Inside Studio: A conversation with Josh Hartmann

At the heart of Cornell Tech’s hands-on, interdisciplinary approach is Studio, a program that brings students together across disciplines to build, test, and launch real-world solutions.

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Making big tech algorithms ‘fair’ is harder than it looks

Research from Cornell Tech shows that before big tech engineers can improve the fairness of recommendation systems they need to define what “fairness” even means.

CCE helps NYS gardeners test their soil for nutrients, contaminants

Cornell Cooperative Extension Harvest New York runs the Community Gardens Soil Testing Program, which offers free test results and advice to home gardeners anywhere in the state.

Discovery could lead to new therapies for blood disorders

Weill Cornell Medicine investigators have revealed the detailed workings of a cell membrane protein; the discovery could lead to new therapies for blood coagulation disorders, cancers and other conditions.

AI tools to help vision-impaired are good, but could be better

Artificial intelligence is touching nearly every aspect of life, including assistive technology for vision-impaired individuals. And just like in other arenas, the AI used to assist them is good, but far from perfect.

Making AI safer for victims of intimate partner violence

Conversational AI tools denied blunt requests for harmful content by researchers posing as intimate partner abusers, but these guardrails were easily circumvented, a new Cornell Tech study has found.

Collaboration offers new approach to tackling rare blood cancers

Personalized approaches have dramatically improved outcomes for many patients with non-Hodgkin B-cell lymphomas yet the same is not true for patients with more rare lymphoma types that originate in T cells. 

Creative Teaching Awards celebrate experiential learning, community connections

This year’s Creative Teaching Awards faculty recipients have taken students for hands-on, local learning experiences well beyond the classroom walls.

Reimagining Medicaid to safeguard America’s children

As states reassess Medicaid coverage following recent federal policy changes and the end of pandemic-era protections, researchers are advocating for evidence-based health care policy reform and expanded Medicaid coverage for children.