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A.D. White Professors-at-Large Program announces 2024-25 call for nominations

A.D. White Professor-at-Large nominations in the areas of Humanities, Life Sciences, and Social Sciences are due Monday, Nov. 27.

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Community Field Day brings together Cornell and Greater Ithaca community

Open to students, faculty, staff and family members of all ages, the event brought the Cornell and greater Ithaca community together to celebrate the benefits of physical and mental health.

Book explains how design can contribute to peace

The collection of essays by Shepley and other authors is intended for students, academics and practitioners in all design fields to inspire societal contribution and celebrate collaboration.

Vaccine pioneer to give Racker Lecture Oct. 3

Peter Kim ’79 will explore how vaccines work and provide an overview of some of the most influential vaccines in history. 

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NSF grant supports AI-driven sustainability research, training

A new program at Cornell will tackle critical environmental challenges by integrating advanced AI tools with sustainability research across the campus, thanks to a grant from the National Science Foundation’s Research Traineeship Program.

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Splinter Reeds on campus as Stucky Residency for New Music ensemble

The West Coast's first reed quintet will come to campus Sept. 30 – Oct. 4 as the new Stucky Residency for New Music ensemble, hosted by the Department of Music. 

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Smoke Wallin ’88: Helping entrepreneurs make the best exit

The newest episode of the Entrepreneurship at Cornell podcast features Smoke Wallin ’88.

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New prostate biopsy technique lowers infection risk

A multi-institutional clinical trial led by Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian investigators showed that a newer technique for collecting prostate biopsy samples reduced the risk of infection compared with traditional biopsy approaches.

Leading particle physicist headlines fall 2024 Bethe Lectures

Beate Heinemann, professor at Universität Hamburg and director for particle physics at DESY in Germany, will share the stories of two outstanding women scientists in a public lecture. 

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Scott Emr awarded 2024 Horwitz Prize for discovering ESCRT pathway

“This award places Scott Emr in the company of many of the top figures in molecular biology and biomedical sciences from the past 50 years.” 

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Workers partner ‘up’ to better themselves, study finds

A new study out of the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business found that people tended to favor higher-paid collaborators – but only when they thought that person had superior skills and could teach them something.

eCornell keynote explores art, science of election forecasting

Political scientist Peter Enns – who correctly predicted the winner in 49 states 100 days before the 2020 U.S. presidential election – will offer insights on political forecasting and his current forecast of the 2024 election in an eCornell keynote address on Oct. 1 at 2:30 p.m.