Ari Novy named executive director of Cornell Botanic Gardens

Ari Novy, Ph.D., a plant scientist, science educator, and leader in botanic-garden management, was named executive director of Cornell Botanic Gardens. He comes to Cornell from San Diego Botanic Gardens, where he served as president and CEO, and also was adjunct associate professor at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, California. 

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Labor Action Tracker reports jump in health care strikes

While the number of U.S. work stoppages decreased overall by nearly 16% over the past year, the health care industry saw a 58.3% jump in work stoppages and a 151.9% increase in the number of workers involved.

John: The life and times of the ‘maverick’ Gospel

In her new book, Kim Haines-Eitzen explores the fourth Gospel of the New Testament, which holds many of the Bible’s most well-known passages but is also at the root of many controversies.

Search platforms rewrite the rules of online shopping

Major search platforms may strategically obfuscate search results — placing certain items in prime positions on their sites, for example — to increase profits, a study from the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business finds.

Joe Halpern, ‘towering’ computer scientist and mentor, dies at 72

Halpern was a trailblazing researcher in reasoning about knowledge and uncertainty, causality and multi-agent and distributed systems.

Computational biologist receives NIH NDRI Pilot Award

Ayshwarya Subramanian researches diabetic kidney disease, the leading cause of kidney failure worldwide, affecting 30% to 50% of people with diabetes.

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Five A.D. White Professors-at-Large on campus this spring

Bram Govaerts, director general of the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, will kick off the A.D. White Professors-at-Large spring 2026 visits with a pair of talks addressing agri-food research and innovation.

New summer course to spark civic engagement in high schoolers

A grant from the Teagle Foundation will allow Cornell faculty and staff to launch a new civic education program for high school students, opening pathways to higher education. 

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Five from Cornell named 2026 Sloan Research Fellows

Five Cornell faculty members are among 126 early-career researchers across North America who have won 2026 Sloan Research Fellowships from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.