Center for Racial Justice and Equitable Futures names 2026 faculty fellows

The Center for Racial Justice and Equitable Futures at Cornell University has named five faculty fellows from across three colleges and five departments to its inaugural cohort.

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Jinhua Zhao reappointed Dyson School dean

Jinhua Zhao, the David J. Nolan Dean of the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, has been reappointed for a second five-year term.

Alum Gilles Brassard receives Turing Award, highest CS honor

Gilles Brassard, Ph.D. ’79, has received the 2025 A.M. Turing Award from the Association for Computing Machinery, jointly with Charles Bennett, for founding the field of quantum information science.

Where to find other Earths? New list narrows down the targets

New Cornell research – co-authored by an undergraduate and two recent alumni – will help exoplanet scientists pinpoint the most likely places to look for life in the universe out of more than 6,000 exoplanets.

Materials, machines, mentorship shape student spring runway show

The annual Cornell Fashion Collective Spring Runway Show, on March 21, will feature the work of fashion design majors as well as students from across the university who are looking to broaden their Cornell experience.

Milkweed evolves ‘mind-blowing’ tactic to fight monarchs

Milkweed has found a new strategy in its epic evolutionary battle with monarch butterflies: structurally upgrading its toxins to outmaneuver monarchs' resistance. 

The nature cure: Encouraging well-being in the workplace

Cornell researchers have found that changes or improvements in workplace policy, culture and outdoor amenities could facilitate more time outdoors to aid well-being for staff.

Self-esteem, openness to LGBTQ peers helps all high schoolers

For teens transitioning to high school – an anxious time for many – inclusive environments may benefit not only those identifying as LGBTQ but majority-group peers.

Misfits find a home – and a history – in the ongoing story of punk

Music professor Judith Peraino explores the outsider spirit of punk, and how it has been documented, in “We’re Having Much More Fun: Punk Archives for the Present from CBGB to Gilman and Beyond.”