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Damian Helbling of civil and environmental engineering and an Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future fellow, has received a three-year, $750,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Defense to conduct research that may rid groundwater of toxic chemicals.

Kirsten Kurtz, manager of Cornell’s Soil Health Testing Laboratory and graduate student in the field of natural resources, is on a mission to save and celebrate soil – by painting with it.

More than 2,500 students have participated in CALS’ International Agriculture and Rural Development 6020 class, travelling to places like Myanmar, Thailand and India.

Inspiring alumni stories from relocating from New York City to Botswana to found an investment firm, to receiving the 2018 Harry and Samuel Mann Outstanding Graduate Student Award.

Jake Reisch ’15, the co-founder and CEO of Eversound, recounts the role CALS has played in his life and business.

Susan McCouch, professor of plant breeding and genetics, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, which recognizes distinguished achievement in original research.

Meet our alumni who showed off their athletic mastery at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

Marcos Simoes-Costa has been honored by the World Economic Forum as one of its 2018 Young Scientists, which recognizes top researchers under age 40.

Boyce Thompson Institute will host an inaugural symposium for the institute’s new Computational Biology Center May 8.

The System for Rice Intensification has significant potential to close the rice production gap in West Africa, according to Cornell researchers.

Did you know that on a good day, a honeybee visits 5,000 flowers? Interesting facts about our tireless agricultural partners, the bees.