Author Michael Pollan described his journey as a writer about food and nature, beginning with his first book about gardening, April 27 in the Jill and Ken Iscol Distinguished Environmental Lecture.
A collaboration of researchers from engineering and fiber science has yielded a promising new polymer that could change the way textiles achieve oleophobicity, the ability to repel oils.
Academic experts and industry insiders will gather at Cornell on Dec. 8 for a global summit to discuss new approaches to emerging food system challenges.
Michael Willis, Cornell earth and atmospheric sciences research associate, has been named to the ArcticDEM scientific team that will – for the first time – create high-resolution topographical Arctic maps.
As the university remains at a second-stage drought level, Cornell Dining has developed a new recipe to curtail water use. The effort is paying off, while the system saves 30,000 gallons on water each day.
A proposal to develop a portable, affordable turbidimeter, a tool for measuring water quality, has won a $90,000 grant from the Environmental Protection Agency’s People, Prosperity and the Planet student design competition.