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.


Borlaug Global Rust Initiative wins industry award for social network technology

Cornell received a Forrester Groundswell Award Nov. 19 for the globalrust.org website, which provides tools for people fighting the virulent new diseases of wheat that threaten world food security. (Nov. 29, 2010)

NYC Council Speaker Quinn announces new food strategy in speech at Food and Finance H.S.

In a Nov. 22 tour of the Food and Finance High School, a partner school with Cornell, Christine Quinn, speaker of the New York City Council, toured the aquaponics lab and rooftop garden. (Nov. 24, 2010)

Study: Midwest farm drainage systems partly to blame for Gulf of Mexico dead zones

The tile drainage systems in upper Mississippi farmlands - from Minnesota to across Iowa, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio - are the biggest contributors of nitrogen runoff into the Gulf of Mexico, reports a new study. (Nov. 23, 2010)

In 100 years, maple sap will flow a month earlier

With climate change, Northeast maple syrup production is expected to slightly decline by 2100, and the window for tapping trees will move earlier by about a month, reports a Cornell study.

CALS faculty, staff honored for outstanding achievements

The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences presented their annual Research and Extension Awards and new Core Value Staff Awards Nov. 8. (Nov. 10, 2010)

Cornell receives A- for sustainability in national ranking

A national ranking placed Cornell among 52 schools named as 'Overall College Sustainability Leaders' on the College Sustainability Report Card 2011. (Nov. 4, 2010)

Panelists: Policy changes, partnerships and proactive action on all levels are vital in sustainability effort

Achieving a sustainable world will require increased awareness, policy changes and an inclusive approach, said panelists in a discussion Oct. 28 in Statler Hall. (Oct. 29, 2010)

Plantations dedicates new ultra-green welcome center

The Cornell Plantations' Brian C. Nevin Welcome Center was dedicated Oct. 28, culminating a decade of building and renovation projects at the Plantations. (Oct. 29, 2010)

Historic gift creates Atkinson Center to bolster sustainability research, education, action

David R. Atkinson '60 and his wife, Patricia Atkinson, have committed $80 million to provide a permanent center on campus that will position Cornell to be a global leader in sustainability. (Oct. 28, 2010)