College Scholars study AI, jury decisions, fake news

Seniors in the College Scholar program in the College of Arts and Sciences presented their senior projects May 4; they ranged from studying juror decision-making to people’s reactions to AI.

History professor helped plan, create Statue of Liberty Museum

American studies professor Maria Cristina Garcia, who came to the U.S. from Cuba as a child, joined in the May 16 celebration of the opening of the new Statue of Liberty Museum, which she helped create.

Undergrad humanities scholars present their research

The Humanities Scholars Conference, May 10 at the A.D. White House, featured 28 undergraduate research and thesis presentations and laid groundwork for an interdisciplinary humanities scholars program.

Graduate student Nicole Chu creates framework for personal air quality sensors

Since last August, graduate student Nicole Chu has been fabricating the foundation of a wearable air quality monitoring device, by using tools at the Cornell NanoScale Science and Technology Facility.

Engineered bacteria could be missing link in energy storage

Engineered microbes could be part of a solution for storing energy from sustainable sources, according to new research. 

CRP students, faculty, alumni renovate Oneida mansion

Historic Preservation Planning students spent their annual Work Weekend doing restoration work on the historic Oneida Community Mansion House in Oneida, New York.

Active learning connects past, present in new classics course

The new history course, Statues and Public Life, is part of the classics department’s participation in Cornell’s Active Learning Initiative, administered through the Office of the Provost.

Soft, social robot brings coziness to home robotics

Blossom, a simple, expressive, inexpensive robot platform developed by Cornell researchers, can be made from a kit and creatively outfitted with handcrafted materials.

New class contemplates media from cross-campus perspectives

From writing on Papyrus to exploring today’s throwaway technologies, students in the first media studies foundation course delved into how media shape our lives today and have through time.