Thirty-two receive awards recognizing inclusive excellence

The Graduate Diversity and Inclusion Awards recognized members of the graduate community for their accomplishments, leadership and commitments to advancing efforts around diversity, inclusion, outreach and student engagement.

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Students use the Internet of Things to connect, inspire

From monitoring blood pressure to potholes: Professor Max Zhang's Internet of Things (IoT) course teaches students how to leverage IoT sensor technology to solve real-world problems and help the community. 

Four honored for excellence in undergraduate advising

Three Cornell faculty members and a senior lecturer have been recognized with Kendall S. Carpenter Memorial Advising Awards for their sustained and distinguished contributions.

Qubit control: Cornell engineers push to make quantum practical

Researchers in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering are incorporating elements of physics, circuit design, photonics, systems architecture, information theory and other fields to make quantum devices both practical and scalable.

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Maribel Garcia awardee advances STEM education in Angola

PhD candidate Catia Dombaxe won the 2023 Maribel Garcia Community Spirit Award, a program of the David M. Einhorn Center for Community Engagement.

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From poetry to philosophy to politics, senior humanities scholars share research

The end-of-year Humanities Scholar Program research conference May 5 featured presentations by 45 senior undergraduates.

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Upstate 2.0 wins $1M NSF award to transform economy

A $1M award will support Upstate 2.0, which aims to grow the regional economy in upstate New York while helping to realize the state and nation’s goal of a net-zero carbon economy.

Engineering, Weill Cornell Medicine pilot M.D.-M.Eng. degree

As part of a new cross-college initiative designed to accelerate engineering innovations in medicine, Cornell Engineering is piloting an M.D.-M.Eng. program that allows medical students at Weill Cornell Medicine to earn a one-year professional Master of Engineering degree.

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‘Phenomenal’ Dead & Co. concert awes a grateful crowd

The Big Red was awash in tie-dye May 8 as Dead & Company came to Barton Hall for a jubilant benefit show that had multiple generations celebrating the return of members of the Grateful Dead to the site of one of their most historic shows.