Domestic production of photovoltaic solar panels – now made in Asia – can speed up decarbonization and reduce atmospheric climate change faster, according to new Cornell Engineering research.
A new course on global textile and apparel sustainability attracts students from across the university and immerses students in the real-life, contemporary challenges of sustainability in the fashion industry. The course was structured to address the connection of fashion to the 17 sustainability goals outlined by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs.
Eight projects have been selected from the Fall 2023 application cycle to receive Ignite Innovation Acceleration grants. The grants are designed to help project teams pursue licensing, form startups, and forge industry collaborations.
A newly launched book club will explore resources and dialogue in small campus discussion groups to explore issues like climate change, environmental injustice, consumerism, and sustainability.
Cornell doctoral candidate Bethany Jorgensen co-authored the 2022 Lanzarote Declaration – a synthesized wish list of action in anticipation of a U.N. treaty on global plastic pollution in 2024.
Eilyan Bitar, professor of electrical and computing engineering, and Arthur Wheaton, transportation industries expert and director of labor studies, comment on newly announced grants from the Biden administration, awarded to school districts, to purchase electric school buses.
Birds attracted by the glow of artificial light at night are drawn into areas where they are also exposed to higher concentrations of airborne toxic chemicals, according to a study from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
Forte Protein – a new Cornell startup that grows commercial animal proteins inside agricultural plants – has joined the university’s Center for Life Science Ventures business incubator.
A new summer internship enables undergraduates across disciplines to learn about organic, restorative and agroecological practices while working at diversified, small-scale farms around New York state.
