Cornell Unplugged encourages mindful tech use, social connection

New event asks the community to decrease technology use, increase face-to-face interaction and consider that every AI chat, doomscroll and text message has a water, energy and carbon footprint. 

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Staff News

Environmentalist photographer kicks off A.D. White Professors-at-Large series
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Edouard Kopp named director of the Johnson Museum
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Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Dyed wool a sustainable water purification alternative
Cornell Unplugged encourages mindful tech use, social connection
Cornellians to address AI, NY energy future at Climate Week NYC
Environmentalist photographer kicks off A.D. White Professors-at-Large series
The secret lives of city insects: bringing urban ecology to the community