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Byline: Krisy Gashler
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Day-long conference celebrates Cornell Atkinson at 15

by : Krisy Gashler , Cornell Chronicle

The evening panel will be moderated by Anne Thompson, NBC News’ chief environmental affairs correspondent and the spring 2025 Zubrow Distinguished Visiting Journalist.
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Cornell Atkinson awards support graduate student biodiversity and sustainability research

by : Krisy Gashler , Cornell Chronicle

Cornell Atkinson is supporting 36 graduate students – including some in A&S – whose work protects biodiversity, improves health, reduces climate risk and more.
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What you need to know about carbon capture, utilization and storage

by : Krisy Gashler , Cornell Chronicle

Cornell researchers Greeshma Gadikota, Phil Milner and Tobias Hanrath discuss their carbon capture research, including a new experimental CAPTURE-Lab at Cornell’s Combined Heat and Power Plant.
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2030 Project Fast Grant awards support energy systems of the future

by : Krisy Gashler , Cornell Chronicle

Researchers from five colleges, including Arts and Sciences, have received awards to support work on sustainable energy systems.
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Beekeeping, hydropower: Cornell Atkinson awards nearly $1M in grants

by : Krisy Gashler , Cornell Chronicle

Alison Power, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, will study adaptive agricultural landscapes in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco.
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Dead & Company concert funds $800K for new climate solutions

by : Krisy Gashler , Cornell Chronicle

One year since Dead & Company’s iconic show at Barton Hall, proceeds from the fundraiser have begun to flow to its climate-fighting recipients, including Phillip Milner, assistant professor of chemistry and chemical biology.
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Grad student grants support sustainability, biodiversity

by : Krisy Gashler , Cornell Chronicle

Thirty-one graduate students across three colleges, including A&S, have been awarded research grants from the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability.
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Researchers win grants to remove carbon from air, manufacturing

by : Krisy Gashler , Cornell Chronicle

Cornell Atkinson faculty fellow Phillip Milner has won a Carbontech Development Initiative grants to develop carbon removal technologies.
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Cornell Atkinson awards $1.6M in seed grants

by : Krisy Gashler , Cornell Chronicle

The Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability’s Academic Venture Fund will support 11 new projects across nine colleges; three include Arts & Sciences investigators.
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Cornell Atkinson awards $1.4 million to new sustainability projects

by : Krisy Gashler , Cornell Chronicle

This year’s Academic Venture Fund (AVF) seed grants for research support equitable and sustainable development, offshore wind energy, and improved indoor air quality.
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Students want some online learning features in ‘new normal’

by : Krisy Gashler , Cornell Chronicle

“Almost everyone has enjoyed being back in person and having that sense of community, but Zoom and other technologies are still powerful tools in our arsenal.”
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Cross-college Program in Environment and Sustainability launches

by : Krisy Gashler , Cornell Chronicle

The expanded environmental and sustainability sciences major is now available to students in both the College of Arts & Sciences and CALS.
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Gender gap found in Ph.D. fields and in program prestige

by : Krisy Gashler , Cornell Chronicle

Researchers found that the share of men receiving their degrees from the most prestigious doctoral programs is about 6 percent higher than the share receiving their degrees from all other programs.
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Human DNA influences gut bacteria

by : Krisy Gashler , Cornell Chronicle

A new study sheds light on the interactions between microbes, genetics and diet in the human microbiome.