Most pandemics in the past century were sparked by a pathogen jumping from animals to humans. This moment of zoonotic spillover is the focus of a multidisciplinary team of researchers led by Raina Plowright, the Rudolf J. and Katharine L. Steffen Professor in the Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine’s Department of Public and Ecosystem Health. 

Healthy forests can help mitigate extreme weather and improve agricultural production.

Hernán J.F. Saenz III ’98 urged businesses to minimize waste, maximize product lifecycles, and separate economic growth from resource consumption.

Students can apply to take part in one of four hackathons this semester — two on campus and two in New York City.

The shipping industry dramatically cut sulfur emissions, resulting in diminished cloud cover over the oceans. This caused a global temperature spike in 2023. 

Turning aquatic vegetation near agricultural land into compost simultaneously eradicates habitat for disease-carrying snails while improving agricultural output and increasing incomes in northern Senegal, Cornell researchers have found.

Tom Garrett, Einaudi Center Lund Practitioner in Residence for fall 2024, brought real-world events and scenarios into classroom conversations, informed by his own decades of experience promoting democracy.
 

The Brooks Tech Policy Institute has received $3 million from the Department of Defense to establish the U.S. Semiconductor Research Hub, which will assess and improve the resilience of the global network of semiconductor infrastructure.

As one of the first female mayors in Afghanistan, Zarifa Ghafari became a target of the Taliban - now at Cornell, she continues her fight against the oppression of Afghan girls and women.

A global analysis by Cornell researchers found that recycling all the human and livestock feces and urine on the planet would contribute substantially to meeting the nutrient supply for all crops worldwide, thereby dramatically reducing the dependency on fossil fuels.