Over 80 students receive NSF graduate fellowships

Eighty-four graduate students have been selected as new National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP) fellows, joining Cornell’s community of nearly 250 NSF GRFP fellows.

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New research sheds light on origins of social behaviors

Cornell biologists report that fruit flies’ visual system, not just chemical receptors, is deeply involved in their social behaviors, which sheds light on the possible origin of differences in human social behaviors, such as those seen in people with autism.

From breaking to Beyoncé: Hip Hop Collection empowers students

Cornell's Hip Hop Collection, which includes the archives of some of the most influential pioneers of hip-hop, supports and enriches a passionate community of student scholars and artists.  

Comparing ‘sister’ compounds may hold key to quantum puzzle

In two new papers, an international collaboration of researchers including Cornell physicists explain, on the microscopic level, why “Planckian” scattering of electrons occurs in some materials but not in others.

‘Smart’ glasses skew power balance with nonwearers

Someone wearing augmented reality, or “smart,” glasses could be Googling your face, turning you into a cat or recording your conversation – and that creates a major power imbalance with the nonwearer, Cornell researchers have found.

Keynote addresses mentorship at Summer Success Symposium

Electrical and computer engineering alumnus Coalton Bennett, Ph.D. ’10, spoke about the importance of mentoring during the alumni keynote at the 2023 Summer Success Symposium, an opportunity for incoming students.

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Latest muon measurement doubles precision

A Cornell team is playing a key role in the Muon g-2 Collaboration by designing some of the technology that captures the muon data, and helping to radically improve the precision of the measurements.

‘Trashbots’ help Brooklynites clean up, connect

Cornell Tech researchers deployed “trashbots” in Brooklyn for two weeks in July. The goal of the experiment was to see how people interact with, and make sense of, service robots in public spaces. The cleaning was an added bonus.

Robert Weiss named senior associate dean at the Graduate School

Robert Weiss has been appointed to a new senior associate dean position in the Graduate School to develop and implement a comprehensive plan to enhance programming and support for life science graduate fields at Cornell.

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