Cornell's Integrated Pest Management program is now in its fourth decade, growing from an effort to reduce pesticide use in agriculture into a statewide model for science-based, economically beneficial pest control to protect crops, public health and the environment.
VersaWater, a Cornell-led initiative, is addressing one of the nation’s most persistent gaps in water access: the lack of reliable, affordable drinking water in small and rural communities.
Thirty student startups received Human Spirit, Beck Fellows and Cane Entrepreneurial Scholars awards this summer from Entrepreneurship at Cornell, funding that will allow students to work on their startups rather than take traditional summer positions.
The Obadikes have exhibited and performed their interdisciplinary work at The New Museum, The Studio Museum in Harlem, The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, and The Museum of Modern Art. Their projects include four books, two albums, and a series of large-scale public sound artworks.
The Center for Racial Justice and Equitable Futures at Cornell University has named five faculty fellows from across three colleges and five departments to its inaugural cohort.