Nabokov celebrated for crossing arts/science boundaries
An avid lepidopterist since childhood, Nabokov was known to spend most of his free time on campus in the Cornell University Insect Collection.
Read moreIn our department we value science and education grounded in the natural history of organisms, and strive to understand the patterns and processes that structure communities and ecosystems, and drive evolutionary change over all geographical and time scales. As new methods provide insight into ecological and evolutionary mechanism and function, we seek to refine fundamental concepts, integrate findings into novel theory, and address environmental challenges. As a department we are committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, justice and belonging - values that underlie all we do.
Cornell’s Experimental Ponds Facility is a research and teaching resource operated by our department. For over 50 years, a broad range of field and experimental projects have utilized the Ponds facility. Past and ongoing studies provide valuable insights and solutions into a variety of topics including: conservation of migratory birds; and a broadened understanding of nutrient and chemical pathways in aquatic environments. Research teams from EEB's Holgerson and Vitousek Labs are currently using the Ponds facility for their research programs.
An avid lepidopterist since childhood, Nabokov was known to spend most of his free time on campus in the Cornell University Insect Collection.
Read moreCornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability awards research grants to graduate students across three colleges: EEB's Cheyenne Reuben-Thomas among the grads whose research advances sustainable biodiversity, energy transitions, food security, human health and reducing climate risk.
Read moreEEB's Anurag Agrawal, the James A. Perkins Professor of Environmental Studies helps uncover the ways in which human affairs and natural environments are inevitably and inextricably entangled in Nabokov’s imagination. An avid butterfly collector, Nabokov developed theories, recently proven accurate, ...
Read moreGlobal climate models and predictions rely on accurate accounting of greenhouse gas emissions and carbon storage, reports EEB assistant prof Meredith Holgerson. Holgerson and her research team are beginning to quantify the significant effects that both human-made and natural ponds have on the global...
Read moreCALS Dean and EEB prof Ben Houlton part of UC Davis/Cornell research team: Adding crushed volcanic rock to cropland could play a key role in removing carbon from the air. The process, called rock weathering, can take millions of years — too slow to offset global warming. But by crushing the rock int...
Read moreEEB prof Michelle Smith joins in on A&S celebration: The College hosted a new pre-graduation reception in the Groos Family Atrium of Klarman Hall for December graduates and their families. "The A&S reception provided an amazing opportunity to meet students and their friends and families, learn about...
Read moreEEB professor emeritus, Jim Morin in the news: In sea fireflies’ (ostracod) underwater ballet, the males sway together in perfect, illuminated synchronization, basking in the blue-like glow of their secreted iridescent mucus. This ostracod species was first discovered in 2017 Morin, while at the STR...
Read moreEEB team from the Lodge Lab reports in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences: the genetic material a species sheds into the environment (eDNA) can reveal not only the presence of the species but also a broad range of information about the genetics of whole populations. The use of eDNA ...
Read more