Across the world, harvest celebrations are one of the most common human traditions. Though they vary in mythology and performance, they are united in their celebration of plentiful harvests, and the health and peace that abundant food helps provide to communities.
Greeshma Gadikota, director of the Sustainable Energy and Resource Recovery Group at Cornell University’s College of Engineering, comments on the discovery of lithium reserves in Arkansas and the role of emergent tech in sustainably extracting the element.
Students can win up to $1,500 for projects that combine art and technology in the inaugural Art + Tech exhibit hosted by The Milstein Program in Technology and Humanity.
Art Wheaton serves as director of labor studies at Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations and says EV’s are a “double-edged sword” in a disaster
International environmental law and policy expert, Allison Chatrchyan, comments on what the election of Donald Trump means for global efforts to address climate change.
Chloe Ahmann, assistant professor of anthropology in the College of Arts and Sciences, is helping local organizers in their quest for environmental justice — and bringing her students along. For this work, Ahmann was named recipient of this year’s Kaplan Family Distinguished Faculty Fellowship.
Researchers in the College of Human Ecology have developed a design and fabrication approach that treats plants as companions to humans, with seeds woven into hydrogel material for apparel and other applications.