Researcher to study, develop public ‘healing spaces’

A Cornell researcher leads a team that recently won a $585,000 national award to design, build and research public spaces for healing in the wake of disaster.

Recycling farm plastics gains momentum

For agricultural plastic recycling, Cornell's RAPP helps farmers find markets for their plastic waste.

Genome offers clues to amphibian-killing fungus

A fungus that has decimated amphibians globally is much older than previously thought, but may have recently spread through the global wildlife trade to new locations where amphibians have no immunity, reports a new study.

After 25 years, 'Story of Stuff' creator finishes her degree

Annie Leonard, environmental activist and creator of the 2007 viral hit video 'The Story of Stuff,' has completed her Cornell master’s degree following a 25-year hiatus.

Students present vision for a revamped Ithaca waterfront

Students in a landscape architecture class submitted an unusual plan for the Ithaca Inlet that has inspired the director of planning and economic development for the city of Ithaca.

New DNA cattle test beefs up dairy and meat quality

A team led by Ikhide Imumorin, Cornell assistant professor of animal genetics and genomics, is the first to apply a new, inexpensive genomics technique to cattle called genotyping-by-sequencing.

Clam fossils divulge secrets of ecologic stability

Clam fossils from the middle Devonian era – some 380 million years ago – now yield a better paleontological picture of the capacity of ecosystems to remain stable in the face of environmental change.

Event melds poetry with ecology

Historians and writers joined biologists and conservationists at an April 11 event hosted by the Cornell Roundtable on Environmental Studies Topics to discuss the connections between art and science.

Potato may help feed Ethiopia in era of climate change

Graduate student Semagn Kolech will expand sustainable farming in Ethiopia, turning it from a place where it's hard to grow sustainable crops to a place where farming flourishes.