Optimism about AI lowest in US, says A&S dean

Peter John Loewen, the Harold Tanner Dean of Arts and Sciences, shared takeaways from his decade-long AI research during a lecture kicking off the Cornell University School of Continuing Education’s Summer Events Series.

AI tool helps students build confidence speaking foreign languages

The technology, developed by a Cornell doctoral candidate, can simulate conversations with different accents and dialects and gives feedback to users on their grammar and pronunciation.

Shapeshifting liquid crystal can form emulsions, then change back

Cornell researchers have developed a two-phase liquid crystal system that can rapidly change – and hold – its shape, transforming from a transparent thin liquid film to an opaque emulsion, and then back again, all with a brief jolt of a high-frequency electric field.

Student table tennis champ heads to World University Games

Statistics and economics major Gina Fu ’28 is representing Team Canada in international table tennis competition.

Researchers explore ways to better safeguard US romaine supply

Americans eat more romaine than any other lettuce. But it has been plagued by recurrent foodborne-illness outbreaks. 

The secret to resolutions? Enjoy the pursuit, not the outcome

The key to achieving goals is less about the outcome and more about enjoying the journey, according to new research from the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business.

Avian flu causes major adverse impact in dairy herds

The impact of highly pathogenic avian influenza on the poultry industry is well documented. But the health of the dairy industry is also at risk.

Toxic algae releases chemicals to suppress competitors

A new study examines how a cyanobacteria manipulates its environment to give itself advantages to take over the water column, leading to harmful algal blooms and mats in lakes during hot summers.

Roundworm genome map benefits synthetic biology, human health

Scientists have sequenced the complete genome of a roundworm used extensively in biological research, opening a new pathway for synthetic biologists to build and test genetic changes in a multicellular animal species.