Students win top prize in NYC financial hackathon

Cornell undergraduate and graduate students took part in a financial technology hackathon organized by Entrepreneurship at Cornell Nov. 11 at Cornell Tech in New York City.

Phone app helps laborers report abuse, fight wage theft

The Worker Institute at Cornell ILR has developed a mobile phone application to prevent wage theft and violations of worker rights in cooperation with laborers, organizers, developers and lawyers.

Barrett, Leibovich and Walsh named AAAS fellows for 2016

Three faculty members - development economist Chris Barrett, mechanical engineer Sidney Leibovich and medical mycologist Dr. Thomas Walsh - have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

NYC high schoolers discover opportunity at Big Red STEM Day

The first Big Red STEM Day exposed high school students from communities underrepresented in science, technology, engineering and mathematics to educational and career opportunities in those fields.

Cells implicated in dementia related to high blood pressure

High blood pressure transforms cells of the immune system that reside around cerebral blood vessels and normally protect the brain into agents of cognitive decline, according to new research from Weill Cornell Medicine scientists.

On the avenue, Fifth Avenue, Big Red Band stops traffic

In New York City Nov. 12, a wave of chants, horns, sirens and signs, along with the Big Red Band, marked the 22nd Sy Katz '31 Parade down Fifth Avenue.

Entrepreneurs gather for Cornell-hosted summit in NYC

More than 500 people attended Entrepreneurship at Cornell's Summit 2016 Nov. 4 in New York City where they heard about ways to improve company culture and strategies for recovering from a setback.

'Goldwater' explores former Roosevelt Island landmark

The "Goldwater: Autopsy of a Hospital" exhibition in Milstein Hall, features photography of the Roosevelt Island landmark that stood on the site of the Cornell Tech campus.

Weill Cornell partners in innovative drug discovery company

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, The Rockefeller University and Weill Cornell Medicine announced Oct. 31 that they have established a new drug discovery company called Bridge Medicines.