Jared Buono, executive director for Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ulster County, has been named director of the Cornell Hudson Valley Research Laboratory in Highland, New York.
Research, policies and tools related to New York state wages, job creation and employment are all addressed in the New York at Work 2022-23 report, a compilation of research and policy briefs by ILR School researchers, published Aug. 29.
Over 10 weeks, 22 teams of would-be entrepreneurs developed products ranging from multilingual children's toys to innovative greenhouse hoops for small-scale farmers.
Through the capstone course Art and Science of the Mohawk River Watershed, a group of environment and sustainability majors studied the river through the lenses of art, science and culture, deepening their understanding of a complex natural system.
Students are working with New York winemakers on a solution to a significant sustainability problem facing the wine industry: how to reuse the bottles.
The statewide program, offered in 38 counties through Cornell Cooperative Extension, teaches the responsible use of firearms, while also supporting youth development.
Alistair Hayden brings his West Coast experience in wildfires and earthquakes to help New York communities maintain health and become more disaster resilient in the face of climate change.
Farm-to-school programs, which bring healthy foods to children and support rural economic development, actually work from an economic perspective in at least one upstate New York school district, according to new Cornell research.
An analysis of beeswax in managed honeybee hives in New York finds a wide variety of pesticide, herbicide and fungicide residues, exposing current and future generations of bees to long-term toxicity.