Partners

Partnering to Turn Knowledge Into Impact At Cornell Atkinson, we leverage our Innovation for Impact Fund to build partnerships with non-profits, companies, and government agencies to catalyze solutions for the…

Kendra Kintzi

…Social Equity in Southwest Asia’s Renewable Energy Transition From electricity protests in Jordan and Lebanon to the creation of renewable ‘smart’ cities in Saudi Arabia, the region of Southwest Asia…

Lara Roeven (Global Development)

The Impact of Biocultural-Heritage Conservation on Farmer-to-Farmer Seed Exchange and Social Inequality in the Peruvian Andes Advisor: Rachel Bezner Kerr Throughout her dissertation project she explores agrobiodiversity conservation, farmers’ seed…

Oppenheimer: Impartial Scientist or Advocate?

Monica Contestabile

…first social science editor at Nature Research. She has handled original research and review articles across the entire breadth of social sciences, and interdisciplinary articles integrating natural and social science…

Leah Valdes (Entomology)

Social Bees and Disease: Bumble Bee Sociality Affects the Distribution of Disease in Diverse Pollinator Communities Advisor: Scott McArt Bees provide essential pollination services to terrestrial ecosystems, therefore their decline…

Jesse Rodenbiker

…fish, which includes both domestic aquaculture and catch from distant water fishing (DWF) fleets. With global fisheries overfished at a rate of 85 percent of global fishing stocks, China’s role…

Advancing Integrated Biorefineries for Sustainable Food and Fuel Systems

Sustainably meeting increasing demands for food, clean water, and green energy is critical to reversing climatic damage. A team of researchers envisions a new approach: an integrated biorefinery that adapts…

2015 – COP21 (Paris)

…the Frack Attack, Food and Water Water, and Attac France. Cornell Delegation Allison Chatrchyan, Cornell Institute for Climate Change and Agriculture, Director Chatrchyan, the director of the Cornell Institute for…

Amanda Rodewald

…conservation biology, participatory science, and social science to address conservation challenges in working landscapes within temperate and tropical regions. Prior to joining Cornell in 2013, Amanda spent 13 years as…