Astrocytes induce sex-specific effects on memory

Weill Cornell Medicine scientists have uncovered the first evidence that astrocyte receptors can trigger opposite effects on cognitive function in males and females. The findings point to astrocytes as contributors to sex-specific brain mechanisms.

Grant to fund robotic mealtime system for people with disabilities

Tapomayukh “Tapo” Bhattacharjee plans to develop a robot-assisted system that will not only prepare meals for people with severe mobility limitations but also feed them and clean their table afterward.

Certification promotes being ‘age friendly’ as good business

Assisted by Cornell faculty and students, Tompkins County has launched a program to recognize businesses for efforts to welcome patrons across the age spectrum.

NY Sea Grant helps village bring dune back down to size

When a dune in Sodus Point, New York - built in 2021 to prevent flooding - grew so high some residents lost their view of the water, NY Sea Grant stepped in to ease tensions and facilitate a new maintenance plan.     

Konvitz lecturer calls for ‘curious, teeming and occasionally noisy pluralism’

First Amendment law and trying to “figure out what’s true” are guiding principles for free speech on college campuses, said constitutional scholar Cass R. Sunstein in the annual Milton Konvitz Memorial Lecture on Oct. 30. 

Alumni gift endows director position for Jewish Studies Program

The $5 million gift from Joseph Lubeck ’78 gives the Jewish Studies Program foundational support for the future.

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Redbones and racial nuance in Louisiana Lumber War

Klarman Fellow Kendall Artz wants to push beyond the assumption – one replicated by scholars – that company rosters and state records hold all there is to know about racial expression.

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Food Hackathon students turn their ideas into delicious reality

Entrepreneurial Cornell students compete in the annual food hackathon, but then what? Their prototypes gain new ways to become reality.

Survey reveals campus sexual assault and harassment

The 2025 Cornell Survey of Sexual Assault and Related Misconduct showed a rise in the number of students who said they experienced nonconsensual sexual contact, as the percentage of students who responded to the biennial survey dropped by more than half.