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Cornell crowdfunding draws new and returning student groups
More than 50 Cornell student groups are participating in the 2024 crowdfunding burst, now in its 12th year, to imagine—and create!—a better world. All of the funds raised through the crowdfunding platform go directly to student groups so that they can perform internationally, launch podcasts, engineer real-world solutions, and bring their projects to reality. This … Read more
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Listening to the land: bringing Indigenous knowledge into practice
Juniors in Cornell’s landscape architecture design studio are taking on a tall challenge this fall: to imagine the future of Seneca Meadows, New York State’s largest landfill. The landfill is currently seeking a permit to expand its current operations, increase the landfill height by 70 feet (making it equivalent in height to a 35-story building), … Read more
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Cornell Center for Teaching Innovation: teaching the way people learn
Steve Jackson, Cornell’s vice provost for academic innovation, has a big job. For the past year, he’s been working to ensure that teaching in university classrooms, labs, studios, and field sites is aligned with what the latest research tells us about how people learn best. And, that teaching at Cornell carries forward the core values … Read more
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Listening in: Bioacoustics class records the sounds of Hawaiʻi
The founder of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Arthur Allen, made the first-ever recording of bird songs in 1929. Since then, the Cornell Lab has been recording and analyzing animal sounds, including those of birds, frogs, fish, insects, and mammals like whales and elephants. Increasingly, sound is being used as a tool for conservation—both to … Read more
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Making magic in Florida: Cornellians celebrate art, nature, and local culture
What do 30-foot-tall bamboo sculptures of birds, the Cornell Botanic Gardens, and two Florida Cornell Clubs have in common? The answers include: a shared love of nature, a commitment to the conservation of species, and a desire to foster Big Red connections. These motivations brought members of two Florida Cornell Clubs together in February at … Read more
