Grow-NY finalists estimate upstate impact ahead of summit

Twenty startup finalists will pitch their food and agriculture businesses – and their potential to impact upstate New York – for up to $1 million at the Grow-NY Summit, Nov. 12-13 at the Hotel Canandaigua.

Lund debate kicks off yearlong conversation on foreign aid

Faculty members discussed the value of international aid in the wake of the Trump administration’s policy that froze foreign assistance.

Nobel laureate Richard Thaler delights in the human side of economics

Richard Thaler, a Nobel laureate who was a professor at the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management from 1978 to 1995, spoke Oct. 17 at the Alice Statler Auditorium.

New Cornell Bowers building dedicated

Cornell leaders, donors, faculty and students gathered Oct. 24 to officially dedicate the new building for the Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science. The building opened in August, on time and on schedule.

Jacobs Center dedication honors alumna’s commitment to health

Since its founding in 2023, the Jacobs Center has been home to major advances in precision nutrition and health impacting all of Cornell’s campuses.

Academic integrity and generative AI focus of PWGIA event

A keynote and faculty panel on Nov. 12 will focus on how faculty can communicate their generative AI-related expectations to students, how students can take accountability for their work, and what this looks like in practice.

Around Cornell

Faculty win Bezos grants to use AI for environmental challenges

Cornell has won three of 15 major grants from the Bezos Earth Fund, awarded to leverage artificial intelligence in the fight against climate change and environmental challenges.

Lorin Warnick to end term as veterinary college dean

Dr. Lorin D. Warnick, Ph.D. ’94, the Austin O. Hooey Dean of Veterinary Medicine, has announced he will step down following the completion of his second term on June 30, 2026. Provost Kavita Bala has started a search for Warnick’s successor. 

Library exhibit to showcase plant-human communication

Examples of innovations in plant-human communication are part of a new Cornell University Library exhibit, “Hello, Human! The Emerging Science of Plant Communication and Smart Agriculture,” opening Nov. 6 at Mann Library gallery.