Workbook tackles injustice – and carbon – in built environment

Led by College of Architecture, Art and Planning experts, “Embodying Justice in the Built Environment: Circularity in Practice” seeks to help communities center justice principles while implementing sustainability strategies.

Missing identity options on forms can prompt anger, reduce belonging

Being asked to provide demographic information in official forms such as job applications – but finding one’s own identity group missing from demographic options provided – can signal a low likelihood of belonging in a given setting and trigger anger, according to new Cornell research.  

During eclipse birds soared less, hooted more

Early results from a study of the April 8 total solar eclipse show a more noticeable effect on bird behavior than during 2017 eclipse.

As Empire AI dawns, Cornell lays groundwork for public good

Empire AI, a $400 million effort to create a shared academic research computing facility, is set to advance dozens of ambitious, cross-disciplinary projects at Cornell.

Cornell to reinstate standardized test requirements for fall 2026

Cornell will reinstitute standardized testing requirements for students seeking undergraduate admission for fall 2026 enrollment, based on evidence from a multiyear study.

Cornell Bowers CIS to launch minor in artificial intelligence

Cornell undergraduates will be able to minor in artificial intelligence beginning Fall 2024.

Around Cornell

Nine students receive SUNY Chancellor’s Awards

Nine students and recent graduates representing Cornell’s four contract colleges were selected to receive the 2024 State University of New York Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence.  

Library celebrates right to read, April 26  

As part of Cornell’s “Freedom of Expression” theme year, Cornell University Library is holding events throughout the day April 26 to promote diversity of thought and expression found in books of all kinds.   

People, not design features, make a robot social

Researchers who develop social robots – ones that people interact with – focus too much on design features and not enough on sociological factors, like human-to-human interactions, the contexts where they happen and cultural norms involving robots.