Every day, in every county in New York, individuals, schools, businesses, entrepreneurs, local governments, families and communities depend on Cornell to turn discoveries into real-world solutions. As the state’s land-grant university, Cornell was founded to create knowledge with a public purpose and help ensure a vibrant, healthy future for all New Yorkers.
Impact stories
CCE helps NY residents, businesses and communities thrive.
Experts at work
Collaborations and impact
Krystyn Van Vliet forges interdisciplinary collaborations to generate new knowledge and translate discoveries into impact.
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Mildred Warner focuses on restructuring local government services to create sustainable and equitable communities.
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Kurt Jordan uses archaeology and anthropology to understand and connect to North American Indigenous communities around New York.
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Steve Reiners’ work is designed to maintain and enhance the profitability and sustainability of New York vegetable farmers.
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Max Zhang develops systems to make energy and communities more sustainable.
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Isabel Perera focuses on labor’s influence on social welfare and how to bolster mental health policy.
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Roger Figeroa examines factors that affect health outcomes, with a focus on children’s nutrition in underrepresented and low-income communities.
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Elizabeth Lamb works to find effective and economical methods of managing pests that also protect the environment and human health.
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Angela Odoms-Young develops culturally responsive programs and policies that promote health equity and food justice.
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Cornell's Impact on New York State
Cornell research delivers results that matter all around the state.
Driving Regional Economies
- Business Incubators and Innovation Hot Spots
- CaRDI - Community and Regional Development Institute
- CCE Community and Economic Vitality
- CCMR Industrial Partnerships
- Center for Life Science Ventures
- Center for Regional Economic Advancement
- Cornell AgriTech
- Cornell ILR in NYC
- Cornell in Buffalo
- Cornell University Cooperative Extension – New York City
- Grow-NY
- Harvest New York