New summer course to spark civic engagement in high schoolers

A grant from the Teagle Foundation will allow Cornell faculty and staff to launch a new civic education program for high school students, opening pathways to higher education. 

Around Cornell

Einaudi travel grants send grad students abroad

Eighty-three graduate students travelled internationally for fieldwork last summer with the support of research travel grants from the Einaudi Center for International Studies. Their work sent them to every continent except Antarctica and Australia. Applications are open until March 6 for graduate students seeking support for summer 2026.

Around Cornell

Study reveals deer inhibit trees but raise plant diversity

At high densities, white-tailed deer inhibit growth of trees but increase the overall diversity of smaller plant and weed species, according to a long-term study published Dec. 23 in PLOS One.

Around Cornell

Cornell partnerships propel semiconductor innovation through NY THRIVE vouchers

Several New York–based technology companies are accelerating next-generation semiconductor manufacturing with support from the NY THRIVE Innovation Voucher program, including projects in collaboration with Cornell University’s world-class research facilities.

Around Cornell

Cornell Tech names Chief of Health Innovation, launches Health Tech Hub Advisory Committee

Cornell Tech has appointed Tanzeem Choudhury as its Chief of Health Innovation and has formed a new Health Tech Hub Advisory Committee composed of leaders from across the healthcare industry.

Around Cornell

How WWII changed ideas of racial purity in Japan

In “Japan Reborn: Race and Eugenics from Empire to Cold War,” Kristin Roebuck explores what happened to “mixed blood” children born to Japanese women and foreign soldiers from the peak of Japan’s imperial expansion in the 1930s through the empire’s collapse in 1945 and beyond,

Around Cornell

Helping urban youth use AI to navigate the future

Christian Gant-Madison's '25 platform will use AI to connect youth to jobs, skill development opportunities, civic education information and social resources.

Around Cornell

Student-led McClintock Letters campaign gets Research!America award

A nationwide campaign that resulted in hundreds of scientists publishing letters in their hometown newspapers about the value of federal research funding has received the Meeting the Moment for Public Health Award from the non-profit Research!America.

Around Cornell

Programmable plant sprint hits the ground running

In a recent hackathon sprint, the Cornell Center for Research on Programmable Plant Systems (CROPPS), successfully showcased a closed loop fertigation system that is controlled by the plants themselves

Around Cornell