Cornell’s Scientific Computing Training Series kicks off Oct. 2

The Fall 2024 Scientific Computing Training Series begins October 2, featuring five webinars on Python, JupyterLab, and R, aimed at enhancing research services and scientific collaboration across all Cornell campuses.

Around Cornell

Mixing physical, virtual worlds to drive home climate urgency

The Communal eXtended-Reality (CXR) system is a cutting-edge blend of the physical and digital worlds in which virtual scenes are overlaid onto the real world, designed to engage communities in new ways. 

Brain scanning approach shows wiring of depression

By repeatedly scanning the brains of a small group of patients for a year and a half, Weill Cornell Medicine researchers have identified a distinct pattern of neuronal interactions that appears to predispose some people to developing depression.

Human Ecology launches internship in New York City

Students work at partner sites across the city’s five boroughs, with a focus on urban studies, community engagement and professional development.

Around Cornell

Childhood HIV vaccination strategy shows promise in study

Research at Weill Cornell Medicine suggests that childhood immunization against HIV could one day provide protection before risk of contracting the potentially fatal infection dramatically increases in adolescence.

Machine learning helps identify rheumatoid arthritis subtypes

The study shows that artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies can effectively and efficiently subtype pathology samples from patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

Eight early-career professors win NSF development awards

Researchers studying artificial intelligence training data and treatment of swelling linked to breast cancer are among the eight Cornell assistant professors who recently received National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Awards.

With shimmer, 1920s fashion exhibit displays influencers’ power

Items from the Cornell Fashion and Textile Collection make up over 75% of the exhibit “Influencers: 1920s fashion and the New Woman” at Lyndhurst Mansion in Tarrytown, New York.

The role of an energy-producing enzyme in treating Parkinson’s

An enzyme called PGK1 has an unexpectedly critical role in the production of chemical energy in brain cells, according to a preclinical study led by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine.