Embrace struggle over perfection, ballet star tells Class of 2025

Misty Copeland, a ballet icon and the first Black woman to be named principal dancer in the American Ballet Theatre, encouraged graduating seniors to welcome moments of struggle, at this year's Senior Convocation, held in Barton Hall on May 22. 

Flowers unfold with surprising precision, despite unruly genes

Flowers grow stems, leaves and petals in a perfect pattern again and again. A new Cornell study shows that even in this precise, patterned formation in plants, gene activity inside individual cells is far more chaotic than it appears.

Smolka named associate vice provost in Research & Innovation

Smolka, a biochemist and former interim director of the Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, will support life sciences across the university.

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Highly-skilled émigrés offer surprising ‘brain gains’ for their home countries

When highly educated citizens leave a country for job prospects abroad, it may bring surprising benefits to the country of origin. 

Merrill Scholars honor mentors who inspired their success

Nearly 50 Merrill Scholars gathered at the 37th annual Merrill Presidential Scholars luncheon May 20 at Willard Straight Hall.

Cornell partners on landmark hydrogen emissions study

Cornell researchers partner with EDF and industry to study mitigation strategies that could minimize hydrogen emissions and maximize the climate benefit of a growing hydrogen economy.

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New ‘Thought Summit’ series welcomes proposals on data science and AI

Cornell faculty are invited to submit proposals for fully funded Thought Summits to spark interdisciplinary collaborations in data science and AI, with applications due June 16.

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The right timing can reduce bias in peer reviews at work

Managers are increasingly asking their employees to rate each other’s work in a practice known as peer evaluation. How well those evaluations work, and whether bias plays a role, depends on a surprising factor, according to new Cornell research: when the peers evaluate each other.

Athletes win collegiate cup to support healthy coral reefs

In the six weeks leading up to Earth Day, more than 200 Cornell student-athletes, coaches and community members exercised not only to strengthen their bodies, but also to restore corals in the South Pacific.