The month of April on campus is sprinkled with more than 30 public events related to sustainability activities at Cornell, across the basic themes of energy, environment and economic development.
Cornell researchers are working hard to eradicate plum pox virus from New York as it can destroy orchards of peaches, plums and apricots. (Sept. 8, 2010)
A Cornell and Smithsonian Institution study published in PLOS-ONE has found that how sperm is collected in Asian elephants matters in preserving this endangered species.
The Cornell Waste Management Institute is educating farmers and others on the value and efficiency of composting animal carcasses rather than burying them.
A Cornell researcher leads a team that recently won a $585,000 national award to design, build and research public spaces for healing in the wake of disaster.
The School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering introduced a new course this year on renewable fuels, taught by Samir Somaiya, executive director of the Godavari Sugar Mills Ltd. in India. (May 7, 2008)
While Cornellians reported that the university’s carbon footprint strategies were working, the campus still had a long road to meet its sustainability goals by 2050.