Jeff Tester, Croll Professor of Sustainable Energy Systems at Cornell, received the Special Achievement Award of the Geothermal Resources Council Oct. 26 in San Diego. (Oct. 28, 2011)
Cornell University's Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future and Environmental Defense Fund announced four new research projects addressing pressing health and environmental issues Nov. 9. The projects mark the official launch of a new partnership between the two institutions.
Toby Ault presented a Reunion Weekend lecture on extreme weather and its impacts on agriculture, held in conjunction with a Mann Library exhibit showcasing collaborations between the Cornell Climate Smart Farming Program and New York state farmers.
Juan Hinestroza and his students live in a cotton-soft nano world, where they create clothing that kills bacteria, conducts electricity, wards off malaria, captures harmful gas and weaves transistors into shirts and dresses.
Treijon Johnson ’17 and Margo Hittleman ’81, Ph.D. ’07, discussing parallels between cultural diversity and biodiversity at the Ideas for a Better World: Sustainability Workshop Series Oct. 29.
As the shale gas boom continues, the atmosphere receives more methane, adding to Earth’s greenhouse gas problem. A Cornell ecology professor fears that we may not be many years away from an environmental tipping point – and disaster.
A a $4.9 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will enable Cornell University Library to expand a database of scientific knowledge in the developing world.
María Pacheco, M.P.S. ’90, a Fulbright scholar, consultant to the United Nations Foundation, founded Wakami, a company changing the way craftspeople enter the international market.