Makers of 'Splat' to attend startup summer camp

A device that plugs into a smartphone to transform it into a video game console has caught the attention of a global venture capital firm.

For social spiders, preying together aids younger siblings

Cornell researchers studying Australian social huntsman spiders have discovered that younger siblings thrive when raised in nests with older siblings.

'Beta' Cornell Tech students open up for industry leaders

At a May 10 open studio, Cornell Tech's seven-member beta class offered a glimpse of graduate high-tech education reinvented.

Many paths led 'beta' class to Cornell Tech

Members of Cornell NYC Tech's inaugural class were all attracted to the program's startup feel, and they all wanted to take part in a trailblazing master's degree program.

Potato may help feed Ethiopia in era of climate change

Graduate student Semagn Kolech will expand sustainable farming in Ethiopia, turning it from a place where it's hard to grow sustainable crops to a place where farming flourishes.

Cornellians awarded a record 28 Fulbright awards

The Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, which administers the Fulbright program at Cornell, reports that a record 27 Cornellians have received awards in 2013-14.

Graduate award in poetry honors Alan Young-Bryant

A new endowed fund and an annual award for Ph.D. students finishing their dissertations on poetry have been established in memory of recent Cornell alumnus and poetry scholar Alan Young-Bryant.

Four grad students become U.S. Borlaug fellows

Of 11 graduate students receiving research grants from the U.S. Borlaug Fellows in Global Food Security Program, four are Cornell doctoral students.

Gender gap in STEM majors linked to high school job plans

The fact that women are much less likely than men to choose science, technology, education and math majors in college, can be traced to gender differences in occupational plans in high school, reports a new Cornell study.