Cornell Concert Series hosts Sona Jobarteh, musician of the West African griot tradition

A living archive of the Gambian people, Sona Jobarteh innovates to support a more humanitarian future. 

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Possible biomarker identified for Crohn’s disease with arthritis type

People with Crohn’s disease and related joint inflammation linked to immune system dysfunction have distinct gut bacteria or microbiota, according to a new study by Weill Cornell Medicine researchers.

Cornell faculty honored for community-engaged innovation

Thirteen faculty members from across Cornell are being honored by the Einhorn Center for Community Engagement with this year’s Community-Engaged Practice and Innovation Awards

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Bacterial ‘jumping genes’ can target and control chromosome ends

Researchers identified several families of "jumping genes," or transposons, in cyanobacteria and Streptomyces that can find and insert themselves at the telomere, with benefits for the transposon and their bacterial host. 

Johnson Museum exhibit celebrates the art and science of the home

The exhibit celebrates a century of applying science and design to the study of the home, the result of a collaboration between the museum and the College of Human Ecology as part of its centennial year.

Neuroscience helps teachers empower students and themselves

The program from the Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research provides student teachers an understanding on the neuroscience behind children’s learning and development and encourages them to pass that knowledge to their students.

Where computer scientists and economists talk to each other

In a world that’s growing more connected every day, economists and computer scientists need to work together. Cornell researchers have thought this way for years, and the rest of the world is catching on. 

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$10.5 million gift to Cornell will fund research using Empire AI

The gift from philanthropist Tom Secunda, co-founder of Bloomberg L.P., will help fund artificial intelligence-related research at Cornell Tech in New York City and at the Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science in Ithaca.

Nanoscale tweaks help alloy withstand high-speed impacts

A Cornell-led collaboration devised a new method for designing metals and alloys that can withstand extreme impacts: introducing nanometer-scale speed bumps that suppress a fundamental transition that controls how metallic materials deform.