The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/research/page/4/)
As reducing and reusing have a more positive environmental impact than recycling, research institutions should support labs in lowering their plastic consumption. They can even go so far as to ban plastics. Leeds University and University College London have pledged to eliminate all single-use plastics on campus by 2023 and 2024 respectively. Institutional action will be key in reaching these goals.
Out of thousands of applicants, Cornell seniors Sophia Qu ’21, Atsu Kludze ’21 and Kelsi Lopez ’21 have earned the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, a recognition of their tenacity as undergraduate researchers.
With limited in-person interactions between lab members, professors conducting in-person lab research — tending to live organisms and training new students — are redefining collaboration as social-distancing guidelines continue to challenge how Cornellians can interact safely.
The College of Arts and Sciences selected its second cohort of Klarman Fellows from over 260 applicants, inducting eight scholars into its three-year postdoctoral research program.
Cornell seeks to use student, staff, and faculty test swabs in COVID-19 research, investigating new dimensions of the virus.
The Young Researchers Program saw its audience expand after moving virtually.
Susette Newberry – Head of Research and Learning Services and the Art Librarian at Olin and Uris Library – continues to help undergraduate and graduate students alike in securing the resources they need to finish the semester from home.
When Mika Matera-Vatnick ’21 received President Martha E. Pollack’s email in March announcing the closing of campus, her first thought was, “What am I gonna do with my flies?” Matera-Vatnick, like many other undergraduate student researchers on campus, had to abandon her honors thesis research project as classes transitioned online for the remainder of the semester.
Cornell University Agricultural Agricultural Experiment Station, responsible for research farms and greenhouses, makes major adjustments due to COVID-19.
As non-essential Cornell research and lab activities are now suspended, many Cornell researchers are now donating much needed supplies, doing their part to help mitigate an impending statewide shortage.