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Biogas can help the world cook sustainably, professor tells COP28

While more than 2 billion people in developing countries still cook with traditional fuels that yield greenhouse gas, a Cornell professor advised COP28 to support small-scale biogas.

Shaoyi Jiang elected to National Academy of Inventors

Shaoyi Jiang, Ph.D. ’93, the Robert Langer ’70 Family and Friends Professor in Cornell’s Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering, has been elected a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors for his pioneering work with zwitterionic materials.

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Brooks School students bring fresh perspectives to APPAM conference

Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (AAPAM) travel fellowship helps doctoral students build national peer networks.

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Scanner data can help NYS farmers boost market sales

Cornell researchers partnered with 10 New York state livestock farmers using devices that record sales and process credit card payments and analyzed market transactions to better understand customer behavior and help farmers increase their profits at farmers markets.

Exploring girlhoods, Black scholars connect, imagine and heal

A new working group, co-founded by Cornell faculty, invites a community of Black scholars, educators and activists to reflect on their girlhoods – all in order to better serve the Black girls with whom they work.

Self-portraits give voice to vulnerable Cambodian fishing communities

A new study, which brought together Cornell researchers, Cambodian fishers and Cambodian researchers, had study participants take photos that researchers then use to facilitate interviews and group discussions during which the subjects share their life experiences and perspectives.

Animals, disasters, love: Book traces nonhuman voices in literature

Laura Brown's research looks beyond “the singular, autonomous, rational, human protagonist" to find that many other-than-human presences appear in literature – with a lot to say to readers.

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Embrace lifelong learning, Pollack tells December grads

Cornell honored more than 600 graduates at the December Recognition Ceremony, held Dec. 17 in Barton Hall.

The Inclusive Excellence Podcast: Dialoguing through differences with IDP

In this episode of the Inclusive Excellence Podcast, Erin Sember-Chase and Toral Patel are joined by Rachel Sumner and Stephen Kim, colleagues with the Intergroup Dialogue Project (IDP) at Cornell, for a conversation about the project and how it has influenced communicating across differences for over a decade at the university.

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Giant bacterium powers itself with unique processes

Cornell researchers and colleagues have for the first time described the near-complete genome of a rare bacterium so large it’s visible to the naked eye. The bacteria, which they’ve named Epulopiscium viviparus, lives symbiotically within some tropical marine surgeonfish.

Cornell’s ’24-25 Schwarzman Scholars named

Jessica Hong ’20, Henley Schulz ’22 and Andrew Talone ’24 are members of the 2024-25 cohort of Schwarzman Scholars, an international program that nurtures a network of future global leaders.

Little bacterium may make big impact on rare-earth processing

A hard-working bacterium may soon have a large influence on processing rare-earth elements that help run smartphones, electric cars and wind turbines in an eco-friendly way.