CCE sows seeds to grow urban agriculture
From the rooftops of New York City to the sidewalks of inner-city Buffalo, urban farms are sprouting vegetables, fueling businesses and helping grow vibrant communities across the Empire State. Working these small plots are farmers young and old, from backgrounds as...
CCE-NYC Hydroponics, Aquaculture, Aquaponics Learning Lab featured in The Wall Street Journal
Food and Finance High School students in Manhattan learn about sustainable food production by raising tilapia, shrimp and lobster in the Learning Lab. Click here to read the WSJ story. ...
Climate Change and Urban Farming, CCE Featured in Edible Brooklyn
Cornell Cooperative Extension’s Vegetable Specialist, Darcy Telenko shares insights on what climate change means for urban farming. Click here to read the article in Edible...
BCTR and the new Cornell Center for Health Equity
The newly-formed Cornell Center for Health Equity (CCHEq) held its inaugural symposium on March 15 and 16 at Weill Cornell Medicine. Dr. David Satcher’s keynote address emphasized that health equity means “everyone has the opportunity to achieve their highest state of...
Faculty committee tasked to envision opportunities in New York City
President Martha E. Pollack has charged a 12-member committee of faculty from across the university to envision what Cornell’s presence in New York City might look like over the next decade. Part of the committee’s initial effort is to identify and recommend...
High schoolers spawn fish, grow lettuce on NYC school rooftop
Atop a roof overlooking Manhattan’s skyline at sundown Oct. 25, more than 300 public officials and proud parents of Food and Finance High School students toured a first-of-its-kind aquaponics greenhouse. Philson A.A. Warner, founding director of the Cornell...
Organized chaos spells creativity at Brooklyn school science event
A Brooklyn elementary school was transformed into a high-tech laboratory during a Cornell-led science discovery day Oct. 4. About 300 schoolchildren jammed all corners of Public School 21 as part of the 10th annual 4-H National Youth Science Day that reached an...
CUCE-NYC Family and Youth Development Program Leader Receives National Urban Extension Award
Jacqueline Davis-Manigaulte was presented the National Urban Extension Leadership Award at the 2017 National Urban Extension Conference: Engaging in Collective Purpose held in Bloomington, Minnesota last month. Davis-Manigaulte is the Family and Youth Development...
CUCE-NYC 4-H Alum Is Named One Of New York’s #TrueLeaders This Week
The New York State 4-H Foundation is recognizing 4-H true leaders from around the state and this week’s #TrueLeaders Tuesday highlight is 4-H alumnus Lazarus Lynch from New York City. Lazarus was a member of the Food & Finance High School 4-H Club in...
Green Machines Help NYC Schools
Story by Kritika Kulshrestha Photo by Lisa Narloch Recycled computers and other office equipment from the College of Human Ecology has gained a second life at several New York City schools and churches, helping to advance Cornell’s sustainability mission. Working...