Distinguished Visiting Writer Stewart O'Nan, M.F.A. '92, talked about his craft and read selections from his forthcoming novel, 'Emily, Alone,' at a Literary Luncheon Feb. 4, his 50th birthday. (Feb. 9, 2011)
Cornell's SRI-Rice Center is helping West African countries scale-up their environmentally friendly, highly productive rice cropping methods. (Aug. 13, 2012)
Two negatives – cow manure and flies – can make a positive. Cornell animal scientists, entomologists and a business professor will examine the environmental impact and commercial potential of quickly processing dairy cow manure with fly larvae. And then using the dried larvae to feed other farm animals.
To feed the world’s burgeoning population while saving it from exhausting natural land resources, the United Nations issued a report on global land use.
The wastewater generated by “hydrofracking” could cause the release of tiny particles in soils that often strongly bind heavy metals and pollutants, exacerbating the environmental risks during accidental spills, research shows.
The Broadening Experiences in Scientific Training (BEST) program, which offers career resources about non-academic jobs, is now available to all Cornell Ph.D. students and postdocs.
A contest held by the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management’s Center for Sustainable Global Enterprise produced innovative, multi-fuel cookers for the developing world.
Paul Alivisatos, director of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and professor of nanotechnology at University of California-Berkeley, is this year's Hans A. Bethe lecturer. (Sept. 21, 2011)
The Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability is celebrating its 10th anniversary by focusing with renewed urgency on more powerful ways to translate knowledge into action.