Historic gift endows Cornell CALS Ashley School

The Department of Global Development and the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment have been combined to establish a new school: the Cornell CALS Ashley School of Global Development and the Environment.

In lab mice rehomed to fields, anxiety is reversed

When researchers "rewilded" lab mice to large, enclosed fields, even well-established anxieties in the mice disappeared. 

Hauwa Otori ’08 spreads the stories of under-resourced entrepreneurs

Hauwa Otori ‘08 is the guest on the new episode of Startup Cornell. She's the creator of the Founders International Network and host of the Building Black podcast, which shares stories about the experiences of under-resourced entrepreneurs from around the globe.

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‘Hemp house’ project kicks off new support for NYS hemp

With a $5 million investment from New York state, Cornell is building a processing hub and “service center,” where businesses can research, develop and prototype new hemp-based materials. 

US communities are getting older – and more livable

Communities tracked by AARP's Livability Index made progress becoming more age friendly, but housing affordability and health care access remain challenges.

Cornell IPM marks 40 years of protecting crops, communities

Cornell's Integrated Pest Management program is now in its fourth decade, growing from an effort to reduce pesticide use in agriculture into a statewide model for science-based, economically beneficial pest control to protect crops, public health and the environment.

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Cornell’s Employee Excellence Awards go global

More than 75 employees were honored in this year’s ceremony, representing Cornell’s Ithaca campus as well as Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City and Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar. 

Meinig Fieldhouse built to protect iconic red-tailed hawks

The crew building the fieldhouse embraced the hawks as part of daily life, even sporting stickers of Big Red on their hard hats and creating and filling a makeshift birdbath to keep them cool.

‘Good vibes’: Campus spaces support flourishing religious communities

As students express their interest in religion, faith-based organizations and the campus itself are evolving to meet their needs, including the addition of a Hindu temple in Anabel Taylor Hall.