‘Braiding Sweetgrass’ author to visit campus Nov. 1

Ecologist, MacArthur “genius grant” winner and bestselling author Robin Wall Kimmerer, who has written about Indigenous people’s relationship with the land, will visit campus on Nov. 1

Turner named director of Cornell Cooperative Extension

Andrew Turner ’88, M.P.S. ’93, has been appointed director of Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) and associate dean for the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) and the College of Human Ecology (CHE).

Grow-NY Summit to spotlight transformative technology

The fifth annual Grow-NY Summit will convene food and ag startups and industry players Nov. 14-15 at the Holiday Inn Binghamton Downtown, spotlighting the innovative technologies being developed locally and their impact that spans beyond the region.

Students hope to help NYS wine industry reuse bottles

Students are working with New York winemakers on a solution to a significant sustainability problem facing the wine industry: how to reuse the bottles.

$4.2M grant funds Cornell AES work to better lives in NYS

Cornell AES administers annual federal funding that supports research to improve lives and livelihoods in New York state.

Students from all majors invited to mathematical modeling contest

The annual competition, slated for Nov. 10-13, allows students to work on open-ended real world problems, showcasing the multifaceted nature of applied mathematics. 

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Field-based art class boosts green consciousness

For Cornell students studying environmental science, creating art with naturally dyed yarn, soil paintings to depict climate change and woodcuts featuring poetry brought ecology into focus.

$7.3M grant to expand wheat pathogen surveillance

One of the world’s largest crop pathogen surveillance systems is set to expand its capacity to protect wheat productivity in food vulnerable areas of East Africa and South Asia.

Student hackathons focus on food, ag, animals, health and business services

The hackathons, run by Entrepreneurship at Cornell, are open to undergraduate and graduate students from any field and major and take place from Friday evenings through Sunday afternoon.

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