Torres trains international veterinarians with USDA

Veterinarian Alfonso Torres is co-leading the charge to increase the number of veterinarians around the world who are familiar with animal diseases that could threaten the health of livestock and poultry globally.

Waste not: Student aims to get more out of manure

Ph.D. student Leliah Krounb is studying how to turn human waste into soil nutrients in Kenya by using pyrolysis – thermal combustion in the absence of oxygen.

Ravi Kanbur's new book tackles India's 'challenges'

The Dyson School’s Ravi Kanbur is a co-editor and author of the newly published “Urbanization in India: Challenges, Opportunities and the Way Forward.”

Students scale Mount Kilimanjaro to fund surgeries

Students in the Cornell founded group Mountains for Moms climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania to raise funds and awareness of obstetric fistula.

Veterinary student studies raw Amazonian meat

Cornell veterinary student Emily Aston ’15 went into the heart of the Amazon to conduct the most remote study to date of the foodborne and waterborne pathogen Toxoplasma gondii.

Cornell junior brings change home to Nigeria

Kelechi Umoga ’15 spent this past summer leading the construction of a health care clinic in the Jeida village of Abuja, Nigeria.

U.N. report sounds alarm on farming land-use crisis

To feed the world’s burgeoning population while saving it from exhausting natural land resources, the United Nations issued a report on global land use.

Cook stove designs aid developing nations

A contest held by the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management’s Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise produced innovative, multi-fuel cookers for the developing world.

Satellite tags, fishing data reveal turtle danger zones

A study using satellite transmitters on tagged leatherback turtles predicts possible fishing bycatch danger zones in the Pacific Ocean.