2025 Year in Review

Cornell’s impact was felt near and far, from the lacrosse fields to research labs and beyond in a turbulent 2025.

‘Red team’ students stress-test NYC health department’s AI

People usually strive to be their true, authentic selves, but this fall, five master’s students at Cornell Tech adopted not only alter egos but also “bad intent,” in an effort to make AI safer for health workers serving people with diabetes.

New 3D benchmark leaves AI in knots

In new research that puts the latest models to test in a 3D environment, Cornell scholars found that AI fares well with untangling basic knots but can’t quite tie knots from simple loops nor convert one knot to another.

Law project raises awareness of constitutional rights

Know Your Rights presentations are part of the ongoing Cornell Immigration Legal Information Project, funded with a grant from the Park Foundation and started in January 2025.

Brain stimulation during sleep boosts weak memories in mice

Manipulating mouse brains during sleep improved their ability to remember new experiences that would normally be forgotten – a finding with important implications for treating Alzheimer’s disease.

Seamless tech: ‘OriStitch’ threads computation and 3D textiles

Researchers from the Cornell Bowers have developed OriStitch, a new software and fabrication system that takes simple 3D objects and spins them into a design for a textile version using carefully placed stitches in fabric.

Cake-pan telescope searches the sky for fast radio bursts

The Global Radio Explorer telescope is a series of eight terminals being built and tested at Cornell and the California Institute of Technology, and installed at locations around the world.

Doctoral alumna selected for CGS/ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Award

Anthropology alumna Dusti Bridges, Ph.D. ’25, was selected for the CGS/ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Awards in the humanities and fine arts.

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Embrace community, lived experiences for better mentoring

Sweeney Windchief, professor of adult and higher education at Montana State University, discussed mentoring relationships during a 2025 MAC Public Keynote.

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