Chasing data: Astronomers race to explore ancient galaxies

At a dizzying elevation in Chile, two astronomers had only hours left to collect data from light that had taken 11.5 billion years to reach Earth.

Visiting journalist: Science writing is ‘good for the world’

On March 15, award-winning science journalist Natalie Wolchover, Zubrow Distinguished Visiting Journalist in the College of Arts and Sciences, gave a master class on “Bringing Science to Life Through Storytelling” in Lewis Auditorium.

Patrick Mehler ’23 spins and wins on ‘Wheel of Fortune’

By holding a sizzling hot hand toward the end of the show, Patrick Mehler won about $40,000 in cash and trip to Barbados (worth $11,000) to win “Wheel of Fortune” on March 21.  

LinkedIn, Cornell Bowers CIS launch strategic partnership

A multimillion-dollar grant from LinkedIn to the Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science has launched a long-term, strategic partnership to support research in artificial intelligence, and to bolster diversity initiatives within the college.

Radical Collaboration initiative adds AI, quantum, design tech

Artificial Intelligence, Design + Technology and Quantum Science and Technology will become part of “Radical Collaboration Drives Discovery,” bringing to 10 the number of initiatives in the provost office’s five-year-old program.

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Powerful people feel, express less gratitude

Powerful people in the upper echelons of organizations have plenty to be grateful for, but new research from Cornell Assistant Professor Alice Lee indicates that higher-power individuals feel and express less gratitude to their subordinates.

Meet the neutrinos: Kids’ book introduces mystery particles

Physics researcher Eve Vavagiakis published “I’m a Neutrino: Tiny Particles in a Big Universe,” a picture book introducing children (and adults) to tiny particles that have an outsized effect on the universe.

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2022 W.E. Cornell cohort celebrates STEM innovation

A select group of student entrepreneurs are chosen from W.E. Cornell's fall cohort to participate in its spring cohort where they conduct customer discovery and hone their business models. 

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Engineer honored with ‘Nobel Prize of Water’

Engineering professor Emeritus Wilfried Brutsaert received the prestigious prize from Swedish academy for his groundbreaking work in quantifying environmental evaporation.