Cornell faculty and staff honored for community-engaged innovation

Fourteen members of Cornell’s faculty and staff are being recognized this year with Community-Engaged Practice and Innovation Awards from the David M. Einhorn Center for Community Engagement.

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Awards and honors: Newcomb prize, arts fellows and more

Two professors who won a prize for their paper on artificial intelligence and conspiracy theories are among several faculty members recently honored for their work.

Task force recommends restraint in use of institutional voice

Cornell leadership will apply principles of institutional restraint to decisions about when and how the university should comment publicly on matters of social and political significance.

Local volunteer powers rural resilience with student support

Cornell will honor longtime volunteer Beth Harrington on Feb. 5 for her work to make the Town of Caroline more resilient in the face of emergencies, with support from a team of graduate students.  

Underwater 3D printing could transform maritime construction

An interdisciplinary collaboration has developed a way to 3D-print concrete underwater – a technique that could transform on-site maritime construction and the repair of critical infrastructure.

Designing the future: a Q&A with Harald Haraldsson

Through rapid prototyping and creative experimentation, Harald and his students explore how emerging technologies can reshape the way we interact with both digital and physical environments.

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What's ahead: Cornell AAP spring 2026 highlights

After a winter break to regroup and recharge, faculty, students, and staff return to campus and to the open questions, conversations, and explorations that will drive the work of the semester ahead.

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Artist team Mendi + Keith Obadike named USA Fellows

The Obadikes have exhibited and performed their interdisciplinary work at The New Museum, The Studio Museum in Harlem, The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, and The Museum of Modern Art. Their projects include four books, two albums, and a series of large-scale public sound artworks. 

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NYC residents agree: heat pumps improve comfort

Residents of a 10-unit apartment building retrofitted with electric heat pumps preferred the pumps to their oil-fueled boiler.