Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Cornell is a global leader in sustainability and climate change research, teaching and engagement. Our campuses are living laboratories for developing, testing and implementing solutions that address these most challenging issues.


NSF-funded project to test cloud computing for smart grid

The team is exploring computational aspects of how to manage the changing electrical grid, or so-called 'smart grid,' which is evolving from a growing need to integrate renewable energy systems. (Sept. 23, 2011)

NYC press luncheon features expert on how climate change affects crops

At an Inside Cornell media event Sept. 20 in New York City, Professor David Wolfe reviewed how quickly the globe is warming and how New York can better prepare. (Sept. 23, 2011)

Carla Gomes named Radcliffe Institute fellow

Carla Gomes, director of the Cornell Institute for Computational Sustainability, has been selected as a fellow of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University. (Sept. 21, 2011)

First Iscol interns work with Environmental Defense Fund

With new Iscol Internships for a Sustainable Future, three rising seniors spent the summer working with the Environmental Defense Fund on projects concerning the ocean, pollution and chemical testing. (Sept. 21, 2011)

Bethe lecturer to offer creative solutions to carbon crisis

Paul Alivisatos, director of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and professor of nanotechnology at University of California-Berkeley, is this year's Hans A. Bethe lecturer. (Sept. 21, 2011)

Fast Company hails Cornell team for leadership in design

Four Cornellians are featured on the cover of the latest Fast Company magazine for their role in a growing movement at top U.S. universities to apply design knowledge to address community needs. (Sept. 20, 2011)

Appreciation of students volunteering after the Owego flood

A resident of Rochester, N.Y., writes how much he appreciated that Cornell student volunteers helped out in Owego after the recently flooding there. (Sept. 20, 2011)

Plop, plop, fizz, fizz: Alka-Seltzer found to help wine industry, with potential for construction industry, too

Cornell researchers have discovered that Alka-Seltzer tablets are perfect for keeping a disease at bay in vineyards and for protecting fermentations by monitoring residues. (Sept. 19, 2011)

Organic farm coordinator offers support from the ground up

Betsy Leonard '81 is the Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station's new organic farm coordinator - doing everything from plowing to mentoring. (Sept. 16, 2011)