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)
A self-reinforcing cycle connecting depleted soils and rural farmers may be one answer why Sub-Saharan Africa is home to most of the world's extreme poor, say Cornell researchers.
To fend off climate change and help to sustain the Earth, this is a slam dunk: Cornell Athletics has begun to install new LED lights at all campus sports facilities, including Lynah Rink and Newman Arena.
Cornell experts issued a report this week outlining the opportunities and challenges facing the state's farmers and food producers as emerging digital technologies shape the agricultural industry.
Cornell Alliance for Science Global Leadership Fellows soon will return home to 10 countries, taking with them a set of communication tools to contribute to local policy debates on ag technology and food security.
Students in a Mellon collaborative studies seminar in architecture, urbanism and the humanities spent eight days in Cuba this semester to study the island's changing politics and environment.
Professor Norman Uphoff discussed the System of Rice Intensification April 5 at the closing session of Cambodia's fourth annual national farmers conference in Phnom Penh.
Bill Nye '77, known to a generation as "The Science Guy," celebrated his 40th class reunion by giving a talk in Bailey Hall titled, "Everything All At Once: How Cornellians Will Save The World."
Two hundred teens and preteens from 16 school districts in southeastern New York learned how to decrease their schools’ environmental impact at the Catskills Youth Climate Change Summit March 11.