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University leaders, alumni meet at annual forum in Shanghai

Cornell leaders traveled across China and Asia in early November to connect with alumni, deepen partnerships, celebrate academic milestones, and engage in discussions on a wide range of global challenges. The multistop trip included the sixth annual Cornell-China Forum in Shanghai.

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What’s old is new: customizable system for sustainable cooling

Researchers in Cornell’s Matter of Tech Lab have developed CeraPiper, a fabrication system that creates customized sizes and shapes of ceramic pipes that can be fitted together and filled with water for environmentally friendly evaporative cooling.

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Cornell showcases a decade of impact through new community-engaged learning video series

The David M. Einhorn Center for Community Engagement has released a new video series highlighting a decade of progress and impact in community-engaged learning across the university.

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Methane emissions continue to be major driver of global warming

October 22, 2025

Robert Howarth, a professor of ecology and environmental biology at Cornell University, comments on the latest UN report on methane emissions.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Cornell CALS welcomes 20 new faculty

The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences welcomed 20 new faculty this fall.

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New research initiative to advance finance and insurance solutions that promote U.S. farmer resilience

The new initiative will support finance and insurance innovations that provide producers and agribusinesses with science-based strategies that strengthen soil health, improve water use efficiency, and build farmer resiliency to extreme weather events.  

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Historic gift endows Cornell CALS Ashley School

The Department of Global Development and the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment have been combined to establish a new school: the Cornell CALS Ashley School of Global Development and the Environment.

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A cleaner, less toxic way of making a staple chemical

Hydrogen peroxide plays a key role in paper bleaching, wastewater treatment and electronics manufacturing, and it can be made in an entirely new way.

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Soil molecular diversity spikes as microbes decompose plants

As soil microbes break down plant residues, they produce a diverse set of molecules, but this diversity starts to fall after the initial phase of decomposition (roughly 32 days). Understanding how soils retain or emit carbon dioxide during this process may inform climate change resilience efforts.

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Congestion pricing improved air quality in NYC and suburbs

Cornell researchers tallied the environmental benefits of New York City’s congestion pricing program and found air pollution dropped by 22% in Manhattan, with additional declines across the city’s five boroughs and surrounding suburbs.

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