From the Living Lab: Students tackle campus trash and food waste

From donating excess dining hall food to surveying their peers' leftovers, students reduce waste and make campus more sustainable. 

David Lodge, ecologist and Cornell Atkinson director, to retire

David Lodge, ecologist and director of the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability, will retire May 22, 2026.

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Prof. Jolene Rickard receives Lifetime Achievement Award

A citizen of the Skarù·ręʔ / Tuscarora Nation (Hodinöhsö:ni Confederacy), Joline K. Rickard is honored for work that has had a profound impact on contemporary Indigenous art and scholarship.  

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McGraw construction melds modern with historical

As McGraw Hall, one of the university’s oldest buildings, is rebuilt from the inside out, workers have made several discoveries, and faculty are reusing and studying materials from the building in the classroom.

Community-engaged learning celebrated, Buffalo Co-Lab honored

ILR School’s Buffalo Co-Lab has played a vital role in western New York, working in partnership with business, union, government, education and community organizations.

Low-cost solution to parasite, poverty at risk from possible NSF cuts

Cornell-led research linking poverty and disease – and a promising path out of both – faces an uncertain future as federal science funding comes under pressure.

Oral GLP-1 medication helps patients maintain weight loss

Switching to the oral small molecule glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) orforglipron after taking injectable GLP-1s helped patients maintain most of their weight loss, a clinical trial involving Weill Cornell Medicine has found.

Regular audits would build trust, confidence in AI

J. Nathan Matias, assistant professor of communication, is a co-author of “Auditing AI,” which offers AI users from all walks of life an introduction into AI evaluation, which is key for developing trust in the technology.

Jasmine Crain ’26 Awarded Skadden Fellowship

Jasmine Crain ’26 will begin her legal career on a high note this fall as she embarks on a coveted Skadden Fellowship, serving veterans and service members at the National Veterans Legal Services Program.

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