Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability

The Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability forges new and unexpected connections that catalyze extraordinary change.

[Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability @AtkinsonCenter]

@Cornell students are helping tackle one of the more complex challenges in climate science: understanding methane emissions from waterbodies and mangrove ecosystems. 🧵
https://t.co/RUrWXGpLGj

[Nuclear NY @nuclearny]

The Nuclear Symposium is back for 2026. This year's theme, Partnerships for Success, highlights the collaboration needed to advance the future of nuclear energy.

Registration is now open: https://t.co/DBGjPxmgut

@Gen_Atomic @AtkinsonCenter

[Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability @AtkinsonCenter]

Join us @Cornell Reunion to discuss food as medicine: how restoring food systems can improve nutrition, public health & environmental sustainability in the world’s most food-insecure regions.

📅 Friday, June 5, 10:30am
📍121 Atkinson Hall
ℹ️https://t.co/cYhQxlkfBN

[Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability @AtkinsonCenter]

The new model could inform solar siting decisions across New York state, helping communities identify critical areas to protect: https://t.co/yJ5a1hOOZb

@CornellCALS @Cornell @nature_org @CMUniversity

[Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability @AtkinsonCenter]

💻 Webinar: What messaging actually changes people’s minds about climate change?

📅 Monday, June 1
⏰ 2pm EST
📍 Virtual via Zoom: https://t.co/Rr6HgOC87C

[Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability @AtkinsonCenter]

💻 Webinar: What messaging actually changes people’s minds about climate change?

📅 Monday, June 1
⏰ 2pm EST
📍 Virtual via Zoom: https://t.co/Rr6HgOC87C

[Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability @AtkinsonCenter]

How can universities serve the public good? 💭

In his final blog post before retiring as Director of Cornell Atkinson, David Lodge reflects on the unrealized potential of universities to help solve urgent societal challenges.

🔖https://t.co/zCzYFO0vUS

[Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability @AtkinsonCenter]

We are pleased to announce Cornell Atkinson has joined the Coalition for Sustainable AI, a global initiative advancing the responsible development and use of artificial intelligence in support of climate action and environmental sustainability 🤝🎉

📌https://t.co/0OwVoyLfCN

[Cornell Chronicle @CornellNews]

From “disgusting” to “beautiful”: @Cornell researchers and Kenyan partners have developed a fertilizer, made from human excreta, that improves soil health and food production, while preventing pollution. @CornellPlantSci @CornellCALS @AtkinsonCenter https://t.co/lWIStRngno

[Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability @AtkinsonCenter]

As David Lodge retires as director of Cornell Atkinson, we celebrate his extraordinary contributions to sustainability science & practice @Cornell, and honor his contributions to inform policy & protect ecosystems at scale.

📌 Read about David’s career: https://t.co/76YVXudUo5

[Cornell University @Cornell]

As biodigesters go, Cornell’s new unit will be small: two 10,000-gallon tanks on a concrete pad that might not be much to look at. But this little system, which will transform food scraps and cow manure into energy, will have an impact far beyond its footprint.

“This is such a great opportunity for research, education and extension,” said Lauren Ray, senior extension associate and agricultural sustainability and energy engineer for PRO-DAIRY, in @CornellCALS.

“It has this element of practicality, because it really will supply energy to the university, but at the same time it’s a platform for learning and even playing, as well as providing hands-on demonstrations for farmers and students.”

The digester is one of the newest additions to Cornell’s Living Lab: a long-standing approach that uses campus operations to research and advance sustainability. It will be installed this summer at the @CornellVet’s Teaching Dairy, where it will take in a portion of manure from the 180-cow herd, as well as food service scraps and byproducts from campus.

Funding and project management were provided by the @AtkinsonCenter.

Read more: https://t.co/sQDTiWutdI.

[EDF Energy Transition @EDFEnergyEX]

Methane drives nearly 30% of today’s warming — and cutting it is one of the fastest ways to slow the rate.

More than 250 scientists just released a roadmap for faster methane action. Now policy and investment must catch up. Via @wef: https://t.co/lf93uKlBbL

[John Morales @JohnMoralesTV]

“I’ll tell you, forecasting in general - it has been degraded.”

— my quote for this @NPR listen on how the 2025 DOGE cuts to @NWS continue to place Americans at risk. https://t.co/kxRORpg5IF

[The Tako Lab @tako_laboratory]

As our exciting research with grape pomace as a functional ingredient continues, we want to thank our collaborations @GalloFamily @NYWineGrapeFdn @USDA_NIFA @AtkinsonCenter @CornellCALS

[Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability @AtkinsonCenter]

Cornell’s newest Living Lab - the biodigester - will turn organic waste into renewable energy ♻️🐄

Using microbes in sealed tanks, the system will create biogas that can help power dairy operations while supporting sustainability research.

➡️https://t.co/gCSBvMa8HC

[Cornell Chronicle @CornellNews]

A small anaerobic digester, one of the newest additions to @Cornell’s Living Lab, will generate electricity and provide a real-world testbed for researchers across campus. @CornellCALS @cornellvet @NYSERDA https://t.co/hiCqY84TUO

[Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability @AtkinsonCenter]

Collaborators from from 13 universities and NGOs gathered @Cornell to tackle a shared challenge: how to meet growing energy demands without further compromising the world’s rivers. The Rethinking Hydropower working group shares a common goal: freezing the hydropower footprint.

[Cornell University @Cornell]

To see the latest sustainability advancement on Cornell’s campus, facilities engineer Sam Fairchild will tell you to look up to the roof of Olin Hall.

Perched along nearly the entire length of the building’s west wing, a brand new heat recovery system – “a beautiful assembly of sheet metal,” Fairchild said – is a small cityscape, with fans 30 feet high, metal shed-like structures and a long chute for the flow of air.

The system is one of three installed on campus and is part of a larger portfolio of improvements, across 23 campus buildings, that have massively overperformed on initial targets for cost and carbon savings.

he effort fits into Cornell’s larger, long-standing approach of using campus facilities and its operations as a Living Lab, where staff, researchers, and students innovate, experiment, and learn while advancing sustainability goals.

“We do some pretty amazing things,” said Cole Tucker, associate vice president of energy and sustainability in Facilities and Campus Services. “It’s not only about the problems we solve for Cornell, it’s about how our solutions can be maximized globally.”

Read more: https://t.co/cMDZV7ak9n.

[Center for Data Science for Enterprise and Society @CornellDataSciC]

May 11, 4:30 p.m. ET @Cornell - Joshua Blumenstock, UC Berkeley to talk on Applications of Machine Learning and AI to the Targeting of Humanitarian Aid

https://t.co/Br2IwR48Yt

[Cornell University @Cornell]

April at Cornell: Always glorious to view!

[Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability @AtkinsonCenter]

We had an incredible time hosting the extraordinary cohort of agricultural finance leaders on @Cornell Ithaca & NYC campuses as part of the Resilient Futures Leadership Program, in partnership with @FieldtoMarket & @ecornell_online!