We provide opportunities for students.

Our students learn from and work with people and partners on campus and throughout the world. Together, we confront environment and sustainability challenges head-on and with confidence. We aim to be bold. We take heart in working together to sustain and restore healthy conditions that sustain people and the diverse wonders of our planet.

We span the resources of Cornell.

As a cross-college major, we are available to students in the College of Arts & Sciences and the College of Agriculture & Life Sciences. Five Cornell colleges are represented by faculty and courses associated with the major. Cornell programs and facilities throughout the U.S. and other countries further extend our reach beyond the Ithaca campus.

We work across the globe.

Our network of faculty, staff and alumni support our undergraduate students throughout their time on campus and beyond. Faculty and alumni provide connections with a broad range of local, regional, national and international off-campus organizations and institutions working together with common purpose.

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Student experiences, alumni pathways, news and other environment and sustainability stories.

Antonio DiTommaso in the Cornell Weed Science Teaching Garden

News

Unlikely coincidence blooms as classic weed guide gets updated

The classic identification guide “Weeds of the Northeast” sprouted from a collaboration of Cornell researchers. Now, a new edition of the book brings together a pair of uncannily named weed scientists: Antonio DiTommaso and Joseph DiTomaso.

  • New York State Integrated Pest Management
  • School of Integrative Plant Science
  • Horticulture Section
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News

Cornell Atkinson will provide $1.6 million in seed funding to support research teams across nine colleges and 22 departments, many with external partnerships.

  • Cornell Atkinson
  • Lab of Ornithology
  • Animals
hand taking soil sample

News

Microbes are by far the most important factor in determining how much carbon is stored in the soil, according to a new study with implications for mitigating climate change and improving soil health for agriculture and food production.

  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
  • Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Department of Global Development
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News

The free Merlin Bird ID app from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology just hit a major milestone: The digital field guide and ID assistant can now help users identify birds in any country – a grand total of 10,315 species.

  • Lab of Ornithology
  • Animals
  • Biodiversity
Corrine Brown with beef cow

Field Note

Corrine Brown ’23 spent four semesters with Cornell CALS’ Nutrient Management Spear Program (NMSP), collaborating on their dairy sustainability project. The Agricultural Sciences graduate now heads to Newtrient as a sustainability analyst, where...
  • Agriculture Sciences Major
  • Animal Science
  • Agriculture