Cornell sinks teeth into four new MOOCs

Cornell will offer four new massive open online courses - or MOOCs - in 2016. Learn abouts sharks, GMOs, engineering simulations and how mergers and acquisitions get done.

Cornell startup helps the 'unbanked' buy online

Using sophisticated computer algorithms to check creditworthiness in seconds, a new service developed by former Cornell students lets people without a credit history buy what they need.

Students assess commercial viability of larva meal

Students have examined the commercial viability of an emerging business: farming housefly larva meal into animal or fish feed. They are working with faculty fellows at the Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future.

Ithaca incubator Rev helps push a GORGES deal

Ithaca software company GORGES, Inc. has acquired Push Interactive, a member of Rev, Ithaca's downtown business incubator. Rev is a partnership among Cornell, Ithaca College and Tompkins Cortland Community College.

Graduates at Auburn prison praise Cornell program

Thirteen Auburn Correctional Facility inmates received their diplomas at the Cornell Prison Education Program's second commencement ceremony Dec. 10.

Research, innovation allows Corning to thrive, says CEO

Corning Inc. CEO Wendell Weeks said his company has survived and thrived for 163 years by embracing research-based innovation in a campus talk Nov. 17.

Corning Inc. leader to give Durland Lecture Nov. 17

Corning Inc. CEO and Chairman Wendell Weeks will deliver the 27th Durland Memorial Lecture Nov. 17 at 4:30 p.m. in the Bill and Melinda Gates Hall auditorium.

Entrepreneurship Summit draws more than 500 to NYC

Entrepreneurs from throughout the country joined with Cornell alumni, students, faculty and staff Nov. 7 in New York City for a daylong conference, “Beyond the Horizon,” hosted by Entrepreneurship at Cornell.

Nominations sought for new faculty fellowship

Nominations of underrepresented tenured faculty as sought for the Public Voices Fellowship, a new initiative to increase the public impact of the nation’s top thought leaders.