Reducing the cultural bias of AI with one sentence

“Cultural prompting” – asking an AI model to perform a task like someone from another part of the world – resulted in reduced bias in responses for the vast majority of the more than 100 countries tested by a Cornell-led research group.

Donor's annual prize shows appreciation for teaching assistants

The Deanne Gebell Gitner ’66 and Family Annual Prize for Teaching Assistants puts graduate TAs in the spotlight, celebrating and recognizing them for their impact and contributions to education at Cornell.

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Microscale kirigami robot folds into 3D shapes and crawls

Researchers created a robot less than 1 millimeter in size that is printed as a 2D hexagonal “metasheet” but, with a jolt of electricity, morphs into preprogrammed 3D shapes and crawls.

NextGen Professors Program prepares future faculty

The journey from a Ph.D. to an academic career can be challenging to navigate, but the NextGen Professors Program can help prepare students and postdocs for the job search and transition to professor.

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Two doctoral students receive Qualcomm Innovation Fellowships

A team of two Cornell information science doctoral students received 2024 Qualcomm Innovation Fellowships, selected as one of 16 winning teams from 55 initial project teams for their proposal on wearable technology.

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Keynote speaker: Find success through community

Biological and environmental engineering alumnus Christian Guzman, M.S. ’11, Ph.D. ’16, spoke about the importance of community during the alumni keynote at the 2024 Summer Success Symposium, an opportunity for incoming students.

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Cornell adds 3 A.D. White Professors to celebrated roster

Best-selling writer Cory Doctorow, filmmaker Louis Massiah ’77 and award-winning journalist P. (Palagummi) Sainath have been appointed as the latest Cornell A.D. White Professors-at-Large.

Biohybrid robots controlled by electrical impulses — in mushrooms

Cornell researchers discovered a new way of controlling biohybrid robots that can react to their environment better than their purely synthetic counterparts: harnessing fungal mycelia’s innate electrical signals.

AI modeling delivers more benefits, less risk for water partnerships

Researchers found that cooperative partnerships seeking to spread the cost burden of water infrastructure projects often end up forcing local partners to bear the brunt of supply and financial risks.