On Sept. 17 in San Francisco, artist Maya Lin unveiled the first component of her serial art installation on species loss, which uses sounds and videos from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. (Sept. 17, 2009)
Cornell's first comprehensive tree inventory, conducted this summer, quantifies the ecosystem services that trees provide and helps with the university's climate plan, to be unveiled Sept. 15. (Sept. 9, 2009)
Rust to Green New York State is partnering students and faculty with the people of former industrial cities to help their communities grow and become more livable, healthy and sustainable. (Sept. 2, 2010)
Cornell researchers have improved a method that can now rapidly screen hundreds of fungal species to find ones that can most efficiently produce biofuels from such nonfood sources as cornstalks. (Feb. 11, 2009)
President Skorton and CALS Dean Susan Henry made their annual visit to the New York State Fair Aug. 27, where they toured Cornell's solar house and met with Gov. David Paterson and young 4-H members. (Aug. 28, 2009)
Chris Clark discussed his state-of-the-art acoustic animations and the difficulties facing whales Feb. 21 at the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting in San Diego.
Over winter break, a Cornell team went to Botswana to help a fledgling natural-food products company that produces snacks from plants in the wild while benefiting local communities. (Jan. 14, 2009)
The tragedy surrounding the earthquake in Haiti is the result of human failure as much as natural disaster, said geology and engineering faculty members in a panel discussion Jan. 25 in Phillips Hall. (Jan. 26, 2010)
Several Cornell students are spearheading a project that has planted some 15,000 square feet of bamboo nursery in Haiti for fuel, housing, crafts and environmental restoration. (June 3, 2011)