Cornell University

From September 14-20, Cornell students, faculty, and staff are invited to go off-line, off-screen, and off-tech to fullest extent possible. This campus-wide initiative encourages participants to explore how mindful technology use can support: personal well-being and meaningful connection more human-centered forms of teaching and learningmore thoughtful and sustainable modes of computing and AI useThroughout the week, participants are encouraged to unplug from phones, computers, televisions, and other electronic devices to the greatest extent possible. Whether participants choose to unplug for a day, an hour, or an evening, every action counts. Wondering how to unplug? Consider putting away devices during meals, holding in-person meetings, or...

Organized by Cornell University Library in collaboration with Cornell Botanic Gardens, Keeping Common Birds Common features unforgettable portraits of birds by wildlife photographer Marie Read, taken in biodiverse habitats maintained by the Gardens. This exhibit shows how managed landscapes that integrate principles of habitat conservation and native plant gardening have a key role to play in protecting and nurturing the beautiful birds that visit our backyards, neighborhoods, parks, fields, and forests, with the hopes of keeping these common birds common forever. Keeping Common Birds Common is concurrent with related exhibits at Mann Library: Last Call: Bird Decline and the Threat of Extinction...

The world has lost, or is on the brink of losing, many remarkable bird species. Meanwhile, many once-numerous bird populations are rapidly shrinking. In North America alone, research led by Cornell scientists has shown that the continent’s total number of birds has declined by an estimated 2.9 billion adults over just a few decades, reflecting widespread pressures such as habitat loss, climate change, pollution, and invasive species. A collaboration among Cornell University Library, the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, and the Cornell Museum of Vertebrates, the exhibit Last Call: Bird Decline and the Threat of Extinction spotlights...

From September 14-20, Cornell students, faculty, and staff are invited to go off-line, off-screen, and off-tech to fullest extent possible. This campus-wide initiative encourages participants to explore how mindful technology use can support: personal well-being and meaningful connection more human-centered forms of teaching and learningmore thoughtful and sustainable modes of computing and AI useThroughout the week, participants are encouraged to unplug from phones, computers, televisions, and other electronic devices to the greatest extent possible. Whether participants choose to unplug for a day, an hour, or an evening, every action counts. Wondering how to unplug? Consider putting away devices during meals, holding in-person meetings, or...

Organized by Cornell University Library in collaboration with Cornell Botanic Gardens, Keeping Common Birds Common features unforgettable portraits of birds by wildlife photographer Marie Read, taken in biodiverse habitats maintained by the Gardens. This exhibit shows how managed landscapes that integrate principles of habitat conservation and native plant gardening have a key role to play in protecting and nurturing the beautiful birds that visit our backyards, neighborhoods, parks, fields, and forests, with the hopes of keeping these common birds common forever. Keeping Common Birds Common is concurrent with related exhibits at Mann Library: Last Call: Bird Decline and the Threat of Extinction...

The world has lost, or is on the brink of losing, many remarkable bird species. Meanwhile, many once-numerous bird populations are rapidly shrinking. In North America alone, research led by Cornell scientists has shown that the continent’s total number of birds has declined by an estimated 2.9 billion adults over just a few decades, reflecting widespread pressures such as habitat loss, climate change, pollution, and invasive species. A collaboration among Cornell University Library, the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, and the Cornell Museum of Vertebrates, the exhibit Last Call: Bird Decline and the Threat of Extinction spotlights...

The Frontiers of Discovery Lecture Series brings distinguished scholars and leaders to Cornell to share groundbreaking research, experiences, and ideas with the community. This event will feature Drs. Peter and Rosemary Grant, world-renowned evolutionary biologists whose decades-long study of Darwin’s finches in the Galápagos Islands has transformed our understanding of evolution in the natural world. Through continuous field observations spanning more than four decades, the Grants documented natural selection and evolutionary change unfolding in wild populations, providing insights into adaptation, speciation, and the dynamics of evolution. During the lecture, the Grants will discuss their pioneering research in the Galápagos, the discoveries that...

From September 14-20, Cornell students, faculty, and staff are invited to go off-line, off-screen, and off-tech to fullest extent possible. This campus-wide initiative encourages participants to explore how mindful technology use can support: personal well-being and meaningful connection more human-centered forms of teaching and learningmore thoughtful and sustainable modes of computing and AI useThroughout the week, participants are encouraged to unplug from phones, computers, televisions, and other electronic devices to the greatest extent possible. Whether participants choose to unplug for a day, an hour, or an evening, every action counts. Wondering how to unplug? Consider putting away devices during meals, holding in-person meetings, or...

Organized by Cornell University Library in collaboration with Cornell Botanic Gardens, Keeping Common Birds Common features unforgettable portraits of birds by wildlife photographer Marie Read, taken in biodiverse habitats maintained by the Gardens. This exhibit shows how managed landscapes that integrate principles of habitat conservation and native plant gardening have a key role to play in protecting and nurturing the beautiful birds that visit our backyards, neighborhoods, parks, fields, and forests, with the hopes of keeping these common birds common forever. Keeping Common Birds Common is concurrent with related exhibits at Mann Library: Last Call: Bird Decline and the Threat of Extinction...

The world has lost, or is on the brink of losing, many remarkable bird species. Meanwhile, many once-numerous bird populations are rapidly shrinking. In North America alone, research led by Cornell scientists has shown that the continent’s total number of birds has declined by an estimated 2.9 billion adults over just a few decades, reflecting widespread pressures such as habitat loss, climate change, pollution, and invasive species. A collaboration among Cornell University Library, the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, and the Cornell Museum of Vertebrates, the exhibit Last Call: Bird Decline and the Threat of Extinction spotlights...