Cornell Cinema to screen new doc on Nobel laureate Phil Sharp Oct. 27

A new documentary chronicling the life and scientific legacy of Nobel Laureate Phil Sharp will be screened at Cornell Cinema on Monday, Oct. 27, at 6 p.m. in Willard Straight Hall. Sponsored by the Cornell Institute of Biotechnology, the showing is free and open to the public.

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Neuroscientist Azahara Oliva receives Packard Fellowship

The unrestricted fellowship funds enables Oliva and the 19 other fellows named this year to “test novel ideas and lead research that drives real-world impact.”

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Nobel laureate shares research exploring the origins of life

Nobel Laureate Jack Szostak, Ph.D. ’77, shared decades of research into one of biology’s most puzzling mysteries to a crowded room Oct. 9 during the 2025 Ef Racker Lecture.

Veterans Law Practicum Wins Justice for Survivors of Military Sexual Assault

The Cornell Law School Veterans Law Practicum has secured two major victories.

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AI models often fail to identify ableism across cultures

The artificial intelligence models underlying popular chatbots and content moderation systems struggle to identify offensive, ableist social media posts in English – and perform even worse in Hindi, new Cornell research finds.

Maternal antibodies a double-edged sword in vaccinated newborns

Scientists at the Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine have found that administering a rotavirus vaccine to newborn mice via a shot, rather than an oral dose, increases its efficacy, particularly for at-risk newborns.

Master storyteller shares secrets

During a week on campus, author and editor Sam Tanenhaus, told stories every step of the way and reminded his listeners that politically complex and even morally ambiguous material makes for great storytelling. 

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Debra Castillo, scholar and champion of Latinx students, dies at 72

Professor Debra Castillo, a Stephen H. Weiss presidential fellow and Emerson Hinchliff Professor of Hispanic Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences, died Oct. 5 in Ithaca. She was 72.

Brooks student combines love of birds and climate policy research during summer internship

This summer, Smith turned his lifelong passion into purpose through a new internship program jointly offered by the Cornell Brooks School of Public Policy and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Under the guidance of Brooks School professor Sheila Olmstead, Smith explored how wetlands policies affect not only avian populations and migration patterns but also the human communities that depend on those ecosystems.

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