As part of the Cornell GK-12 Grass Roots program, four Cornell graduate students and two local teachers traveled to India to exchange best practices in science education with Indian schoolteachers.
Students in Cornell's Soil and Water Lab have found that the amount of road salt in winter and spring runoff that flushes into streams is of near-oceanic salinity levels.
Weill Cornell Medical College's state-of-the-art Belfer Research Building has achieved LEED Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council for its sustainable design and green construction.
A Cornell study offers a comprehensive reimagining of the power grid that involves the coordinated integration of small-scale distributed energy resources.
In the war against ebola, Cornell University and two partners will rethink, reimagine and re-engineer protective suits for health care workers on the front line.
The university has pledged $400,000 toward the project, which will improve wellness and life safety for Cornell community members who bike, walk, run or drive along Pine Tree Road.
A free six-week online course called “EECapacity for Public Garden Educators," co-hosted by Cornell, helps public garden educators transform their natural assets into community resources.
The System of Rice Intensification, a method of growing rice that enhances crop yields and is resilient to climate change, won the international Olam Prize for Innovation in Food Security.
A Cornell research team is joining local efforts to help design a socio-ecological corridor that could help save endangered, threatened, endemic species in Ecuador's Andes region.