'PhDivas' discourse across disciplines and differences

In their 'PhDivas' podcast, scholars Liz Wayne and Christine Yao find common ground across the STEM-humanities divide with wit and insight on contemporary culture, social issues and life in academia.

Pre-college STEM program to serve local students 

Cornell's Public Service Center is seeking applications from middle- and high school students in the Ithaca City School District for its new Science and Technology Entry Program (STEP).

Cornell nanomaterials lab opens doors to public

The 4,000-square-foot Center for Nanomaterials Engineering and Technology is open for business with students, researchers and companies looking to use its state-of-the-art equipment.

Cornell Neurotech launched with multimillion dollar gift

A gift from Mong Family Foundation, through Stephen Mong '92, MEN '93, MBA '02, will create Cornell Neurotech, a cross-campus effort to understand how individual brain cells function.

'Zeno effect' verified: Atoms won't move while you watch

Researchers observed a mass of atoms cooled almost to absolute zero so that they could "tunnel" from place to place. But as long as the observation continued, no tunneling occurred.

3-D organoids allow tests of lymphoma treatments

Cornell researchers have engineered a tissue culture that mimics the complex environment of lymphomas – a technology that promises to rapidly advance our understanding and treatment of these tumors.

Students deploy seismometers to gain underground view

Cornell undergraduate students from a geophysics class will deploy a network of 15 seismometers around campus into the late fall, through which they will collect data for a year.

Student team reels in genetic engineering awards at competition

Cornell University’s entry for the International Genetically Engineered Machine synthetic biology competition earned three prizes and a gold medal at the 12th annual iGEM Giant Jamboree in Boston.

Elaine Runting Shi wins fellowship for cryptography

Elaine Runting Shi, associate professor of computer science, has won a 2015 Packard Fellowship in Science and Engineering, which includes $875,000 over five years for research.