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Wind energy can help Earth blow back climate calamity

Two Cornell professors calculate how wind energy scenarios could reduce atmospheric average temperatures by 0.3 to 0.8 degrees Celsius by the end of the century.

New residence halls save energy with eco-friendly features

Toni Morrison Hall and Ganędagǫ: Hall – two newly opened student residential buildings – were designed and built in line with Cornell’s high standards for green infrastructure, a critical component to advancing the campus goal of carbon neutrality by 2035.

Regional partnership supports UN sustainability program

The Finger Lakes Energy Compact is part of a new international initiative overseen by the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals Program. The compact will combine Cornell’s research initiatives and campus efforts in renewable energy and energy efficiency with the City of Ithaca and the Town of Ithaca’s ambitions for a Green New Deal.

Cook-Gray Lecture: women’s employment pluses

Harvard Professor Kathleen McGinn will discuss women’s employment and its effects on the next generation of women. 

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Lund fellows program supports undergrads and organic agriculture

A new summer internship enables undergraduates across disciplines to learn about organic, restorative and agroecological practices while working at diversified, small-scale farms around New York state.

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Cornell celebrates 65 years of leadership in biogeochemistry

Biogeochemistry – an interdisciplinary field that examines the elemental cycles through Earth’s air, land and water  –  is critical to understanding climate change. Learn how it found its origin at Cornell CALS more than six decades ago.

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Cornell team wins ALFRED Challenge at 2021 EAI@CVPR

A Cornell team won first place in the ALFRED Challenge  (Action Learning From Realistic Environments and Directives) at the 2021 EAI@CVPR (Embodied Artificial Intelligence workshop at the Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition). 

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Staff graduates celebrated as ‘anything but ordinary’

Celebrating in person for the first time since May 2019, this year’s 24th annual Staff Graduate Reception honored 51 Cornell staff members who earned degrees from December 2019 to May 2021 through the Employee Degree and Cornell Tuition Assistance programs.

Projects aim to manage weeds in organic fruit, hemp farming

Hemp producers and organic apple and grape growers will have evidence-based guidance on their weed management, thanks to two new USDA grants to a Cornell AgriTech researcher.

Hotel Ezra Cornell reveals HEC 97 theme

The 97th Annual Hotel Ezra Cornell honors the resilience of people, service, and hospitality education within this year’s theme: Celebrate!

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Book explores connections of Alaska’s Native and Asian peoples

In her new book, Juliana Hu Pegues explores the often overlooked connections between Alaska Native peoples and Asian American immigrants.

New technique boosts cryo-electron microscopy clarity, safety

A new study published Sept. 7 in the journal of the International Union of Crystallography demonstrates that cryo-EM samples can be prepared with a safer and less expensive coolant – liquid nitrogen – and these samples can produce even sharper images than those prepared with ethane.