Fernando Gómez-Baquero, director of runway and spinouts at Cornell Tech, says “We have really focused on creating a system where we’re not just a university— we are a catalyst of start-up creation on steroids, basically.”
Megan Epler Wood, managing director of the sustainable tourism asset management program, notes that it can be difficult to engage mainstream tourists in conversations on sustainable tourism.
Laura Bellows, associate professor of nutritional science, explains that rather than avoiding certain foods, one can take a moderation is key approach.
Article mentions research by the Aging and Climate Change Clearinghouse that demonstrates that environmental activism supports health and wellness later in life.
Mario Herrero, professor of global development, discusses the $9 billion funding provided for the Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate, led by the United States and the United Arab Emirates.
Richard Friedman, professor of clinical psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine, wonders if a Trump reelection will result in “learned helplessness on a population-level scale.”
Coverage of a new technique to implant a thread-like device containing islet cells developed by Minglin Ma, professor of biology and civil engineering.