Keeping campus warm: steam to hot water conversion

Hidden beneath Cornell’s campus, a vast energy system powers the university. A major upgrade is now slashing emissions and advancing Cornell’s net-zero goal.

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‘Structural poverty’ maps could steer help to world’s neediest

A new mapping approach piloted by Cornell researchers could help policymakers identify where people live in extreme poverty and target resources more effectively.

The key to some nations’ public support for mental health care

In a new book, Isabel Perera explains why after deinstitutionalization, some affluent democracies failed to provide adequate services for the severely mental ill while others expanded care.

Power of babble: Babies elicit simpler speech from adults

Across languages and cultures, parents simplify their speech in response to babies’ babbling and early speech, supporting language development, new Cornell research finds.

Arthur Ruoff, professor and high-pressure scientist, dies at 94

Arthur L. Ruoff, professor emeritus and former director of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, died Jan. 14 in Ithaca. Ruoff was 94.

Task force to address sexual assault on campus

The task force is charged with recommending a holistic framework - spanning academic, social, cultural and residential contexts - for addressing and preventing sexual assault on Ithaca's campus.

Frederick Ahl, innovative classics scholar, dies at 83

Frederick M. Ahl, professor of classics emeritus in the College of Arts and Sciences, died on Jan. 27 in Rochester, New York. He was 83.

NBC News’ Anne Thompson named Distinguished Visiting Journalist

Anne Thompson, NBC News’ chief environmental affairs correspondent, has been named the spring 2025 Zubrow Distinguished Visiting Journalist in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Anne Smalling elected Board of Trustees chair

Anne Meinig Smalling ’87, a third-generation Cornellian with deep ties to the university, was elected the 18th chair of the Cornell Board of Trustees during a special meeting on Feb. 4. She will begin a three-year term as chair on July 1, succeeding Kraig H. Kayser, MBA ’84.