NIH funds cross-campus effort to train experts in AI and nutrition

The $1.7 million grant will help scientists with expertise in artificial intelligence and machine learning to address complex biomedical challenges in nutrition and health.

Entrepreneurial students pack eHub Collegetown for kickoff event

Cornell was recently ranked by Crunchbase as the No. 5 top school in the country for producing entrepreneurs who have raised capital.

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Ag secretary visit highlights climate-smart opportunities

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack visited the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences on Sept. 6 to discuss programs focused on empowering farmers and finding new climate solutions that are equitable and science-based.

Welcome event unites Cornell, local colleges, community

The CU Downtown event, a celebration to welcome new students, has merged with Ithaca College and Tompkins Cortland Community College for the first time to create one grand event for 2023: Welcome Student Weekend.

Botanic Gardens Lecture Explores the Legacy of W. S. Merwin, Poet, Conservationist, and Gardener

Sonnet Kekilia Coggins, executive director of the Merwin Conservancy, will explore the life and legacy of W.S. Merwin in the Torrence Harder Lecture, “What is a Garden? W.S. Merwin’s Life in Poems, Palms, and Place,” Sept. 13 in Call Auditorium.

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NYT columnist to be featured at Kops Lecture

Jamelle Bouie, columnist for the New York Times, will be the featured speaker at the 2023 Daniel W. Kops Freedom of the Press Lecture, Sept. 12 at 5 p.m. in Klarman Hall’s Rhodes-Rawlings Auditorium.

From bottom up, bureaucrats elevate climate change as priority

Staff have reoriented international organizations to tackle climate change more aggressively despite member states’ disagreement on how to address the issue, new Cornell research finds.

Broome County chefs flavor CCE Women of Food event

Cornell Cooperative Extension Broome County’s inaugural “Women of Food” event featured local chefs preparing their signature plates and telling personal stories about the foods and relationships that launched their culinary journeys.

New York at Work details state employment research, policies

Research, policies and tools related to New York state wages, job creation and employment are all addressed in the New York at Work 2022-23 report, a compilation of research and policy briefs by ILR School researchers, published Aug. 29.