Media Relations Search

Search Media Relations

To connect with a Cornell faculty member or expert, please contact the Media Relations Office.

Talk to explore politics behind the Inflation Reduction Act

Climate policy scholar Leah Stokes will examine the political negotiations and personal stories behind the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 in the annual Distinguished Lecture in the Social Sciences, on April 23.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Law, Government & Public Policy
Social & Behavioral Sciences
News & Events

Low-cost solution to parasite, poverty at risk from possible NSF cuts

Cornell-led research linking poverty and disease – and a promising path out of both – faces an uncertain future as federal science funding comes under pressure.

Research Matters
Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship
Food & Agriculture
Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Global Reach
Health, Nutrition & Medicine
Public Engagement

Cornell expert warns of strategic backfire, as oil shock looms

March 9, 2026

Nicholas Mulder is a professor of history at Cornell University and studies the economic impacts of wars and sanctions.

Economics and Business
Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Cornell Atkinson announces $1.24M in joint EDF grants

The Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability and Environmental Defense Fund will distribute $1.24 million to 12 projects co-led by Cornell and EDF scientists for research addressing several sustainability topics.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability
News & Events

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. 

Food & Agriculture
Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Local Impact
Features
NYS Impact
Public Engagement

Animal and human waste could slash synthetic fertilizer use in US

Waste could fulfill 102% of nitrogen and 50% of phosphorus needs for the nation’s agriculture, and significant amounts could be distributed locally and sustainably. 

Food & Agriculture
Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Entrepreneurial students win awards for summer work on their startups

Thirty student startups received Human Spirit, Beck Fellows and Cane Entrepreneurial Scholars awards this summer from Entrepreneurship at Cornell, funding that will allow students to work on their startups rather than take traditional summer positions.

Artificial Intelligence
Arts & Humanities
Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship
Computing & Information Sciences
Food & Agriculture
Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Global Reach
Health, Nutrition & Medicine
Law, Government & Public Policy
Life Sciences & Veterinary Medicine
Physical Sciences & Engineering
Social & Behavioral Sciences
Around Cornell

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.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Physical Sciences & Engineering
Local Impact
Features
NYS Impact
Public Engagement

Handle with care: Soft robot gripper picks ripe fruit without bruising

Cornell researchers used stretchable fiber-optic sensors to create a soft robot gripper that can predict the ripeness of strawberries by touch, then pick them without causing any damage.

Food & Agriculture
Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Physical Sciences & Engineering

Four sperm whale strandings point to potential human causes

The whales that stranded on southeastern U.S. coastlines between 2020-22 were emaciated and malnourished, with ingested fishing gear and marine debris found in two of them. 

Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Life Sciences & Veterinary Medicine