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A key component in the saga of the electric vehicle has been the supremacy of gasoline as the world’s fuel of choice. Through the course of the 20th century, petroleum exerted an all-consuming monopoly over transport; the industry selling it would tolerate no competitors. That’s one reason why it’s taken a full century for electric cars, and the facilities to charge them, to return to America.

The Cornell Center for Social Sciences grant program, which supports social science research by Cornell faculty members and conferences that directly benefit Cornell faculty and students, has awarded $142,636 for 15 proposals for fall 2021.

Pi Alpha Xi (PAX), the national honor society for horticulture and plant sciences, welcomed 26 new members during a November 15, 2021 ceremony. “It was another large group of inductees this year, and it was great to see in person many of last...

Several Cornellians – appointed by Gov. Kathy Hochul – will explore how the warming environment will affect New York’s communities, ecosystems and economy in the new Climate Impacts Assessment project.

Welcome to the Cornell University Borehole Observatory – known as CUBO. By summer 2022, the university plans to drill a 10,000-foot hole to verify whether conditions underground will allow clean, reliable and renewable Earth Source Heat –...

On top of the COVID-19 pandemic, people worldwide have dealt with an infodemic – a flood of ever-evolving information and misinformation about the virus, causing confusion and mistrust. New Cornell research finds that in remote parts of Bangladesh with little internet access, people have relied on local experts, spiritual views and their sense of social justice to evaluate new coronavirus information.

The IWLCA has announced the inaugural recipient of the Tina Sloan Green Award. Ashleigh Gundy, a current senior on the Cornell University women's lacrosse team, will be recognized for her achievements during the IWLCA Hall of Fame and Honors Banquet on November 18, as part of the 2021 IWLCA Convention, presented by StringKing.

The Ronny Adhikarya Niche Award (RANA) provides $10,000 in funding to either a doctoral or master of professional studies (MPS) student in the Department of Global Development. The competitive prize will be given to a student interested in...

Meet Ndunge Kiiti, PhD '02, adjunct associate professor in Global Development. With expertise in communication, education, health and entrepreneurship, she brings more than 30 years of experience in international development. Her recent work...

New research supports a Cornell scientist’s 2015 hypothesis that Vikings visited the Azores centuries before it was discovered by Portuguese explorers.

Jan Low, M.S. ’85, Ph.D. ’94, an agricultural economist whose work integrating agriculture and nutrition has improved the health of millions worldwide, has joined Cornell’s Department of Global Development as an adjunct professor in the College...

As Puerto Rico continues to build back from hurricanes Irma and Maria amid intensifying climatic changes, a joint project between Cornell and the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez (UPRM) will prepare agricultural students to develop skills...

For the first time, researchers have shown that there is a genetic component underlying the amazing spatial memories of mountain chickadees.

Johannes Lehman n , the Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor in the School of Integrative Plant Science and the Department of Global Development, is at the forefront of research on biochar , a form of charcoal created by heating biomass (like manure or...

Benjamin Houlton, the Ronald P. Lynch Dean, recognized 41 faculty and staff members for their remarkable accomplishments at the 2021 CALS Research, Extension and Core Value Staff Awards ceremony.

The new scholars, Apurva Borar and Whitman Barrett, are pursuing doctoral degrees in applied economics and management and soil and crop sciences, respectively. Kasim Saiyyad, who earned a master’s in applied economics and management in May 2021...

Andy Vail ’95 will oversee the college’s capital projects portfolio and provide senior leadership for its 500 buildings, 17,000 stewarded acres and 70 full-time employees.