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When researchers "rewilded" lab mice to large, enclosed fields, even well-established anxieties in the mice disappeared.

Hauwa Otori ‘08 is the guest on the new episode of Startup Cornell. She's the creator of the Founders International Network and host of the Building Black podcast, which shares stories about the experiences of under-resourced entrepreneurs from...

Christmas tree farming is more than a holiday tradition in New York; it’s a vital part of the state’s economy. Spanning more than 22,000 acres and generating up to $22 million in annual sales, the industry delivers festive cheer while sustaining...

With a $5 million investment from New York state, Cornell is building a processing hub and “service center,” where businesses can research, develop and prototype new hemp-based materials.

December 10, 2025 Conferences & Lectures Graduate student Emma Cox presented her research titled “Expanding the Risk Convergence Model: Distinguishing Character-Driven and Plot-Driven Forms of Engagement as Explanations for Risk Perceptions” at...

Sol Lisboa, Rebecca Schneider, Lars Rudstam and Todd Walter published a paper on the phosphorus budget of Oneida Lake, and the sources of P into the lake over the summer months. This was based on Lisboa’s PhD work on Oneida Lake. They found that...

Communities tracked by AARP's Livability Index made progress becoming more age friendly, but housing affordability and health care access remain challenges.

Alex Koeberle defended his thesis “POPULATION ECOLOGY OF ALEWIFE AND CISCO IN LAKE ECOSYSTEMS” and is now Dr. Alex Koeberle. Dr. Koeberle worked in two New York lakes – Keuka Lake and Otsego Lake – where the alewife population had declined...

More than 75 employees were honored in this year’s ceremony, representing Cornell’s Ithaca campus as well as Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City and Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar.

December 3, 2025 Awards Assistant Professor Monica Cornejo et al., received the Top Paper Award in the Interpersonal Communication Division from the National Communication Association. Their paper, titled “Exploring the Effects and Content of...

Established by the New York State Legislature in 1985, Cornell IPM has reduced high-risk pesticide use through science-based strategies like predictive mapping and targeted scouting. Over time, the program has expanded beyond agriculture to...

The crew building the fieldhouse embraced the hawks as part of daily life, even sporting stickers of Big Red on their hard hats and creating and filling a makeshift birdbath to keep them cool.

Hydrogen peroxide plays a key role in paper bleaching, wastewater treatment and electronics manufacturing, and it can be made in an entirely new way.

The push for sustainability metrics for the dairy industry is ever growing. This includes metrics for air and water quality, water use, and most recently above-ground biodiversity. We sat down with members of the Nutrient Management Spear...

An interdisciplinary team of researchers determined that organic residues of plant oils are poorly preserved in calcareous soils from the Mediterranean, leading decades of archaeologists to likely misidentify olive oil in ceramic artifacts.

New grant funding will support eight research projects seeking to reduce AI’s energy use and integrate AI in environmental research.

The slight differences in depth and light in Mud Pond and Texas Hollow Pond led to surprising differences in carbon dioxide and methane emissions.

The color “ultrablack” has a variety of uses, including in cameras, solar panels and telescopes, but it’s difficult to produce and can appear less black when viewed at an angle. A Cornell lab has devised a simple method for making the elusive...

Brett Hayhurst successfully defended his PhD on November 18, congratulations! His dissertation is on evaluating the largescale application of clean dredge material as effective in aquatic habitat restoration in the Great Lakes. His project...