To ease the transition to remote learning, Cornell University Library in early April began loaning out laptops to students who need them; the loans are for the spring semester, with the possibility of renewal.
Rural counties in upstate New York are likely to be the state’s most vulnerable to a COVID-19 outbreak that could strain local health care infrastructure, according to an analysis by Cornell demographers.
The Genomic and Open-source Breeding Informatics Initiative, operating under an $18.5 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is working to develop new plant-breeding tools and genomic databases.
In a special climate change issue of the Review of Financial Studies, nine new research papers – including two from Cornell – have staked new territory for scholarly study: finance sustainability.
A research tracker created by Nathan Matias, assistant professor of communication, has helped foster collaboration among social scientists responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dogs have highly sensitive noses, a trait environmental conservationists, land managers and plant disease specialists are harnessing to sniff out invasive species.
Applications are now open for Year 2 of Grow-NY, the food and agriculture business competition administered by Cornell's Center for Regional Economic Advancement and funded by Empire State Development.