Native ironworkers’ tradition continues on North Campus

This month, a crew of mostly Native ironworkers on the North Campus Expansion Project presented Native students with the cloth image of the Hiawatha wampum belt they’d flown from their crane.

New cassava varieties endorsed for release in Nigeria

Five new cassava varieties developed with support from NextGen Cassava, an international partnership led by Cornell, have been approved for release in Nigeria.

Spires wins MLA award for ‘Practice of Citizenship’ book

Derrick Spires has won the Modern Language Association (MLA) Prized for a First Book for “The Practice of Citizenship: Black Politics and Print Culture in the Early United States.”

First new North Campus buildings to open in fall ’21

The first phase of the North Campus Residential Expansion project – including two residential buildings providing beds for 800 students – will be ready for move-in by fall 2021.

President lauds ‘transformational gift’ from Ann S. Bowers ’59

President Martha E. Pollack applauds the legacy of Ann S. Bowers ’59 and her gift that creates the Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science.

Gift from Ann S. Bowers ’59 creates new college of computing and information science

A transformative gift from Ann S. Bowers ’59 – a Silicon Valley champion and longtime philanthropist – will establish the Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science, supporting Cornell’s preeminence in these fields.

Cornell-bred malting barley has a name: Excelsior Gold

The first variety of spring malting barley bred by Cornell to succeed in New York’s wet climate and support the state’s $5.4 billion craft beer industry now has a name: Excelsior Gold. 

NYS can achieve 2050 carbon goals with Earth’s help

By delving into scientific and economic data, Cornell engineers have examined whether New York could achieve a statewide carbon-neutral economy by 2050. Their finding: Yes – and with five years to spare.

Cornell postdoc detects possible exoplanet radio emission

By using a radio telescope array, a Cornell postdoc and an international team of scientists may have detected emissions from a planet beyond our own solar system.