Stories

Ray Halbritter, representing the Oneida Indian Nation, and President Martha E. Pollack, sign documents.

Cornell repatriates ancestral remains to Oneida Indian Nation

Every day, in every county in New York, individuals, schools, businesses, entrepreneurs, local governments, families and communities depend on Cornell to turn discoveries into real-world solutions. As the state’s land-grant university, Cornell was founded to create knowledge with a public purpose and help ensure a vibrant, healthy future for all New Yorkers.

Commitment to New York State

Impact stories

Wind turbines on a blue sky back-drop.

Four CCE county offices tapped to lead NYS clean energy work

Four Cornell Cooperative Extension county offices are leading statewide efforts to establish a network of Regional Clean Energy Hubs.
The shape of New York state made with american money.

Fewer than 40% of New Yorkers earn a living wage

The Cornell ILR Wage Atlas shows who in New York state earns living wages and where, helping to understand patterns of inequality.
Cheese on a plate.

Northeastern Dairy Product Innovation Competition launches

The inaugural Northeastern Dairy Product Innovation Competition is providing an opportunity to bring innovations to market.
Nicole Tommell.

Cornell, CCE responding to farming mental health crisis

In recent years CCE specialists had to learn how to support farmers’ mental health, an occupation with one of the highest suicide rates.

CCE helps NY residents, businesses and communities thrive.

Experts at work

Local Government

Mildred Warner focuses on restructuring local government services to create sustainable and equitable communities.

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Indigenous History

Kurt Jordan uses archaeology and anthropology to understand and connect to North American Indigenous communities around New York.

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Sustainable Farming

Steve Reiners’ work is designed to maintain and enhance the profitability and sustainability of New York vegetable farmers.

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Sustainable Energy

Max Zhang develops systems to make energy and communities more sustainable.

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Health Policy

Isabel Perera focuses on labor’s influence on social welfare and how to bolster mental health policy.

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Health and Nutrition

Roger Figeroa examines factors that affect health outcomes, with a focus on children’s nutrition in underrepresented and low-income communities.

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Environmental Health

Elizabeth Lamb works to find effective and economical methods of managing pests that also protect the environment and human health.

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Health Outcomes and Equity

Angela Odoms-Young develops culturally responsive programs and policies that promote health equity and food justice.

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Labor and Employment Law

Esta Bigler researches workforce issues and steers efforts to lower barriers to employment for those with criminal records.

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Cornell's Impact on New York State

Cornell research delivers results that matter all around the state.

Third-year veterinary student Hannah Flamme poses with a Leonberger at the 36th annual Wine Country Circuit Dog Show.

Vet students get hands-on experience at local dog show

Seneca County

Cornell vet students shadowed breeders and vets at the Wine Country Circuit Dog Show at Sampson State Park in Romulus, New York.

An emergent marsh shown here in New Paltz, New York.

Cornell, DEC team up for green Hudson Valley land planning

Ulster County

Through a Cornell and DEC partnership, watershed communities are better prepared to protect natural areas from overdevelopment.

The Cornell Cooperative Extension of Niagara County’s veggie van mobile market.

Veggie van takes on food deserts in Niagara County

Niagara County

Run by Cornell Cooperative Extension, the van brings fresh, local produce to communities with few other options for healthy and affordable food.

Evon and Sydney Antonio standing near a pond.

Outreach supports Black rural landowners in Northeast

Greene County

An outreach publication shares stories of Black forestland owners to help expand access for minority landowners.

Many yellow ducklings.

For the birds: Battling the threat of avian influenza

Suffolk County

Faculty and staff at Cornell’s Animal Health Diagnostic Center have helped prevent the spread of avian influenza in New York.

Concord grapes on the vine.

NYS, Cornell launch new grapevine certification program

Chautauqua County

The NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets, in partnership with Cornell AgriTech, launched a grapevine certification program.

Two researchers look at a drone remote control while standing in a field.

Cornell AgriTech at 140: Growing a more resilient future

Ontario County

Cornell AgriTech celebrated its growth and accomplishments since opening in 1882.

Cornell Prison Education Program graduate Kenneth Rogers speaks during a July 10 commencement ceremony at the Statler Hotel.

Former prison students celebrate college degrees

Cayuga County

The Cornell Prison Education Program honored graduates released since the start of the pandemic.

Sam Alcaine holds cans of his new hard seltzer brand, Norwhey, in the pilot plant at Stocking Hall.

CALS professor turns yogurt byproduct into hard seltzer biz

Madison County

An alcoholic beverage with a better nutritional profile, it’s made from material that would otherwise go to waste.

Andy Zepp standing outside.

Finger Lakes Land Trust, once a master’s project, conserves 28K acres

Tompkins County

Alumnus Andy Zepp started the Finger Lakes Land Trust in a Fernow Hall lecture hall. Now he’s preserving iconic landscapes.

A baby fox in a basket.

Tiny fox gets Big Red care

Cortland County

A red fox kit found in Cortland County with its paw caught in a plastic rat trap got help healing at Cornell’s Janet L. Swanson Wildlife Hospital.

Junior Nate Reilly poses in front of the mural he painted in Niagara Falls.

Student muralist explores public art, policy link

Niagara County

Junior Nate Reilly worked to enhance the arts from a systemic and policy-oriented lens.

A view of the 3D model of Red Hook Farm in Brooklyn.

Virtual reality farm tour expands access to urban agriculture

Kings County

Cornell researchers created an virtual reality tour that transports farmers to New York City’s Red Hook Farms.

James Watkins retrieves a Tucker Trawl used for collecting fish larvae in Lake Ontario.

$6.75M EPA grant to fund Great Lakes food web monitoring

Erie County

Cornell will continue efforts to monitor and research the lower part of the food web, particularly zooplankton.

Susan Riley presents Caroline Williams ’01 with the Cornell New York State Hometown Alumni Award..

Oneida County native receives NYS Hometown Alumni Award

Oneida County

Caroline Williams ’01 spent 15 years working to improve living conditions in Utica, New York, and her nearby hometown of Remsen.