak ’17 during a visit to campus in late summer I grew up in Endwell, New York, a small town about 40 miles from Cornell University Though it’s a short drive from Ithaca, to me it represented a tremendous shift in worldview My freshman year...

November 3, 2017

Dave Burbank Photography From left, Christine Liu and Lavannya Pulluveetil Barrera of Cornell’s student-led Alternative Breaks program with Latonya Assanah, greenhouse manager for Harlem Grown, during a 2017 trip to New York City, where students worked...

November 1, 2017

Robert Barker/University Photography Unilever CEO Paul Polma speaks at the Robert S Hatfield Fellow in Economic Education lecture with President Martha E Pollack Oct 12 in Alice Statler Auditorium Can capitalism be sustainable, in more than one sense of...

October 31, 2017

In a statement released Oct 11, Cornell President Martha E Pollack shared the charge of the Presidential Task Force on Campus Climate and announced its co-chairs Following recent incidents on and near campus, Pollack issued an initial statement calling the...

October 30, 2017

Cornell Cooperative Extension intern Ryan Graff '20, left, stands with Michael Spiak, owner of The Fossil Stone Vineyards, Greenfield Center, New York  Stepping up to the podium at the 2017 Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) internship reception Oct 11,...