Coalition to provide data for improving life science career choices

President Martha E. Pollack has committed the university to a new multi-institution initiative to make public data pertaining to career outcomes for life sciences doctoral students and postdoctoral researchers.

United Way campaign needs year-end push to reach goal

Thanks to faculty, staff, students and retirees, the Cornell United Way campaign is now three-quarters of the way toward its goal of $750,000, with gifts and pledges totaling $563,884.

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Faculty committee tasked to envision opportunities in New York City

President Martha E. Pollack has charged a committee of 12 faculty members from across the university to envision what Cornell’s presence in New York City might look like over the next decade.

A not-quite-random walk demystifies the algorithm

Looking at the world through the lens of an algorithm illuminates some aspects but obscures others, says Malte Ziewitz, assistant professor of science and technology studies.

Philosopher’s new book examines fundamental things

In “Making Things Up,” philosopher Karen Bennett tackles how fundamental things determine or generate less fundamental things.

Engineers program tiny robots to move, think like insects

Cornell engineers are experimenting with new programming that mimics the way an insect’s brain works in order to power tiny robots.

Chemist named National Academy of Inventors fellow

Geoffrey W. Coates, the Tisch University Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, was elected to the National Academy of Inventors.

Northeast farmers weigh warm climate, drenched fields

Farmers in the Northeast are adopting production habits tailored to longer, warming climate conditions, but they may face spring planting whiplash as they confront saturated fields from heavy rain.

Engineers scrap the stethoscope, measure vital signs with radio waves

Cornell engineers have demonstrated a method for gathering vital signs using a cheap and covert system of radio-frequency signals and microchip "tags."