Senior wins award from SETI Institute for planetary research

“I think the question that drives SETI’s work is one innate to the human species – seeking to prove that we are not alone in the universe,” said Ze-Wen Koh '23.

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Flying high: Sophomore is a rising star in the birding world

A social media influencer with nearly 40,000 followers on Instagram, Isaiah Scott ’25 is emerging as a young adult leader in the national birding community.

Student instrumental in Thai cave rescue receives scholarship

Adul Samon came to campus for a six-week Precollege program this summer to study biology and take a personal essay course. Adul was one of 12 boys who, along with their soccer coach, were trapped in a flooded underground cave in Thailand in 2018. Their dramatic rescue was recently made into the film Thirteen Lives.

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Breaking barriers: Peer outreach boosts student veterans

The number of undergraduate veterans enrolled at Cornell has nearly quadrupled over the past five years, thanks in part to outreach by a team of student veteran peer counselors.

Book: Time for Black women to claim the right to lead

In a new book, scholar Carole Boyce Davies calls our current era “the century for claiming Black women’s right to leadership.”

Faculty members' film focuses on boarding school escape

“Ghosts” will premiere Nov. 17 at 5 p.m. in the Film Forum at the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts.

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SkinKit offers versatile, wearable on-skin computing

Members of Cornell’s Hybrid Body Lab have come up with a reliable on-skin computing interface that’s easy to attach and detach, and can be used for a variety of purposes – from health monitoring to fashion.

Conference features insightful advice, stories from entrepreneurs

The Eclectic Convergence conference included talks from six entrepreneurs, business executives and venture capitalists, as well as a pitch competition.

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Online microaggressions strongly impact disabled users

New types of microaggressions toward people with disabilities play out online, according to new Cornell-led research.