Hotelie Jen Barnwell ’96 is a champion for independent and boutique hotels

The newest episode of a podcast hosted by Entrepreneurship at Cornell, Startup Cornell, features Jen Barnwell ‘96, president of Curator Hotel & Resort Collection. 

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EPICC Awards honor engineering faculty, staff for core values

Cornell Engineering hosted its third annual EPICC Awards ceremony on Oct. 15, celebrating staff and faculty whose work reflects the college’s core values: excellence, purpose, innovation, community, and collaboration. 

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Origin of deadly ovarian cancer identified

Researchers have identified the origin of ovarian cancer that develops in the fallopian tube, which opens doors to discovering new methods for diagnosing the disease and potential therapies. 

Cornell leads subteams on $35M nuclear-powered spacecraft project

The Space Power and Propulsion for Agility, Responsiveness and Resilience Institute, funded by the U.S. Space Force, will be the first to bring fast chemical rockets together with efficient electric propulsion powered by a nuclear microreactor.

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Climate change brings challenges, and opportunities, to Finger Lakes wineries

In a wetter, hotter, more turbulent weather world, New York state wineries will endure new hardship, but they may be better off than most. 

Trace gas measurements could advance carbon cycle predictions

A novel method for estimating the rate of photosynthesis from land plants reveals that satellite observations underestimate this important metric.

eLab welcomes 24 student startup teams to fall cohort

Twenty-four student teams have been selected for the Fall 2024 cohort of eLab, Cornell’s student startup accelerator. Now welcoming its 16th credit-bearing cohort, eLab accepts student founders from any field of study across Cornell and trains them to launch their businesses.

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Engineering students learn by doing at Cornell AES farm

While supporting research through its nine farms and 127,000 square feet of greenhouses, Cornell AES facilities are also used as a unique teaching environment for two dozen Cornell undergraduate courses.

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J. Ellen Gainor wins book award from Theatre Library Association

The George Freedley Memorial Award Special Jury Prize goes to Gainor for “The Routledge Anthology of Women’s Theatre Theory & Dramatic Criticism," which she co-edited. 

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