Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 68.46
Liaison Lisa Kilgore
Submission Date March 20, 2015
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Cornell University
AC-9: Academic Research

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 12.00 / 12.00 Lauren Chambliss
Communications Director
Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future
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Number of the institution’s faculty and/or staff engaged in sustainability research:
414

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Total number of the institution’s faculty and/or staff engaged in research:
1,564

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Number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that include at least one faculty or staff member that conducts sustainability research:
65

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The total number of academic departments (or the equivalent) that conduct research:
79

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A copy of the sustainability research inventory that includes the names and department affiliations of faculty and staff engaged in sustainability research:
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Names and department affiliations of faculty and staff engaged in sustainability research:
See website listing below

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A brief description of the methodology the institution followed to complete the research inventory:
Cornell looks to the Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future (ACSF) to identify and advance multidisciplinary sustainability research and initiatives at Cornell and with external partners. Thus far, ACSF has 414 faculty fellows, researchers across all colleges at Cornell, whose work is related to sustainability. The Faculty Fellow Browser (http://www.acsf.cornell.edu/fellows/) may be searched by research topic or organization.

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A brief description of notable accomplishments during the previous three years by faculty and/or staff engaged in sustainability research:
1) Identification of pest/disease affecting biomass in the Northeast, particularly switchgrass: - George Hudler (PLPA) - http://blog.acsf.cornell.edu/news/blog/avf-researchers-identify-damaging-biomass-crop-pathogens 2) Hydrogen project with first bus and filling station coming to Ithaca in 2014: - Paul Mutolo (EMC2) - http://blog.acsf.cornell.edu/news/blog/driving-hydrogen-power-to-ithaca 3) Extension of school garden project into New York State elementary schools: - Nancy Wells (DEA) - http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/2013/12/extension-s-school-garden-project-grows-success 4) Identification and tracking decline of native bees important for crop pollination: - Bryan Danforth (ENT) - http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/2013/03/northeast-bee-population-declines-confirmed

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The website URL where information about sustainability research is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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