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.


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)

Research shows promise for controlling destructive alfalfa snout beetle

A pilot project developed at Cornell is proving effective in combating the destructive alfalfa snout beetle in northern New York. (Sept. 14, 2011)

Optofluidics could change energy field, say engineers

Optofluidics is on the cusp of improving such green technologies as solar-powered bioreactors, say Cornell researchers. (Sept. 12, 2011)

Free talks address environment issues, from local to global

Free lectures about sustainability issues are slated for Mondays, 7:30 to 9 p.m. at 155 Olin Hall. The first talk focused on the importance of reducing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. (Sept. 6, 2011)