Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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Seguin and Lassoie named 2015 Kaplan Faculty Fellows

Professors Rebecca Seguin and James Lassoie were named 2015 Kaplan Family Distinguished Faculty Fellows in Service-Learning April 21.

Students present their research at 30th CURB forum

Studying everything from potential medicine to the aromatic properties of popular beverages, about 120 undergraduates put project posters on display April 22 at the 30th Annual Spring Research Forum.

Social sciences, arts, humanities focus of Atkinson Center pilot

Cornell University’s Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future has selected 11 faculty for the pilot class of its new Fellowship for Humanities, Social Sciences and Arts.

Ted Danson uses celebrity to fight for healthy oceans

Actor and environmental activist Ted Danson delivered the 2015 Jill and Ken Iscol Distinguished Environmental Lecture “Fish Tales: How Ocean Conservation Became My Passion” on campus April 20.

Jack Elliott connects nature, classical art in new exhibition

Artist and design professor Jack Elliott's new installation at the College of Human Ecology features classical plaster casts, new works of sculpture and the remains of a 150-year-old tree.

Services are April 18 for Verne Rockcastle, science educator

Science educator Verne N. Rockcastle, a member of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences faculty since 1956, died April 5 in Ithaca; He was 95. A memorial service will be April 18 at Kendal.

Ted Danson to deliver Iscol Lecture April 20

Actor and environmental activist Ted Danson will deliver the Iscol Distinguished Environmental Lecture, “Fish Tales: How Ocean Conservation Became My Passion,” Monday, April 20 at 5 p.m.

Cornell to offer two classes with Congolese university

Cornell University will partner with the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Eben-Ezer University of Minembwe to offer two virtual courses, one on peace building and another on African disease patterns.

Students, teachers unite in India for science literacy

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.