Reflections on the occupation Of Willard Straight Hall, 50 years later

As Cornell recognizes the 50th anniversary of the occupation, dialogue around these important issues continues. Ezra offers two essays written by Cornellians who are among the many looking back on the occupation to explore its lessons, both broad and personal.

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Veterinary students’ AR app sparks new level of learning

Students at the Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine can now get a leg up in learning equine anatomy, thanks to a custom-designed app created at the college.

Two receive Cornelia Ye Outstanding TA Award

Doctoral students Renee Sifri, studying chemistry, and Anna Srapionyan, studying applied math, have been honored with Cornelia Ye Outstanding Teaching Assistant Awards.

‘Know your purpose,’ speakers urge at OADI awards dinner

The Office of Academic Diversity Initiatives’ annual Honors Award Ceremony May 3 celebrated students, faculty, staff and alumni who have demonstrated outstanding leadership, high academic achievement and strong community engagement.

‘Oculi’ 2.0 faculty collaboration to open at new site May 25

Oculi, a sculptural pavilion by architecture, art and engineering faculty at Cornell, will move this spring from New York City to Art Omi, an art organization in Ghent, New York.

Student-invented software will keep Ithaca’s women swimmin’

One of the most successful fundraising events in Ithaca, Women Swimmin’, will now be one of the best-organized as well, thanks to optimization help from Cornell Engineering students.  

Bots exploiting blockchains for profit

Like high-frequency traders on Wall Street, a growing army of bots exploit inefficiencies in decentralized exchanges, which are places where users buy, sell or trade cryptocurrency independent of a central authority, a Cornell Tech study has found.

From big picture to small screens, student projects tackle problems with tech

At the annual BOOM (Bits on Our Minds) showcase April 24 in Duffield Hall, more than 200 students used technology to try to solve problems large and small, local and international, for entertainment, convenience, increased equity or social good.

Linguistics students create language for ‘Captain Marvel’

Cornell linguistics doctoral students Ryan Hearn and Joseph Rhyne created the alien language Torfan, used in one of the newest movies to come out of Marvel Cinematic Universe, “Captain Marvel.”