Sustainability summit touts Cornell as living laboratory

Announcements of a new sustainability advisory committee, and student and staff sustainability awards, highlighted the annual summit of the President's Sustainable Campus Committee. (Nov. 29, 2012)

Bioreactors for algae-based biofuels get $900K grant

David Erickson and Largus Angenent have received a $910,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to work toward revolutionizing how biofuels are produced from algae. (Nov. 29, 2012)

Natural resources graduate students earn EPA fellowships

Graduate students Darrick Nighthawk Evensen, M.S. '11, and Christine Moskell, M.S. '12, have received $126,000 research fellowships from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (Nov. 28, 2012)

Extension educators honored for excellence

Great Lakes coastal issue educators Helen Domske and David MacNeill have been honored for excellence by the Great Lakes Sea Grant Extension Network. (Nov. 15, 2012)

MBA student honored for dedication to renewable energy

For his commitment to renewable energy, Cornell MBA student Robert Collier has won the 2013 OneEnergy Scholars Award. (Nov. 14, 2012)

Students promote sustainability on cross-country bus tour

Messages on making schools safer and healthier are going coast to coast starting Nov. 5, when Cornell students began a cross-country bus tour conducting outreach projects along the way. (Nov. 5, 2012)

Franzen on e-books, suspense and the environment

Award-winning author Jonathan Franzen gave a reading and talked to undergraduates and graduate students Nov. 1-2 while on campus. (Nov. 5, 2012)

Materials scientists make additive-free battery electrodes with nanoparticles

Materials scientists have developed a simple, robust way to fabricate carbon-free and polymer-free, lightweight colloidal films for lithium-ion battery electrodes. (Oct. 30, 2012)

Cornellians plan historic gardens for Harriet Tubman home

Cornell students, staff and faculty are working on designs for historic gardens at the Harriet Tubman home in Auburn, N.Y. (Oct. 26, 2012)