Master gardeners test for best NYS vegetable varieties

Across 37 counties, Cornell Cooperative Extension master gardeners are growing and evaluating select vegetables to find what grows best in New York state.  

Weak AI regulation may backfire, making products less safe

A new modeling study finds no regulation of AI products and services may be safer than weak regulation.

Judson Reid to head up CCE Regional Agriculture Teams

A longtime extension educator and vegetable specialist, Reid will lead Cornell Cooperative Extension's statewide Regional Agriculture Teams, strengthening connections between Cornell research and New York's agricultural communities.

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Sandwell wins prize for book on South African anti-apartheid movement

History professor Rachel Sandwell won the Joel Gregory Book Prize for "National Liberation and the Political Life of Exile," her study of women’s leadership in South Africa’s anti-apartheid movement.

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$2.5M Department of Defense grant funds triple-negative breast cancer therapies

Weill Cornell Medicine has received a three-year, $2.5 million grant from the Department of Defense to develop therapies with fewer side effects for triple-negative breast cancer, one of the most aggressive and difficult-to-treat breast cancers.

Leaders Share Roadmap for the Future in July 2026 All-IT Town Hall

At Cornell's first All-IT Town Hall, university leaders shared their vision for the next chapter of Evolve IT, emphasizing stronger connections, shared opportunities, and a future built on collaboration without losing the local relationships and expertise that make Cornell's Information Technology community successful.

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Too thin to fail: an alternative to copper microchip interconnects

Researchers developed a potential replacement for the tiny copper interconnects in microchips: single-crystal nanowires that become better conductors the thinner they get.

Will Julia Felix survive? Classics prof is on the case in Pompeii TV series

Cornell archaeologist Caitie Barrett helps actor Tom Hiddleston uncover some of the secrets of the daily lives of people who were living in Pompeii when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 A.D.

Cornell, City of Ithaca seek ‘unified vision’ for parks

Students and faculty will help the city transform its parks and their care – with new landscaping features and a proposed maintenance plan and governance structure.