Inaugural Frontiers of AI Summit focuses on the foundational research behind AI’s rapid progress

On May 27, nearly 300 researchers, industry leaders, and nonprofit innovators gathered at Cornell Tech for the inaugural Frontiers of AI Summit.

Around Cornell

Advocate for physics, literacy wins Campus-Community Leadership Award

For her volunteer outreach encouraging local children to learn about physics and reading, Abra Geiger ’26 has won the 2026 University Relations Campus-Community Leadership Award.

AAP students lend their creativity to a new vision for 4-H camp

After Camp Owahta’s arts and crafts building burned down last summer, the Cortland County camp’s leadership turned to second-year architecture students for fresh ideas.

Students show off new machines at Sciencenter demo day

Students in Rapid Prototyping and Physical Computing visited the Ithaca children’s museum to demonstrate a number of projects.

Immersive training to help prepare NYS for natural disaster

A three-day simulation on campus will put students and community members in the role of emergency responders during a humanitarian crisis.

Cornell’s investment in local education anchors a broader economic story

The university's annual snapshot reveals $9.5 million in need-based scholarships and grants to Tompkins County students attending Cornell – and a deepening commitment to the region that goes far beyond the campus boundary. 

From the Living Lab: Students tackle campus trash and food waste

From donating excess dining hall food to surveying their peers' leftovers, students reduce waste and make campus more sustainable. 

Mass timber industry offers sustainable construction, high-quality jobs

The ILR School’s Climate Jobs Institute presented its primer on the how the production of mass timber can create jobs and accelerate the creation of affordable housing.

Over hill and dale, students’ Internet of Things projects benefit Finger Lakes communities

Students in a Duffield Engineering class are equipping a racing baton and a flying drone with Internet of Things technology to address challenges in and around Geneva, N.Y.