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Jason Rohr/Provided Researchers and community members gather ceratophyllum demersum from a water access point in northern Senegal.
Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability

Dead & Company concert funds $800K for new climate solutions

One year since Dead & Company’s iconic show at Barton Hall, proceeds from the fundraiser have begun to flow to its climate-fighting recipients, including Phillip Milner, assistant professor of chemistry and chemical biology.

Cornell Chronicle
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Cheyenne Reuben-Thomas, a doctoral student in the field of ecology and evolutionary biology, does field work on land management.
Sustainability

Grad student grants support sustainability, biodiversity

Thirty-one graduate students across three colleges, including A&S, have been awarded research grants from the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability.

Cornell Chronicle
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Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Researchers win grants to remove carbon from air, manufacturing

Cornell Atkinson faculty fellow Phillip Milner has won a Carbontech Development Initiative grants to develop carbon removal technologies.

Cornell Chronicle
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Atkinson Center

Cornell Atkinson awards $1.6M in seed grants

The Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability’s Academic Venture Fund will support 11 new projects across nine colleges; three include Arts & Sciences investigators.

Cornell Chronicle
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Sustainability

Cornell Atkinson awards $1.4 million to new sustainability projects

This year’s Academic Venture Fund (AVF) seed grants for research support equitable and sustainable development, offshore wind energy, and improved indoor air quality.

Cornell Chronicle
Mark Sarvary looking at a student's computer during a class.
Matt Hayes/Provided Senior lecturer Mark Sarvary instructs a student during class in 2017.
Education Innovation

Students want some online learning features in ‘new normal’

“Almost everyone has enjoyed being back in person and having that sense of community, but Zoom and other technologies are still powerful tools in our arsenal.”

Cornell Chronicle
Interdisciplinary

Cross-college Program in Environment and Sustainability launches

The expanded environmental and sustainability sciences major is now available to students in both the College of Arts & Sciences and CALS.

Cornell Chronicle
Sociology

Gender gap found in Ph.D. fields and in program prestige

<p>Researchers found that the share of men receiving their degrees from the most prestigious doctoral programs is about 6 percent higher than the share receiving their degrees from all other programs.</p>

Cornell Chronicle
Molecular Biology & Genetics

Human DNA influences gut bacteria

<p>A new study sheds light on the <span style="line-height: 20.8px;">interactions between microbes, genetics and diet in the human microbiome.</span></p>

Cornell Chronicle
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