Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Cornell is a global leader in sustainability and climate change research, teaching and engagement. Our campuses are living laboratories for developing, testing and implementing solutions that address these most challenging issues.


Cornell partners on 4-H National Youth Science Day

On 4-H National Youth Science Day Oct. 5, young people nationwide will undertake an interactive engineering design challenge created by Cornell Cooperative Extension and the National 4-H Council.

Cornell receives $500K USDA grant to curb food waste

Each year $160 billion worth of wasted food ends up in America's landfills. A Cornell economist has received a two-year, $500,000 USDA grant to get consumers and food distributors to squander less.

New state pollinator protection plan announced at Cornell

State and Cornell officials announced recommendations of the New York State Pollinator Task Force at a June 24 event in Varna, New York.

Scientists to examine spread of disease in bees with NIH grant

A team led by Cornell researchers has received a five-year, $2.2 million National Institutes of Health grant to better understand how pathogens that infect bees and other pollinators are spread.

Big data experts to share green ideas at World Economic Forum

Faculty members Harold van Es, Carla Gomes and Joshua Woodard will present their innovative research at the intersection of computation, food and sustainability at the World Economic Forum June 26-28 in Tianjin, China.

Tokyo's urban cap-and-trade program soars past goals

Cornell and Tokyo governmental researchers have found the city's cap-and-trade program achieved more than a 20 percent reduction in emissions.

'Global City Sampling Day' launches Weill antimicrobial study

Spanning six continents, 32 countries and 54 cities, more than 12,000 samples of DNA, RNA and microbes from surfaces in subways, buses, airports and other well-traveled public meeting spaces were collected June 21.

NIH provides $2.3M grant for FeverPhone development

The National Institutes of Health's National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering has awarded Cornell a four-year, $2.3 million grant to develop FeverPhone, which will diagnose six febrile diseases in the field.

Cornell to launch new Master of Public Health program

Starting in the fall 2017 semester, Cornell University will offer a Master of Public Health degree with a focus on epidemiology, infectious disease, food systems and sustainability.