Slope Day will safer and greener this year with more volunteers, water backpacks and teams of roaming scouts. But the event still needs more volunteers. (April 25, 2012)
Eight teams of Cornell undergraduates are preparing for their presentations to win this year's Big Idea competition, proposals for businesses and nonprofits. (April 11, 2012)
Cornell and the global humanitarian organization CARE will fight poverty among the world's most vulnerable populations and create solutions for global concerns, including world hunger and climate change. (April 19, 2012)
New York Sea Grant Extension at Cornell has partnered with the Great Lakes Research Consortium to broaden their outreach and resources. (April 18, 2012)
The northeastern United States enjoyed its warmest March in 118 years, beating out the previous warm-winter record set in 1945, according to Cornell Northeast Regional Climate Center. (April 13, 2012)
Scientists have developed an inexpensive, environmentally friendly way of synthesizing oxide crystal sheets, which have useful properties for electronics and alternative energy applications. (April 10, 2012)
Author Peter Matthiessen will present the 2012 Iscol Distinguished Environmental Lecture on 'Big Oil and Our First Climate Change Refugees,' April 23 at 4:30 p.m. in Statler Auditorium. (April 10, 2012)
Rick Fedrizzi, president of the U.S. Green Building Council, said green buildings safeguard the environment and treat humans with dignity; a 'retrofit revolution' should overhaul existing buildings. (April 9, 2012)
Putting livestock into forests to graze could prove to be a valuable tool for New York woodland management, and experts hope silvopasturing will appeal to farmers who could benefit from the practice. (April 9, 2012)
Five of Cornell's buildings were recognized as exemplary New York state green buildings at the 10th Annual New York State Green Building Conference in Syracuse, March 29-30. (April 2, 2012)
