Good vibes: Phones promote shared space, not silos, in Arts Quad installation

“Vibe Coating” integrates green-screen technology and AI to visualize participants' prompts as an immersive, continuously changing environment.

The secret lives of city insects: bringing urban ecology to the community

Doctoral student Sylvana Ross and a team of Cincinnati youths spent their summer studying city-dwelling insects, amassing data that can inform decisions that support healthy green spaces. 

Engaged Opportunity Grants Connect Students with Community Partnerships

Cornell students are gaining new opportunities to extend classroom learning beyond campus through the latest round of Engaged Opportunity Grants from the Einhorn Center for Community Engagement. The five funded projects bring…

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Einhorn Center launches new staff fellowship program and welcomes largest cohort of new engaged fellows

Forty-two faculty members and staff from 19 Cornell schools, colleges, and administrative units have been named Engaged Fellows for 2026-2027, marking the largest cohort since the program’s launch in 2013. Fellows will spend the…

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Edouard Kopp named director of the Johnson Museum

Edouard Kopp, chief curator of the Menil Drawing Institute in Houston, has been named the next director of the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell.

Lab of Ornithology to host annual Migration Celebration

Celebrate birds with a fun-filled day of free workshops, presentations, bird walks, and more at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology on Sept. 12 from 10 a.m to 3 p.m.

Bipartisan fisheries management law would expand eDNA use

Bipartisan legislation introduced this month by the co-chairs of the U.S. Senate Oceans Caucus relies on environmental DNA techniques pioneered by retired Cornell Atkinson director David Lodge.

Campaign closes with record support for students and research

Cornell’s To Do the Greatest Good campaign surpassed its goal of raising more than $5 billion and engaging more than 200,000 alumni – achievements that will enhance opportunities for students and accelerate critical faculty research.

Second annual “Freedom Party” to celebrate joy, freedom, and learning

The Freedom Party, a block-party style festival that emphasizes community connection, storytelling, and creative and academic freedoms, returns on Saturday, Sept. 19 from 1–4 p.m. at Greater Ithaca Activities Center in downtown Ithaca.

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