Research Matters returns, following ideas from the lab to real life 

The second season of Research Matters, a Cornell video podcast, drops today, with a way-too-relevant episode on why we don't always do the things we know we should.

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Locksley Edmondson, scholar of the African diaspora, dies at 92
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Second annual “Freedom Party” to celebrate joy, freedom, and learning

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How Cornell is educating the next generation of citizens about democracy

Staff News

Loeffelholz to step down as dean of School of Continuing Education
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Matt Marx named vice provost for entrepreneurship, innovation and external engagement
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Celebrating staff graduates, who balanced work and study

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Study casts doubt on carbon-removal method
Research Matters returns, following ideas from the lab to real life 
‘Wall-to-wall’ map of NYC trees could help cool cities worldwide
Life in the deep Atlantic depends on the Labrador Sea
World off-track on nearly every food system goal, latest assessment reveals