RFID technology repurposed for tracking birds automates data collection, requiring scientists to spend only a few hours a week tending to feeders wired with tracking technology.
By turning down temperatures and unplugging electric devices over the holidays, the Cornell campus combined to save 1,200 metric tons of carbon dioxide from getting pumped into the atmosphere.
For three days in Ithaca in August, 10 cheese judges gathered at Cornell’s Stocking Hall to discern, savor and taste 230 cheeses to determine – for 2015 – New York’s best.
Cornell will present its second Partners in Sustainability Award to the Tompkins County Climate Protection Initiative at the Tompkins County Chamber of Commerce April 29. (April 28, 2011)
The Atkinson Center is awarding more than $1.3 million in seed grants to support roughly a dozen interdisciplinary research collaborations at Cornell that address key sustainability challenges.
The Cornell Summer Session course Green Cities: Creating the Living City provides students with tools and ideas to shape the future of the ecological urban landscape.
To obtain data about shifts in avian migratory patterns, birds are being fitted with sensor-filled backpacks. A Cornell lab is developing the ultra-lightweight energy source to power those sensors using the vibrations from the birds' motion.
Lord John Krebs, a professor at Oxford University and one of Britain's leading environmentalists, will present lectures April 6, April 8 and April 11, as this year's Messenger lecturer. (April 5, 2011)