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February 25, 2026 Awards Professor danah boyd was selected as a Sloan Research Fellow by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, an honor recognizing the most promising early-career scholars in the United States and Canada. Awarded annually to...

Mycelium, the vegetative, root-like network of fungi, has the power to transform food waste into new, life-sustaining food.

Cornell researchers have developed an online module, running just over an hour in length, that can be offered as a way to instill concepts of critical thinking early in a student’s academic journey.

From premier golf courses in New England to research fields in Ithaca, New York, Chris Sitko has spent his career cultivating safe and high-performing playing surfaces. Now in his role as manager of golf facilities and sports turf at Cornell...

Researchers discovered electron transfer in electroactive bacteria is mediated by CymA proteins’ ability to synchronize and form a biomolecular condensate in the cell’s inner membrane.

New York Attorney General Letitia James has directed $1.1 million to support the new Cornell College of Agriculture and Life Sciences New York Soil Health Climate Smart Agriculture Fund, aimed at working with farmers to promote healthy soils.

by Harley Wolfanger '28 Where does our food really come from? That question followed our group throughout our agricultural expedition to California this past January. I decided to embark on this trip because I wanted to understand how the...

The New York State 4-H Livestock Ambassador Program recently offered an immersive, multi-day educational experience for youth participants, providing hands-on exposure to New York’s diverse livestock industries. The program began with a visit to...

Apple scab is one of the most economically devastating diseases facing apple growers in the Northeast. Managing it has long depended on regular applications of broad-spectrum synthetic multisite fungicides, but two new peer-reviewed studies from...

Relevance Thousands of small businesses across New York State will undergo ownership transitions in the coming decade. Nearly 30,000 businesses employing more than 750,000 workers face potential closure or sale without succession plans in place...

Relevance New York dairy farms face increasing pressure from volatile milk prices, rising labor, feed, and other input costs, and ongoing supply chain challenges. These factors limit profitability and make long-term planning difficult. Without...

New research from the USDA Forest Service, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, and University of New Mexico identifies where future high-severity fires threaten biodiversity hotspots in the western United States using observations from bird watchers and...

Relevance Hard cider has emerged as a significant economic driver for apple growers, family farms, and agritourism, yet limited availability of suitable cider apple cultivars has constrained industry growth. Many U.S. cider producers rely on...

Relevance Lawns cover millions of acres across the United States and represent one of the most intensively managed land uses in residential and urban environments. Traditional high-input lawn care relies heavily on fertilizers, herbicides, and...

Relevance Many young people today experience limited access to nature-based learning, reducing opportunities to build science literacy, leadership skills, and environmental awareness. Educators have expressed a need for engaging, hands-on...

Ari Novy, Ph.D., a plant scientist, science educator, and leader in botanic-garden management, was named executive director of Cornell Botanic Gardens. He comes to Cornell from San Diego Botanic Gardens, where he served as president and CEO, and...

Ayshwarya Subramanian, assistant professor of molecular biology and genetics in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been named a winner of the Pilot Award.

Five Cornell faculty members are among 126 early-career researchers across North America who have won 2026 Sloan Research Fellowships from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

Eighty-three graduate students travelled internationally for fieldwork last summer with the support of research travel grants from the Einaudi Center for International Studies. Their work sent them to every continent except Antarctica and...

One of the most recent technologies for sequestering carbon, enhanced rock weathering could remove up to a gigaton of carbon by 2100 if adopted globally.