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Native bees are better pollinators, more plentiful than honeybees, finds entomologist

Native bees are better pollinators and more plentiful than honeybees, finds entomologist Bryan Danforth, who is involved in two big projects to further study native bee populations.

Law School to host international water conference Nov. 4-6

Cornell Law School will host a three-day conference Nov. 4-6 to examine the growing water shortage crisis in the Mediterranean basin. (Oct. 24, 2011)

Cornell's planned NYC Tech Campus drives for a sustainable 'net-zero energy' core

The proposed New York City Tech Campus on Roosevelt Island will utilize solar and geothermal power to harvest as much energy as it consumes. In the parlance of energy experts, it will be 'net-zero energy.' (Oct. 24, 2011)

On sustainability forefront, CU is showing how it can be done, say panelists

Cornell demonstrates 'a way forward' in sustainability, said panelists at a discussion Oct. 21 during Trustee-Council Weekend. (Oct. 21, 2011)

From red planet to deep blue sea: Astronomer Squyres becomes NASA aquanaut

Astronomer Steven Squyres, who helped lead the Rover missions to Mars, is one of six crew members on a 13-day undersea NASA training mission off Key Largo to simulate an asteroid mission. (Oct. 20, 2011)

Center for Transformative Action celebrates 40 years as catalyst for social change

The Center for Transformative Action is celebrating its 40th anniversary as an incubator of social change. (Oct. 19, 2011)

Kiln to make rural Kenyan village energy self-sufficient with agricultural boon

With the first continuous slow pyrolysis unit built at a U.S. university, a research team are on the cusp of harnessing the power of organic material to fuel an entire village in Kenya. (Oct. 18, 2011)

Researchers attack a stinker of a pest; iPhone users can help track the invader

Researchers have received almost half a million dollars to fight the invasive brown marmorated stink bug, which has the potential to destroy New York's crops.

Dean addresses Colombian government, business leaders

Dean Kathryn Boor talked about global agriculture in a keynote address, Oct. 6; she shared the stage with Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and former U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers. (Oct. 17, 2011)

Study: Community workforce agreements expand economic opportunity

Community workforce agreements have expanded job opportunities for returning veterans, women and minorities, according to ILR research. (Oct. 10, 2011)

NYT reporter describes how deep he has to drill to cover natural gas boom

Ian Urbina, reporter for The New York Times, says he finds difficult-to-obtain documents, which readers can view, to support his stories on the natural gas drilling boom. (Oct. 7, 2011)

Managing nutrient runoff is key to reducing certain toxic aquatic blooms, researchers say

Local efforts to control nutrient runoff could stave off toxic cyanobacterial blooms around the world despite a warming climate, according to a Cornell researcher's article in Science magazine. (Oct. 6, 2011)