Sense of place trumps tax breaks in choosing where to live

There’s no place like home — and even when state-by-state income tax disparities make it profitable to move, high-wage earners seem to agree, according to new Cornell-led research.

‘Sacred Ground’ exhibit receives Historic Ithaca preservation award

Open now through Dec. 31, the exhibit highlights findings from a four-year archaeological excavation of Ithaca’s St. James A.M.E. Zion Church conducted by Cornell faculty, students and Ithaca school children from 2021–2024.

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On 10th anniversary, LIGO verifies Hawking’s theorem

The LIGO-VIRGO-KAGRA team has announced a black hole merger similar to its first detection; a decade’s worth of technological advances allow unprecedented tests of General Relativity to be performed. 

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18 Cornellians receive Fulbright awards

Eighteen Cornellians have been offered Fulbright U.S. Student Program awards this academic year. 

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Nobel-winning economist to speak on ‘why women won’

Claudia Goldin ’67, winner of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Economics, will return to campus to give the 2025 Staller Lecture on Sept. 25.

Cornell’s Ignite Innovation Acceleration program supports inventors, early-stage innovations

Six Cornell inventors developing projects in robotics, advanced materials, agriculture, biotechnology, AI for medical education and veterinary medicine have been selected for the spring 2025 cycle of the Ignite Innovation Acceleration program.

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College of Arts and Sciences welcomes 27 new faculty members

This year, 27 new faculty have joined the College of Arts & Sciences, enriching 17 departments and programs with their excellence in an impressive range of topics, including moral psychology, gravitational waves, Black contemporary art and more. 

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Chemist Song Lin named 2025 Blavatnik National Award finalist

Recognized for advancing electrochemical techniques that enable efficient, sustainable synthesis of complex organic molecules, accelerating drug development, and materials innovation, Lin is a finalist in Chemical Sciences.

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Kidney disease and climate change in Nicaragua’s sugarcane zone

 “What is happening to the kidneys of sugarcane workers is not a result of climate change. It is climate change": Anthropologist Alex Nading documents how environmental justice activists are addressing the epidemic. 

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