Health policy survey launches with insight on Medicaid work requirements

Most health policy experts don’t think new Medicaid work requirements introduced in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) would substantially increase employment among Medicaid-enrolled, working-age adults, according to a new survey from the Cornell Health Policy Insight Panel.

‘Bottling’ human intuition for AI-led materials discovery

A Cornell researcher and collaborators have developed a machine-learning model that encapsulates and quantifies the valuable intuition of human experts in the quest to discover new quantum materials.

Midwest art installation pushes boundaries of urban space

For Exhibit Columbus - a prominent stage for emerging designers - Michael Jefferson and Suzanne Lettieri used chromakeyed colors to create an "urban cinema screen" at a downtown plaza.

Key DNA-repair pathway repurposed when gut pathogens invade

A new study in fruit flies describes how an animal’s gut reacts differently to beneficial microbes versus harmful pathogens.

‘The Keyboards Strike Back’: concert sequel set for Oct. 9

Cornell faculty and graduate students unleash a genre-bending program across seventeen keyboard instruments, from the delicate whisper of the clavichord to the analog punch of the Roland Juno-60. 

Around Cornell

Students' color-changing tomato reaches national contest finals

An invention developed by two graduate students turns engineered tomato plants red when soil nitrogen levels are low. 

Nobel winner says US women won on rights, but benefits lag

Claudia Goldin '67 used data to paint a picture of the "tremendous" progress of the U.S. women’s movement, as well as the forces that have prevented women from reaping the benefits of their rights. 

The speed trap: why leaders’ quick pivots can seem inauthentic

New research from Cornell SC Johnson College of Business shows that while employers’ quick responses to feedback might seem efficient, employees can interpret them as inauthentic and may not want to offer feedback in the future.

Cornell launches initiative to unravel the science of menopause

Drawing on cutting-edge technology and interdisciplinary expertise, researchers are launching Menopause Health Engineering, a new initiative to uncover how menopause shapes health and disease.