Workers partner ‘up’ to better themselves, study finds

A new study out of the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business found that people tended to favor higher-paid collaborators – but only when they thought that person had superior skills and could teach them something.

eCornell keynote explores art, science of election forecasting

Political scientist Peter Enns – who correctly predicted the winner in 49 states 100 days before the 2020 U.S. presidential election – will offer insights on political forecasting and his current forecast of the 2024 election in an eCornell keynote address on Oct. 1 at 2:30 p.m.

Martin Y. and Margaret Lee Tang Hall named for major gift to Engineering

The facility is the first to be built on the Pew Engineering Quad in two decades.

BTPI leads NATO policy work on drone warfare

In late August, a group of leading defense experts gathered at Cornell University to tackle a far-reaching problem: What is the future of drone warfare and how will drones impact the security and stability of NATO members and partners?

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Empowering online communities with NSF grant

Nori Jacoby, assistant professor of psychology, has been awarded an NSF fellowship for a project to develop algorithms to more effectively harness the intelligence of crowds by improving the quality of collective evaluations

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Five postdocs honored with achievement awards

Five postdoctoral scholars were honored with Postdoc Achievement Awards as part of Cornell’s participation in National Postdoc Appreciation Week. The awards recognize excellence in community engagement, leadership and mentoring.

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Professor’s feature-length film debuts at Cornell Cinema

“Possible Landscapes,” a new feature-length documentary film exploring the lived experience of landscapes and environments in the Caribbean islands of Trinidad and Tobago, will have its debut screening on Sept. 25 at Cornell Cinema.

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Cornell engineers key to multiple federal microelectronics projects

Cornell Engineering-led projects designed to accelerate research into quantum and communications technologies received significant support from the U.S. Department of Defense, officials with the Northeast Regional Defense Technology Hub (NORDTECH) announced. 

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Antiviral-resistant SARS-CoV-2 variants can emerge in immunocompromised people

Immunocompromised people with persistent COVID infections can harbor drug-resistant variants of the virus, which have the potential to spread, researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine, the College of Veterinary Medicine and the NIH have found.