From the Living Lab: Students tackle campus trash and food waste

From donating excess dining hall food to surveying their peers' leftovers, students reduce waste and make campus more sustainable. 

Mass timber industry offers sustainable construction, high-quality jobs

The ILR School’s Climate Jobs Institute presented its primer on the how the production of mass timber can create jobs and accelerate the creation of affordable housing.

Over hill and dale, students’ Internet of Things projects benefit Finger Lakes communities

Students in a Duffield Engineering class are equipping a racing baton and a flying drone with Internet of Things technology to address challenges in and around Geneva, N.Y.

Cornell and SUNY students show $400 is enough to change lives

Funding from the 2026 SUNY Contribution Project, an initiative from the Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research, provides $400 to 200 randomly selected students to make any contribution they wish.

All Things Equal marks its 1,000th episode

To mark the 1,000th episode and the expansion of the program focus, WHCU and Cornell are rebranding the program as All Things Local, reflecting its evolution over 19 years and allowing for continued exploration of community-centered stories.

Around Cornell

Ph.D. student finds new flower in Finger Lakes forests

Actaea rhodostigma – or the pink baneberry – the first new flowering plant species identified in New York in nearly a decade.

Cornell students envision Ithaca airport as community hub

A community art gala at Ithaca Tompkins International Airport showcased Cornell student work, local artists and performances as part of a broader effort to strengthen the airport’s connection to the Ithaca community.

Around Cornell

5.5M ground nesting bees make home in Ithaca cemetery

An Ithaca cemetery is home to one of the largest and oldest recorded aggregations of ground nesting bees in the world. 

Qualcomm acquires Cornell AI software startup

Exostellar, a startup born from Cornell research, has achieved an outcome many entrepreneurs dream of – acquisition by a Fortune 500 company. Qualcomm acquired the eight-year-old company in March.