Website charts COVID-19 spread across NY state

A website developed by a Cornell team offers insight into the rate of coronavirus infections across New York state.

Algorithm tracker monitors Reddit rankings of COVID posts

A Cornell researcher has created a tool to track the algorithms on Reddit, to inform people how the site is deciding which coronavirus-related posts to recommend to its hundreds of millions of users.

Cybersecurity requires international cooperation, trust

New Cornell research sheds light on how experts – and nations – can more effectively combat cyberwarfare by fostering trust and transcending politics.

Snail mail to Wi-Fi: Cornell’s history of remote instruction

The university beginning online classes for the remainder of the semester continues a long history of remote instruction. Liberty Hyde Bailey and Martha Van Rensselaer designed Cornell’s first correspondence courses in 1896 and 1900, respectively.

STEM students learn as well online as in classrooms

Students learned just as much in online STEM college courses as they did in traditional classroom settings, and at a fraction of the cost, according to a first-of-its-kind study.

Cornell Tech domestic tech abuse clinic goes virtual

Cornell Tech’s Clinic to End Tech Abuse has created a remote program to help survivors of intimate partner abuse use their devices without fear of monitoring or stalking.

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Runway postdocs innovate startups targeting COVID-19

Participants in the Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute at Cornell Tech’s Runway Startup Postdoc Program presented projects aimed at coping with coronavirus at a virtual demonstration April 1.

‘CoronaCheck’ website combats spread of misinformation

Cornell researchers have developed an automated system that uses machine learning, data analysis and human feedback to automatically verify statistical claims about the new coronavirus.

Cornell Tech provides CS lessons for kids at home

Cornell Tech is creating virtual lessons and daily Twitter challenges to continue promoting computer science education for children in grades K-12, even as the world tackles unprecedented challenges.