Warming up to a brisk idea to save building energy, the U.S. Department of Energy has awarded Cornell researchers a $3 million grant to create new clothes that integrate "air-conditioning" into undergarments.
The newly constructed addition to the Cornell Law School’s Myron Taylor Hall exceeded its burden of proof: It’s now certified LEED Platinum by the U.S. Green Building Council. The Platinum certification is the second at Cornell.
Food industry professionals, retailers and suppliers gathered to learn a veritable cornucopia of ideas and concepts at the first Cornell Food Systems Global Summit on Dec. 8.
All members of the Cornell community are asked to take such energy-conserving steps as closing laboratory fume hoods and windows, turning off office lights, and shutting down office equipment.
Passionate about strengthening sustainability, battling climate change and improving a polluted world, Cornell students met Dec. 6 to begin forming an alliance of more than three dozen campus sustainability groups.
Cornell materials scientists have invented low-toxicity, highly effective carbon-trapping “sponges” that could lead to increased use of carbon-capture technology.
Cornell has joined nearly 50 universities in a commitment to address global hunger. University leaders will sign the Presidents’ Commitment to Food and Nutrition Security Dec. 9 at the United Nations.
Celebrating its first year of research projects in India, the Tata-Cornell Agriculture and Nutrition Initiative briefed faculty and students on drinking-water system projects, research on iron nutrition for women, and a food fortification study.
Researchers argue a “science of climate diversity” will help guide researchers and public leaders and overcome a lack of ethnic and racial diversity in the climate change movement.
Making a stride toward reducing carbon emission, Cornell has agreed to purchase all electricity generated by the proposed Black Oak Wind Farm in Enfield, New York, a project which is pending municipal approvals.
