A Cornell entomologist has identified the common eastern bumblebee as the best native pollinator for pumpkins and is studying its role in other vegetables as well.
The Paleontological Research Institution and Cornell entities have been awarded a $100,000 grant from the NSF to educate the public and landowners about issues around drilling for gas in the Marcellus Shale. (May 18, 2010)
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is investing $25M in a project, hosted at Cornell, that seeks to improve cassava crops in sub-Saharan Africa. (Nov. 30, 2012)
Announcements of a new sustainability advisory committee, and student and staff sustainability awards, highlighted the annual summit of the President's Sustainable Campus Committee. (Nov. 29, 2012)
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Onondaga County has received some $317,000 of stimulus funding to provide training to 120 veterans, many with disabilities, for green jobs. (Sept. 22, 2009)
Hospitality leaders discussed how their industry can be more sustainable without compromising profits, Nov. 16 in New York City, at an event organized by the Cornell Center for Hospitality Research. (Dec. 8, 2010)
A new grant from the National Science Foundation will support 30 graduate students working in the Cornell Center for Materials Research on the development of materials to advance sustainable living. (Sept. 15, 2009)
Students will have the opportunity to learn from two new A.D. White Professors-at-Large: cultural critic Rebecca Solnit and conservationist Jeffrey McNeely, who were appointed to six-year terms. (Sept. 8, 2009)
Cornell received a Forrester Groundswell Award Nov. 19 for the globalrust.org website, which provides tools for people fighting the virulent new diseases of wheat that threaten world food security. (Nov. 29, 2010)
Some 25 student organizations and departments committed to sustainability participated in Earth Day 2010 festivities on Ho Plaza April 22. (April 23, 2010)