January graduates celebrated at recognition ceremony

Cornell's 14th January graduation recognition ceremony took place at Bartels Hall Dec. 17. About 470 degree candidates were recognized.

University ensures continued funding for DACA students

Barbara Knuth announced Dec. 12 that graduate students who hold DACA status and receive funding through the university will continue to receive funding for the complete length of time they were offered in their admissions letters.

Devastating mites jump nimbly from flowers to honeybees

A new study describes for the first time – and documents with video footage – how Varroa destructor mites can nimbly jump from flowers onto bees.

Study: Attempting to remember may hinder intuitive 'gut feeling'

Researchers from Cornell, Dartmouth say the ability to recall something, to implicitly know it, can be blocked when attempts are made to remember specific details, creating a "feeling-of-not-knowing."

Planning chair and scholar Susan Christopherson dies

Professor and chair of city and regional planning Susan Christopherson, known for her scholarly work and expertise on regional economic development, died Dec. 14, 2016, following a battle with cancer. She was 69.

Grad School lauded for promoting students' success

The Council of Graduate Schools and the Educational Testing Service presented Cornell with this year’s ETS/CGS Award for Innovation in Promoting Success in Graduate Education Dec. 9.

Engineers get under robot's skin to heighten senses

A Cornell engineering group has devised a method for allowing strain and tactile sensing in a soft prosthetic hand, through the use of stretchable optical waveguides.

Dopamine reward helps songbirds learn to hit the right notes

A Cornell study, published Dec. 9 in the journal Science, finds that the brain chemical dopamine plays an active role in "teaching" young birds to sing.

Scientists sweep stodgy stature from Saturn's C ring

As a cosmic dust magnet, Saturn's C ring gives away its youth. Once thought formed in an older, primordial era, the ring may be but a mere babe – less than 100 million years old.