Two flavors of superconductivity: Material has right ingredients for a twist

Cornell researchers have demonstrated that uranium ditelluride can exhibit both flavors of superconductivity at once, setting it apart as a leading candidate to be a topological superconductor.

Hundreds of students attend new startup career fair

The expo brought together companies in fields from robotics to defense to health tech to food.

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Professors defend their disciplines in apocalypse debate

Five professors from across campus will advocate that their discipline is the most important to save in the annual Apocalypse Debate, sponsored by Logos, the undergraduate philosophy journal and club.

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Student unlocks potential in juvenile detention centers with STEM ed

Emily Cho ’28 has grown the nonprofit she founded as a 13-year-old into a national network of volunteers giving incarcerated students access to education.

Real-time view inside batteries leads to faster, cheaper battery production

Cornell researchers, working with an upstate New York battery company, have developed a real-time diagnostic approach to improving one of the most expensive and time-consuming stages of lithium-ion battery manufacturing: forming the battery.

Cornell astronomy researcher to head planetary science workforce survey

Julie Rathbun, an astronomy researcher in Cornell's College of Arts and Sciences, is leading the 2026 Planetary Science Workforce Survey to assess demographics, career trends and workforce diversity.

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Cute robots, historical chatbots: AI in the classroom grows more sophisticated

Instructors across Cornell are working to strike a balance in the classroom – using AI as a teaching tool but also making choices to prevent its use and preserve the learning experience. 

Blocking cellular stress pathway may help preserve insulin-producing cells

Experiments with preclinical models and human pancreatic cells found that blocking certain proteins in the pathway helped protect beta cells from excessive cellular stress.

Winter Session 2027 registration is now open

Registration is now open for Cornell University’s online Winter Session. Classes run Jan. 4–22, giving students the opportunity to explore an interest, fulfill a requirement, or earn credits before the spring semester.  

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