With funds from a record-setting naming gift from David A. Duffield ’62, MBA ’64, the Cornell Duffield College of Engineering will establish the $25 million Cornell David A. Duffield Engineering Education Research Institute.
A community art gala at Ithaca Tompkins International Airport showcased Cornell student work, local artists and performances as part of a broader effort to strengthen the airport’s connection to the Ithaca community.
Cornell researchers used stretchable fiber-optic sensors to create a soft robot gripper that can predict the ripeness of strawberries by touch, then pick them without causing any damage.
Jonathan Butcher, the Joseph N. Pew Jr. Professor in Engineering in the Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering, has been named this year’s recipient of the Kaplan Family Distinguished Faculty Fellowship from the Einhorn Center.
William L. Maxwell ’57, Ph.D. ’61, the Andrew Schultz Jr. Professor Emeritus of Industrial Engineering and a pioneer in the field of simulation and scheduling, died March 31 in Indiana, Pennsylvania. He was 91.
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.
Cornell Atkinson has announced 40 research grants to support undergraduate and graduate student researchers whose work will support sustainability, biodiversity and agriculture.
