Twenty-three receive awards recognizing excellence and impact

The Graduate Excellence and Impact Awards recognized members of the graduate community for their impacts on advancing access, engagement and belonging through service and leadership.

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Cornell and SUNY students show $400 is enough to change lives

Funding from the 2026 SUNY Contribution Project, an initiative from the Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research, provides $400 to 200 randomly selected students to make any contribution they wish.

Nine students receive SUNY Chancellor’s Awards

Nine students and recent graduates representing Cornell’s four contract colleges have been chosen to receive the 2026 State University of New York (SUNY) Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence.

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The brain's hidden defense against a potentially harmful metal

Researchers identify a molecular gatekeeper that clears excess manganese from the brain, offering new clues about a rare neurological condition. 

Community Engagement Awards celebrate partnerships creating positive change

The fourth annual Community Engagement Awards celebrated community-engaged work by students, faculty and staff from across Cornell over the past year.

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Entrepreneurial students win awards for summer work on their startups

Thirty student startups received Human Spirit, Beck Fellows and Cane Entrepreneurial Scholars awards this summer from Entrepreneurship at Cornell, funding that will allow students to work on their startups rather than take traditional summer positions.

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Creative Teaching Awards celebrate experiential learning, community connections

This year’s Creative Teaching Awards faculty recipients have taken students for hands-on, local learning experiences well beyond the classroom walls.

Why do people oppose violence and support war? How moral views evolve

In a new book, moral psychologist Audun Dahl explains why people change their minds about seemingly obvious moral truths, across situations, lifespans and history.

PORTENT backs five new technologies to expand access to care 

Five next-generation point-of-care technologies have been selected for funding by PORTENT, a Center for Point-of-Care Technologies for Nutrition, Infection, and Cancer at Cornell, focusing on crucial healthcare across the globe.  

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