Seed grants foster collaboration across Cornell campuses

The funding will support preliminary disease-related research, in the latest in a series of efforts to create new opportunities for interdisciplinary research.

Queens building aims to ease housing, health crisis in NYC

The Tree of Life Center – with 174 units, community and retail space, and a full-service health center and dental clinic – opened on Dec. 9 in Jamaica, Queens.

Wisner '16 shares expertise with entrepreneurial community

On Nov. 18, Stephanie Wisner '16 discussed her career path and new book, "Building Backwards to Biotech: The Power of Entrepreneurship to Drive Cutting Edge Science to Market," with Cornell's entrepreneurial community.

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Better digital tools could help immigrants access benefits

A Cornell research team identified barriers to immigrants’ use of online resources that could help them access health and legal benefits, and recommended solutions they incorporated into a new website, Rights for Health.

Multicollege department to bridge design and technology

Cornell has established the Department of Design Tech, a Radical Collaboration partnership between five colleges that seeks to enhance design and technology education and research across the university.

Twenty Affinito-Stewart research grants awarded for the 2022-2023 academic year

Twenty Cornell faculty members were awarded Affinito-Stewart research grants for the 2022-2023 academic year. The grants, which are awarded by the President’s Council of Cornell Women (PCCW), provide junior faculty members from across the university with up to $10,000 in research funding.

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Cornell athlete turned ESPN chairman says sports are the soundtrack of his life

How did Jimmy Pitaro ’91 go from Human Ecology to the helm of ESPN? “I had a coach who said you either win or you learn,” the former Big Red football player told student athletes during a recent visit back to campus.

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Are we there yet? Time slows down on a crowded train

Testing time perception in an unusually lifelike setting – a virtual reality ride on a New York City subway train – an interdisciplinary Cornell research team found that crowding makes time seem to pass more slowly.

Over 80 students recognized at pinning ceremony

The Graduate school welcomed over 80 new Dean’s Scholars into the community of over 370 current Dean’s Scholars at Cornell. The Dean’s Scholars program honors recipients of competitive, diversity-focused fellowships.

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