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Collaboration brings healing, honoring garden to Akwe:kon

A new garden at Akwe:kon, established by students from the American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program and the Cornell Botanic Gardens, aims to honor Indigenous students and their connection to the land.

Architecture & Design
Food & Agriculture
Energy, Environment & Sustainability
News & Events
Inclusion and Belonging

Students use the Internet of Things to connect, inspire

From monitoring blood pressure to potholes: Professor Max Zhang's Internet of Things (IoT) course teaches students how to leverage IoT sensor technology to solve real-world problems and help the community. 

Computing & Information Sciences
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Physical Sciences & Engineering
NYS Impact
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Public Engagement

Rare drought coincided with Hittite Empire collapse

An interdisciplinary collaboration used tree ring and isotope records to pinpoint a likely culprit for the collapse of the Hittite Empire: three straight years of severe drought in an already dry period.

Arts & Humanities
Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Life Sciences & Veterinary Medicine
Physical Sciences & Engineering

Conservation survey finds native NYS pollinators at risk

A New York state survey, supported by Cornell bee experts, finds that more than half of important native pollinators may be at risk of disappearing from the state – potentially threatening crops, wildflowers and insect diversity.

Food & Agriculture
Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Life Sciences & Veterinary Medicine
News & Events

NY Lt. Gov. tour highlights sustainability, equity

New York Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado engaged with students and faculty on topics ranging from biological engineering to nutrition to 4-H programs during his first tour of the Ithaca campus on Feb. 2.

Food & Agriculture
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Law, Government & Public Policy
Life Sciences & Veterinary Medicine
Physical Sciences & Engineering
NYS Impact
New York City

Proposed NY pipeline undermines green energy goals

February 4, 2020

Robert Howarth, a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, comments on National Grid’s proposed 7.3-mile natural gas pipeline that would run through several towns in New York's Capital Region.    

Energy, Environment & Sustainability
New York State

Virtual reality farm tour expands access to urban agriculture

Cornell researchers have created the most advanced virtual reality urban farm tour ever made, an online learning experience that promises to transport urban and rural farmers to New York City’s Red Hook Farms without ever leaving home.

Computing & Information Sciences
Food & Agriculture
Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Health, Nutrition & Medicine
Life Sciences & Veterinary Medicine
NYS Impact

New Cornell variety raises grape expectations for NYS wine

Compared to its riesling parent, the new grape could have slightly improved cold hardiness, much better rot and fungal disease resistance, and similar wine quality.

Food & Agriculture
Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Life Sciences & Veterinary Medicine
NYS Impact

June launch for NASA-Cornell tool to view dust from space

Scientists soon will see Earth’s atmospheric dust in high-resolution, thanks to new spectrometer expected to launch June 7 aboard a SpaceX rocket to the International Space Station.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Global Reach
Physical Sciences & Engineering

Study digs up roles bacteria play in global carbon cycle

Cornell researchers have developed an innovative technique to track microbes and understand the various ways they process soil carbon, findings that add to our knowledge of how bacteria contribute to the global carbon cycle.

Food & Agriculture
Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Life Sciences & Veterinary Medicine