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New BEE Faculty Search in Controlled Environment Agriculture:https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/29031
Three new BEE Faculty Search Positions:
Water and Sustainabilityhttps://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/26284
Sustainable Transitions for Climate-resilient Future https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/26334
Norman R. and Sharon R. Scott Professor of Agriculture and Life Sciences https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/26335
In January 2023, the Tanzania subteam traveled to Sunuka, Tanzania to do an on-site evaluation and assessment of an in-progress irrigation system. This video showcases our adventures! Team - Tammo Steenhuis (faculty advisor), Josh Umansky-Castro (advisor), Krisha Jivani (team lead), Aisha Brundan, Janeth Manyalla, Jenna Rotheram, Ajay Sunkara Photography and videography - Krisha Jivani, Josh Umansky-Castro Written, produced, and edited - Krisha Jivan
Assoc. Prof. Jillian Goldfarb has been selected as one of the College of Engineering's outstanding teachers and is the winner of the James and Mary Tien Excellence in Teaching Award, the highest award for teaching in the college.
Sabrina Marcos, Ph.D. student in the Barstow lab receives Cornell Atkinson thematic grant
Alexa Schmitz, Ph.D., is the recipient of an inaugural ‘Rising Women Innovator Award.’ Alexa is a post-doctoral research associate in the lab of Buz Barstow, Assistant Professor in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, and In the Barstow lab, she is working on engineering microbes to extract rare earth elements. Her work has been funded by multiple sources, including The Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, The Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability, the Cornell Energy Systems Institutes, and the Burroughs Welcome Fund. Video produced by Cornell alumna Shira Evergreen '02 from Uplifted Ithaca.
New York Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado visits the Barstow lab
Barstow lab receives climate solution grant
Welcome to the Water Resources Institute’s Year of Water – an educational effort to inform students and Tompkins County residents.

2021 News

BEE March Lab Collaboration: In a collaborative effort, a team from Cornell working with a team from Einstein College of Medicine have published results from a study on building synthetic molecules that have similar structure to microbial metabolites normally found in the gut. Using this approach, termed “metabolite mimicry,” the team was able to demonstrate that making indole-based molecules could significantly reduce intestinal inflammatory markers in both murine and human organoid models.
BEE Prof. Jung awarded NSF funds to help design COVID-19 masks
DOE ARPA selects Prof. Barstow collar. topic for Solicitation on Topics Informing New Program Areas Funding Opportunity Announcement
Walter Lab paper selected as the Best Paper for the Journal of Sustainable Water in the Built Environment in 2020
Prof. Datta Lecture at IFT Food Engineering Division, 2020 Annual Meeting
BEE Professors Barstow and Wu receive $1M DOE award
BEE Prof. Jung and incoming BEE Prof. Roh receive NSF award
Prof. Goldfarb named associate editor of Fuel, one of the top journals of the fuel science community.
BEE FA 21' PhD student Briana Hackos receives 3-year Cornell Sloan/Coleman Graduate Diversity Fellowship
Prof. Jung in National Geographic: How cat tongues work-and can inspire human tech

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A wide aerial view of a calm lake surrounded by rolling hills in autumn colors. Golden trees line the shoreline in the foreground, and the sky above is filled with dramatic clouds reflecting on the water’s surface.

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January 20, 2026

Environmental DNA breakthrough will aid conservation efforts

Researchers developed a new model that can predict where a sampled particle of eDNA likely originated in a water body.

Cornell Atkinson
Biological and Environmental Engineering
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

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January 8, 2026

AI improves flood projections under climate change

Physics-based models should be supplemented with AI hydrological models rather than relying on site-specific estimates, researchers find.

Biological and Environmental Engineering
Climate Change
Water

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November 12, 2025

Students learn in global communities

International summer experiences sent groups of students abroad to pursue their personal and professional goals. At the Nov. 19 International Research Showcase, they'll share their work with the Cornell community.

Biological and Environmental Engineering

Gerald Chan poses with two attendees of CALS Innovation Day

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October 16, 2025

CALS Innovation Day celebrates transdisciplinary research

AI-powered precision farming systems, smart insect traps for pest control and nutrient-enhanced crops were some of the projects showcased at the second CALS Innovation Day, hosted by the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences’ Research and...

Biological and Environmental Engineering
Microbiology
School of Integrative Plant Science

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October 13, 2025

Cornell Atkinson-EDF research aids people and planet

The Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability and long-time collaborator Environmental Defense Fund announce their 2025 awardees for joint research and seek new proposals for 2026 initiatives.

Cornell Atkinson
Biological and Environmental Engineering
School of Integrative Plant Science

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