‘Red team’ students stress-test NYC health department’s AI

People usually strive to be their true, authentic selves, but this fall, five master’s students at Cornell Tech adopted not only alter egos but also “bad intent,” in an effort to make AI safer for health workers serving people with diabetes.

What’s old is new: customizable system for sustainable cooling

Researchers in Cornell’s Matter of Tech Lab have developed CeraPiper, a fabrication system that creates customized sizes and shapes of ceramic pipes that can be fitted together and filled with water for environmentally friendly evaporative cooling.

Law project raises awareness of constitutional rights

Know Your Rights presentations are part of the ongoing Cornell Immigration Legal Information Project, funded with a grant from the Park Foundation and started in January 2025.

K-12 enrollment falls in aging NYS, but charter schools gain

New York state’s aging population isn’t only evident in more graying residents, but in a declining number of school children – down more than a quarter-million over the past decade, according to a new analysis by Cornell demographers.

From Milstein scholar to design tech pioneer

Julia Beitel is pursuing a master’s in Design Technology at Cornell Tech, creating projects that fuse design, sustainability, and technology.

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From greener AI to richer 3D worlds: 23 papers debuted at NeurIPS conference

Contributions unveiled tools for analyzing environmental and health interventions, matching images to architectural plans, and generating realistic 3D scenes with unprecedented efficiency.

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Aging midbrain neurons face energy crisis linked to Parkinson’s

Dopamine neurons in a part of the brain called the midbrain may, with aging, be increasingly susceptible to a vicious spiral of decline driven by fuel shortages, according to a study led by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators. 

Congestion pricing improved air quality in NYC and suburbs

Cornell researchers tallied the environmental benefits of New York City’s congestion pricing program and found air pollution dropped by 22% in Manhattan, with additional declines across the city’s five boroughs and surrounding suburbs.

Cornell’s Employee Excellence Awards go global

More than 75 employees were honored in this year’s ceremony, representing Cornell’s Ithaca campus as well as Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City and Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar.