Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability

We are pleased to announce the 2025 recipients of the Academic Venture Fund! 🎉news.cornell.edu/stories/2025/0… 🧵This year’s awards will support 6 interdisciplinary research projects @Cornell that are driving innovative sustainability solutions.

Calling @Cornell faculty 📢 Today we launch **four** new funding opportunities at Cornell Atkinson to support bold, interdisciplinary work that advances real-world solutions. ℹ️ Explore the funding opportunities: atkinson.cornell.edu/grants/

A new free modeling tool, RuFaS, enables farmers to predict how changes in the ways a dairy farm is managed could impact production costs, resource use & emissions. 📰 Big news: The tool is now available at no cost for open-source collaboration: news.cornell.edu/stories/2025/0…

Thanks to @D_R_Goodwin and @HomeworldBio for having me and Esteban Gazel on their podcast to discuss the Microbe-Mineral Atlas and synthetic biology and sustainability: 🎧Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the… 🎧Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/7gzlAg… @AtkinsonCenter, @CornellEng,…

Applications are now open for our 2026 Postdoctoral Fellowships! Join our cohort of early-career scholars committed to discovery that contributes directly to solving the most pressing problems facing our planet. Apply by 10/20 — and please share widely: atkinson.cornell.edu/cornell-atkins…

Applications & nominations are now being accepted for the next Francis J. DiSalvo Director of the @Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability. Join us to connect world-class research in climate, environment, energy, food & health to real-world action. ℹ️provost.cornell.edu/searches/direc…

We are delighted to welcome Miguel Gómez as the new David Drinkwater '94 Faculty Director at Cornell Atkinson! 🎉 In his 3-year tenure, Miguel will focus on forging partnerships and driving research in food, ag, energy, finance & more. ℹ️ atkinson.cornell.edu/profile/miguel…

Climate Week NYC is around the corner 👀 Registration is now open for the #NuclearSymposium2025 — we hope you can join us September 24 at @cornell_tech! nuclearny.org/symposium-2025/

After a breathtaking encounter with a southern white rhinoceros in Kruger National Park, Cornell @AtkinsonCenter Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr. Maggie Swift, reflects on the work that still needs to be done to save this incredibly important species 🦏📈 wildlife.cornell.edu/blog/my-rhinoc…

The Ruminant Farm Systems (RuFaS) modeling tool, developed by Cornell researchers and collaborators across academia, industry, government and nonprofits, is available at no cost for open-source collaboration. Cornell’s Department of Animal Science in @CornellCALS has led…

3 new studies have improved the efficiency of microbes that can more efficiently dissolve rocks — not only to extract metals for advanced technologies but also to speed natural processes that capture carbon dioxide. @buzbarstow @CornellCALS @CornellEng news.cornell.edu/stories/2025/0…

Part 1: Climate change's influence in producing events like the #TexasFloods. Talk about it, we must. The interview followed an excellent report by @VanDamCNN which spoke of the supercharged atmosphere's ability to dump rain. As seen on @CNN with @ErinBurnett 📺 1/3

A plea on World Zoonoses Day: The U.S. must invest in mRNA vaccines against pandemic influenza viruses now statnews.com/2025/06/30/mrn… via @statnews #animalinfluenza #avianinfluenza #pandemic

Researchers from @CornellCALS and @CornellEng project that burying the wood debris from managed forests could reduce global warming up to 0.76 degrees Fahrenheit by 2100. news.cornell.edu/stories/2025/0…

International students play a vital role in sustaining US leadership in research, innovation& economic growth. 🔍In a new blog, our director David Lodge explores why continuing to attract & support international scholars matters so deeply @GlobalCornell atkinson.cornell.edu/blog/from-brai…

We're pleased to share our 2024 Annual Impact Report – showcasing our efforts to rapidly reduce emissions + push the next generation of climate solutions toward commercialization. Learn more about our high-impact, strategic, and pragmatic work in 2024: catf.us/resource/clean…

Charging electric-vehicle batteries in Ithaca’s frigid winter can be tough, and freezing temperatures also decrease the driving range. Hot weather can be just as challenging, leading to decomposition of battery materials and, possibly, catastrophic failure. For electric vehicles…

In a @statnews op-ed, Steve Osofsky shares why the US should invest now in mRNA vaccines against pandemic influenza viruses like H5N1 avian flu. His insight follows the cancelation of $766M in contracts w/ Moderna to develop vaccines. @cornellvet statnews.com/2025/06/30/mrn…

Geochemists and synthetic biologists from @CornellCALS and @CornellEng have collaborated to improve the efficiency of microbes that can dissolve rocks to extract critical minerals while speeding carbon sequestration from air. news.cornell.edu/stories/2025/0…

Don't miss this latest insight from @JohnMoralesTV on the consequences following cuts to NOAA and the National Weather Service ⤵️ We are proud to have John as a member of the Cornell Atkinson Advisory Council and Board of Trustee @Cornell!

Excited to contribute to two global studies this week: 🚗 In @NatureEnergyJnl, segment-based EV tariffs: nature.com/articles/s4156… 🌍 In @NatureGeosci, wood burial as scalable carbon removal—could cut warming by 0.42°C (led by Prof. Yiqi Luo): news.cornell.edu/stories/2025/0…