Campus Sustainability News
News on campus sustainability initiatives, emerging programs, rankings, awards, student initiatives, green teams, and more from across the Cornell University campus.

Cornell Daily Sun | Julia Curley, November 28, 2017
Of colleges that report every year, Cornell is the longest standing Gold member in the nation and the highest grading Ivy League school for overall sustainability scores, Hilary Paul ’19, Cornell’s student representative for sustainability statistics told The Sun.

Cornell Campus Sustainability Office | Fall 2018
Sustainability Life Recipe Series

Cornell Campus Sustainability Office | Fall 2018
Sustainability Life Recipe Series

Cornell Campus Sustainability Office | Fall 2018
Sustainability Life Recipe Series

Cornell Campus Sustainability Office | Fall 2018
Sustainability Life Recipe Series

Cornell Campus Sustainability Office | Summer 2018
Sustainability Life Recipe Series

Cornell Campus Sustainability Office | Winter 2018
Sustainability Life Recipe Series

Cornell University | May 10, 2017
Cornell’s Lake Source Cooling facility has been in operation for over 15 years, providing the campus with low-carbon, clean cooling, direct from Cayuga Lake. Learn how the LSC project has remained one of the most significant environmental initiatives ever undertaken by an American university to promote a sustainable future.

Cornell Chronicle | Stephen D'Angelo, April 19, 2017
A multidisciplinary Cornell design and research team, assembled to tackle the environmental problem of post-consumer textile waste, has developed a unique fabric-shredding machine in hopes of a zero-waste solution for the textile industry.

Cornell Chronicle | Sherrie Negrea, March 2, 2017
A new smartphone app, Humble Bee, will engage and motivate students to change their behavior to improve sustainability on campus. “The problem hasn’t been engaging staff – it’s been engaging students,” said Casey Franklin, a doctoral student in human behavior and design. “How do we reach a new generation that would rather play Pokémon Go than look at our sustainability website?”