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Students win NASA grant to develop AI for safer aerial traffic

The skies may soon be congested with drone traffic. A multidisciplinary team received a grant from NASA to develop new models to coordinate these drones, which may someday deliver packages - or even people. 

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Twelve doctoral candidates lobby on Capitol Hill

Twelve doctoral candidates traveled from the Ithaca campus and Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City to Capitol Hill April 17 for the annual Cornell Ph.D. Student Advocacy Day.

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Cross-campus collaboration unlocks health systems M.Eng. pathway

The Department of Population Health Sciences at Weill Cornell Medicine and the Systems Engineering program in Cornell Engineering have teamed up to create a Health Systems Engineering pathway in the existing Master of Engineering program offered by Systems Engineering.

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Dead & Company concert funds $800K for new climate solutions

One year since Dead & Company’s iconic show at Barton Hall, proceeds from the fundraiser have begun to flow to its climate-fighting recipients.

Joan Klein Jacobs ’54, transformational philanthropist, dies at 91

Joan Klein Jacobs ’54, a global philanthropist who believed strongly in the power of education and the arts to transform lives, died May 6 in San Diego. She was 91.  

Giannelis honored for support of Cornell infrastructure program

For his support in helping the Cornell Program in Infrastructure Policy access critical funding in his role as vice provost, Emmanuel Giannelis received the program's annual award during a ceremony in New York City.

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Two academic advisers earn 2024 excellence awards

Members of Cornell’s Professional Academic Advising Community recognized two of their own for their commitment to providing helpful guidance and sincere care to undergraduates.

Students win DOE solar prize with Agrivoltaic Design Studio

Students won the solar tech prize in the 2024 EnergyTech University Prize competition for their entry “Agrivoltaic Design Studio,” a sustainable farming technique that combines agriculture and solar energy production.

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Students revive classic microchip fabrication with open-source tools

A unique project team enables Cornell undergraduates to use emerging open-source hardware to design, test and fabricate their own microchips – a complex, expensive process that is rarely available to students.

Hormone helps slow development of osteoarthritis

Applying a pretreatment of a parathyroid hormone, commonly used to increase bone mass to combat osteoporosis, can help improve cartilage health and slow the development of osteoarthritis, Cornell researchers have found.

Grow as you go: ‘Peecycling’ helps plants and compost thrive

Human urine could be a handy resource in tending home gardens and compost piles, thanks to an interdisciplinary collaboration between two Cornell Engineering students and plant scientist Rebecca Nelson.

Novel calculations peg age of ‘baby’ asteroid

A Cornell-led research team derived the age of Selam, a “moonlet” orbiting the asteroid Dinkinesh in the main asteroid belt, based only on the pair’s dynamics.