The award provides catalytic seed funding to faculty and other researchers at the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) to spur innovation and leadership, generate on-the-ground results, and ultimately deliver real-world conservation impact for wildlife and wild places.
Bird lovers are more motivated to take action to prevent birds from colliding with their windows by messages that stress the effectiveness of those measures, while emotional appeals are more persuasive for the general public, a Cornell study finds.
With support from Cornell Atkinson, graduate students mentored undergraduates to conduct summer research on methane mitigation, food security and climate forecasting.
A new study provides an example of asymmetry, a pattern found throughout biology where a pair of organs or appendages that mirror each other have different proportions and may have different functions.
Nozomi Ando, professor of chemistry and chemical biology in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been named a Schmidt Polymath, part of a global cohort of eight scientists and engineers who will each receive up to $2.5 million over five years.
Implemented by Cornell Cooperative Extension and partners, SNAP-Ed New York helped hundreds of thousands of low-income New Yorkers improve their diet and overall health every year.
In two recent papers, Cornell researchers identified seven distinct strategies commenters employ when objecting to content online, noting that reputational attacks are most common but that moral appeals are viewed more favorably.