AI in education initiatives emphasize experimentation, balanced use

Two new initiatives involving artificial intelligence in Cornell classrooms will encourage experimental and balanced use, while exploring ways to deploy AI that align with the teaching needs and strategies of individual academic fields.

Cornell Statistical Consulting Unit to host workshop on AI in scientific research

CSCU will host “Ask the Statisticians: AI in Scientific Research,” a free virtual session to discuss how Cornell researchers are integrating AI into their statistical workflows. 

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NSF grant to explore whether AI can support students’ critical thinking

Cornell has received a $750,000 grant to study AI-powered reflection tools that build student critical thinking skills.

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A&S offers new science, technology and society major

An innovative major in the College of Arts & Sciences is being expanded and refined to highlight its combination of science, social science and the humanities and its relevance to careers today.

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Can AI boost open-mindedness? Team wins $1.49M grant to find out

A $1.49 million award from the John Templeton Foundation will enable Cornell researchers Gordon Pennycook and David Rand ’04 to explore whether artificial intelligence can be used to understand and increase open-mindedness.

Good vibes: Phones promote shared space, not silos, in Arts Quad installation

“Vibe Coating” integrates green-screen technology and AI to visualize participants' prompts as an immersive, continuously changing environment.

Cornell Unplugged encourages mindful tech use, social connection

New event asks the community to decrease technology use, increase face-to-face interaction and consider that every AI chat, doomscroll and text message has a water, energy and carbon footprint. 

Cornellians to address AI, NY energy future at Climate Week NYC

Cornell and global leaders will come together at Climate Week NYC Sept. 20-27 to discuss some of the world’s most pressing sustainability challenges, including harnessing AI’s power while mitigating its negative impacts.

AI reveals new class of cellular ‘off switch’ linked to cancer pathways

Cornell researchers have used artificial intelligence to uncover a previously unknown way cells control how proteins move inside them, a process essential for growth, communication and movement, and one that is often disrupted in cancer.