Cornell launches COVID-19 testing dashboard, alert system

A coordinated COVID-19 testing program is a vital component of Cornell’s efforts to prevent the spread of the virus as Cornell reactivates its Ithaca campus. The university is now making testing results available on a new dashboard.

Nanotech facility gets 5-year, $7.5M renewal from NSF

The National Science Foundation has renewed its funding for the Cornell NanoScale Science and Technology Facility with a five-year, $7.5 million grant.

Cornell’s tasty Smoothie Bites freeze out competitors

Craving a fruit smoothie, but don’t want to haul out the blender? Cornell’s food product development team created Smoothie Bites, which won a national contest.

Researchers help inform cassava breeding worldwide

Scientists in Cornell’s NextGen Cassava project have uncovered new details regarding cassava’s genetic architecture that may help breeders more easily pinpoint traits for one of Africa’s key crops.

Prioritizing public health, Cornell poised to start fall semester

Public health is Cornell’s top priority as it prepares to start a residential fall semester Sept. 2, and the university is prepared to pivot if conditions change, senior leaders said Aug. 20 during a virtual town hall for faculty and staff.

Planned with safety in mind, Cornell move-in days begin

Normally a two-day move-in process, this year students are arriving on campus on a rolling basis to allow for quarantines, testing and safety.

Cornell welcomes its ‘flexible’ Class of ’24

When fall semester instruction begins online and in person Sept. 2, the 3,296 members of Cornell’s Class of 2024 just might be the most nimble group in the university’s history.

Surveillance testing set to begin Sept. 2

Cornell administrators detailed plans for surveillance testing, which is required for members of the Cornell community who work or study on the Ithaca campus and at Cornell AgriTech in Geneva.

Kreps: Social media helping to undermine democracy

The rise of social media is actually undermining democratic regimes and giving authoritarian regimes the advantage, according to a new book from Sarah Kreps.