Cornell students help Tarrytown envision waterfront future

As sea levels rise over the next decades for low-lying Hudson River towns, Cornell landscape architecture students offered ideas for coping with climate change and embracing the water.

Cornell repatriates ancestral remains to Oneida Indian Nation

With apologies for causing harm and to right a wrong of history, Cornell returned ancestral remains that were kept on campus for six decades to the Oneida Indian Nation on Feb. 21.

Color coding aids evaluation of new solar tech materials

Cornell researchers discovered that colors can help quantify the way energy moves through a specific type of crystal, in which light-sensitive molecules are arranged.

Dance club leaps over obstacles to perform at 2023 Nationals

The odds were stacked against the Cornell Dance Team but on Jan. 14 they competed in the 2023 UDA Collegiate Dance Team National Championship.

Mathematician Vogtmann elected to National Academy of Sciences

Karen Vogtmann is among 120 members and 30 international members who were elected in 2022, in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.

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El-Ghazaly expands next-gen wireless accessibility with NSF CAREER Award

Assistant professor Amal El-Ghazaly received an NSF CAREER Award for research that could ultimately make next-generation wireless systems more accessible worldwide.

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Family abolition focus of upcoming lecture

Sophie Lewis will offer a deep dive into the history of radical movements and explore family abolition, which she characterizes as a turning away from the privatization of care.

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Life on Mars? Better tools needed to get the answer

Current instrumentation being sent to Mars to collect and analyze evidence of ancient life on the red planet might not be sensitive enough to make accurate assessments, according to an international research team co-led by a Cornell astronomer.

U.S. labor strikes up 52% in 2022 as worker activism rises

Strike numbers rose in 2022, reflecting a trend of more U.S. work stoppages in recent years by workers and activists in the labor movement, according to a report published Feb. 21 by the ILR School.