125 students commit Random Hacks of Kindness

More than 125 students brainstormed, coded and met with community nonprofits as they sought solutions to problems as part of the Random Hacks of Kindness event Nov. 13-15 on campus.

Cornell Tech, Engineering launch new master's degree

Cornell Tech and the College of Engineering have announced a new Master of Engineering degree in Operations Research and Information Engineering based at the tech campus in New York City.

Cornellians travel to Paris for global climate summit

Cornell researchers will travel to Paris as part of the university's delegation to the global climate change summit, COP21. Delegations from over 190 countries and more than 50,000 people will attend.

Collaboration celebrated at 2015 Town-Gown Awards

Local and campus leaders met Nov. 14 to recognize town-gown partnerships and celebrate the "long history of cooperation for mutual benefit" that the university, city and county have enjoyed.

'Super natural killer cells' destroy lymph node tumors

Cornell biomedical engineers have developed specialized white blood cells – dubbed "super natural killer cells" – that seek out cancer cells in lymph nodes with only one purpose: destroy them.

Faculty, students, staff study Iceland's geothermal energy

Last month, a team of Cornell staff, graduate students and faculty members attended workshops in and around Reykjavik to learn more about geothermal resources and science in collaboration with Icelandic energy leaders.

Cornell teams join NSF campaign for cybersecurity

Six Cornell researchers will receive grants totaling more than $3 million as part of the National Science Foundation Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace program.

'PhDivas' discourse across disciplines and differences

In their 'PhDivas' podcast, scholars Liz Wayne and Christine Yao find common ground across the STEM-humanities divide with wit and insight on contemporary culture, social issues and life in academia.

Cornell Tech Runway Program accepting postdoc applications

The Runway Startup Postdoc Program – described as "part business school, part research institution, part startup incubator" – is designed to advance the participants' research and launch new business ventures.