CCE summer interns extend and explore
What may have felt like a short amount of time was long on influence for the 29 Cornell undergraduates who spent their summer working and conducting research in communities across New York state as Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) interns. “It’s probably the most...
For Kids’ Sake
WCM-affiliated program empowers New York City nannies to better care for children—and themselves. All kids run a temperature from time to time. But as a pediatrician, Zoltan Antal, MD, is well aware that detecting fevers in young children can be tricky—and vitally...
CUCE-NYC educator receives NYS Hometown Alumni Award
Jacqueline Davis-Manigaulte ’72, a senior extension associate, director of community relations, and the family and youth development program leader for Cornell University Cooperative Extension-NYC, is the latest recipient of the Cornell New York State Hometown Alumni...
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...
