Cornell's Homer C. Thompson Vegetable Research Farm in Freeville, N.Y., has 110 acres, including 77 research plots where faculty and students study agricultural issues. (March 16, 2011)
Cornell plans to invest up to to $46 million in energy conservation. The goal? Reducing energy use by as much as 20 percent and taking a big step toward a zero-carbon footprint. (March 10, 2011)
The Cornell Computer Reuse Association is collecting computers and software from Cornell University Library and other campus departments to send to Iraqi schools. (Dec. 3, 2008)
Traffic and parking issues were at the top of the agenda for the first open forum on sustainability at Cornell on Nov. 8. The discussion, sponsored by the University Assembly, was the first of six planned summits to focus on creating a culture of sustainability throughout campus.
This year, Maple Weekend is March 29-30, but by 2080, it could be as early as Jan. 29-30 in northern New York, say climate change experts. (March 24, 2008)
An innovative Cornell program may offer a model for interdisciplinary environmental research in an academic system where research across departments is challenging at best, according to a recent paper. (July 8, 2009)
The Eco-Fashion Team from Cornell's Office of Publications and Marketing has won prizes in this year's Green T Reuse Design Contest, an Ithaca-based project of SewGreen. (March 19, 2008)
In the pilot program, two Cornell researchers are training an environmental volunteer corps of retirees with the skills critically needed to tackle environmental threats. (Nov. 13, 2008)
Construction has begun on a state-of-the art Biofuels Research Lab that will convert perennial grasses and woody biomass into ethanol thanks to a $10 million grant awarded to Professor Larry Walker. (March 6, 2008)
Eboo Patel of the Interfaith Youth Core, an institution building the global youth movement, will present Cornell's Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Lecture in Sage Chapel, Feb. 21 at 7 p.m.