Seeking Synergistic Opportunities in the Confluence of Soil Health and Urban Agriculture in Circular Bionutrient Systems

…The convening will enable the group to formulate a strategy to advance the urban and peri-urban circular bionutrient economy by building on the group’s collective experience and ideas. The convening…

Ethan Flanagan (Chemistry and Chemical Biology)

…current electrolyzers rely on expensive platinum-group metal catalysts. Anion-exchange membranes (AEM) provide a cost-effective alternative but face challenges in ionic conductivity and alkaline stability. This project builds on a newly…

Christine Goodale

…College of Arts and Sciences. At Cornell Atkinson, she serves as a Senior Faculty Fellow. Goodale is an ecosystem ecologist, studying how carbon, water, and nutrients—especially nitrogen—cycle through forest ecosystems…

Daniel Petticord (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology)

…in the Everglades’ waterways. Despite extensive phosphorus control measures, Florida’s waterways remain above federal thresholds, exacerbating harmful algal blooms. The study focuses on spodic horizons—deep soil layers that can store…

Bioenergy from Dairy Manure

Manure is an expensive challenge for dairy farms and a major source of greenhouse gases and water pollution. This team is developing an advanced treatment process to recover maximum energy—biogas,…

Faculty Leadership

…so strongly in these leadership positions that he committed to a matching challenge to inspire others to endow these critical roles. The full cost of each endowment is $3 million,…

Summer Internships

Hands-On Sustainability Experience Cornell Atkinson sponsors summer internships for Cornell students who want to fully immerse themselves in project teams working at the intersection of science, policy, community, and the…

Innovations to Build Sustainable, Equitable, Inclusive Food Value Chains

Resist Cynicism: A New Year’s Resolution to Help Solve Climate Change

Bayu Ahmad (Chemistry & Chemical Biology)

…to reduce future climate risk. Current carbon capture technologies are mainly based on amine-based scrubbers, which face challenges such as susceptibility to oxygen and water and large parasitic energy costs….