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Research Matters

Research Matters

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The Research Matters podcast features candid conversations with Cornell University researchers who are tackling some of society’s most urgent challenges and finding solutions that make a difference. Hear from experts who are not just studying the world, but changing it, turning data into discoveries, and ideas into impact. Produced by Cornell University Relations. Read more at news.cornell.edu.

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Episodes
  • From earth to easel: Kirsten Kurtz paints with soil

    From earth to easel: Kirsten Kurtz paints with soil
    Jul 30 2025

    Kirsten Kurtz, assistant director of the Cornell Soil Health Lab, discusses her practice of painting with soil, the need for creativity in science and why “the skin of the earth” is more than just dirt.
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    41 mins
  • Chloé Arson goes deep into the potential of geothermal heat

    Chloé Arson goes deep into the potential of geothermal heat
    May 27 2025

    Chloé Arson, professor in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences in Cornell Engineering, discusses her interest in rock mechanics and geothermal heat, addresses common misunderstandings about the technology and recounts the unexpected, zigzagging journey that led to her becoming a literal rock star.
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    38 mins
  • Ariel Ortiz-Bobea on the need for increasing public investment in agricultural R&D

    Ariel Ortiz-Bobea on the need for increasing public investment in agricultural R&D
    Mar 12 2025

    Climate change and flagging investment in research and development has U.S. agriculture facing its first productivity slowdown in decades. Ariel Ortiz-Bobea, associate professor in the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management at Cornell University, explains what is needed to reverse course: a level of public R&D spending growth that hasn’t been seen in the U.S. since the years following World War I and World War II. Read more: Large-scale investment in research needed to maintain U.S. agriculture
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    25 mins
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