The way conservation biologists describe a species' risk of extinction, and how the public interprets that description, can be strikingly different, according to a new study by Cornell communication scholars.
Pouring milk into vats, then brining, ripening, dipping and taking notes, more than a dozen students produced delicious cheese at Cornell's sixth Science of Cheese Making and Vat Pasteurization workshop.
In the war against MRSA, constructing single-patient rooms – rather than sick-bay style, multi-patient rooms – reduces hospital-acquired infections among patients, says new Cornell-led study.
Uma Bioseed – a Cornell student business startup formed in partnership with another Cornell startup’s technology – won $500,000 in the 43North incubator competition in Buffalo, New York, Oct. 29.
On Sept. 25 landscape architecture students transformed a parking space in Collegetown into a park for a day to promote green spaces in cities. (Sept. 25, 2009)
At the intersection of activism and academia, a climate change and clean energy panel Feb. 26 gave details of environmental urgency and impending social refinements.
Cornell has co-founded a global coalition to help preserve the world's most important ecosystems. The coalition will create new opportunities for private investment in conservation and sustainable development.
With a strong start incubating in Cornell’s entrepreneurial ecosystem, Empower Equity now offers a new kind of financing, so small- and medium-sized companies, schools and municipalities can use sustainable energy.
AguaClara, Cornell's water treatment and technology development program, has won a $50,000 cash prize in association with the 2011 Intel Environment Award. (Nov. 7, 2011)