Charles Arthur Tebbutt (Natural Resources & the Environment)

Assessing the Social-Ecological Value of Artisanal Rubber Agroforestry for Biodiversity and Peacebuilding in the Colombian Amazon Advisor: Shorna Allred Tebbutt’s research examines the social-ecological impacts of agroforestry systems in the…

To Do The Greatest Good

The Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability is the hub of collaborative sustainability research at Cornell University, forging vital connections among researchers, students, staff, and external partners. The intellectual power of…

Wendy Erb (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)

…2) map biodiversity and soundscapes across the planned city location and surrounding landscape, and 3) develop community-led social-ecological monitoring programs that integrate soundscapes and place-based knowledge. Through Indonesian partners, we…

Cornell NutriPhone: Personalized Micronutrient Analysis

A team of Cornell engineers, health experts, and social scientists are developing a smartphone-based system for personalized micronutrient monitoring called the NutriPhone. Inadequate nutrition is responsible for a variety of…

How Can We Realign Academic Research Priorities to Help Solve the World’s Sustainability Challenges?

Leah Crenshaw (Natural Resources and the Environment)

…must identify conservation solutions that meet both social and environmental needs. This challenge is particularly acute for species that rely on working landscapes that also support human livelihoods. Fortunately, agroforestry…

Charles Arthur Tebbutt (Ph.D. Candidate, Natural Resources and the Environment)

Charlie is a social-ecological systems researcher focussed on empowering people as stewards of their own environment. Working primarily with natural latex rubber in the Amazon, he uses bioacoustics to assess…

Andrew N. Stillman

…biodiversity and predict responses to fire under various climates forest conditions and land management scenarios. Working with Viviana Ruiz Gutierrez (Lab of Ornithology) and partners at the USDA Forest Service,…

Semlitz Family Sustainability Fellows

Preparing Early-career Researchers and Business Students for Careers in Sustainability As the scope, pace, and impact of environmental and social issues increase in scale and complexity, there is a growing…

Misaki Saito (MBA ’25)

…are leaders in these programs which aim to restore ecological environments, improve working conditions for farmers and address issues around climate change and biodiversity. Now that some time has elapsed…