Free online course teaches agricultural resilience

A new online course opens opportunities for scientists and agricultural development professionals to blend technical skills with the most advanced findings in social sciences.

Marker to honor Ithaca birthplace of Tuskegee Airman

Urbanist and historian Thomas J. Campanella, was researching a book when he first came across the name Verdelle Louis Payne, who was a member of the famed Tuskegee Airmen, the first African American military pilots in the U.S. Armed Forces.

Collaboration plants seeds for cultural, biological conservation

A campus partnership with the Gayogo̱hó:nǫ’ (Cayuga Nation) seeks to conserve biodiversity and simultaneously safeguard human cultural values and traditions – including language – that depend on these natural resources.

Author: World’s greatest ideas came from interdisciplinary teamwork

The collaborative nature of innovation was one of the key messages author Steven Johnson delivered during a campus visit Sept. 22, as a guest of the Milstein Program in Technology & Humanity.

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‘Visions of Dante:’ seeing the Italian poet with new eyes

The exhibition at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art explores the visual nature of the “Divine Comedy,” which has inspired scholars and artists from medieval times through today.

Partnership applies genome search engine to 7,000 grapevines

The partnership, which includes researchers at Cornell AgriTech, enables the most detailed comparisons of grape genetic traits to date.

Cornell United Way 2021 campaign begins Sept. 30

The Cornell United Way campaign, a yearly campus drive that supports United Way of Tompkins County by raising funds for community members in need, begins Sept. 30.

In wake of UN climate report, students promote resilience

From quantifying climate vulnerability in Haiti to documenting the ecological calendars of Indigenous and rural communities, Cornell student projects aim to reduce climate impacts around the world.

Applications open for community engagement grants

The David M. Einhorn Center for Community Engagement has three open grant applications to support community-engaged learning, including curricular, co-curricular, research and network-building activities.

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