NY Sea Grant helps village bring dune back down to size

When a dune in Sodus Point, New York - built in 2021 to prevent flooding - grew so high some residents lost their view of the water, NY Sea Grant stepped in to ease tensions and facilitate a new maintenance plan.     

Food Hackathon students turn their ideas into delicious reality

Entrepreneurial Cornell students compete in the annual food hackathon, but then what? Their prototypes gain new ways to become reality.

Student draws on experience to transform assistive communication

At 15, Tobias Weinberg lost the ability to speak - now as a Ph.D. student at Cornell Tech, he's using AI to improve the technologies he and others with speech disabilities rely on to communicate. 

Botanic Gardens’ Director to Retire

Christopher P. Dunn, PhD, executive director of Cornell Botanic Gardens, retires at the end of 2025. He led the organization into a new era of relevance to the university, community, and world, with a focused mission on conserving biological and cultural diversity. 

Around Cornell

How federal funding cuts are impacting each NYS county

An interactive mapping tool developed by ILR School researchers enables policymakers and the public to see how billions in reduced federal funding are affecting jobs and spending across New York.

New York wool goes to fashion school

Through a series of visits to regional farms and experimentation with local wool, students in the College of Human Ecology are discovering its idiosyncrasies and charms.

Free speech on campus the focus of Konvitz Lecture

Cass R. Sunstein, one of the nation’s leading constitutional scholars, will lead a discussion of the past, present and future of free expression at American universities when he delivers the Konvitz Memorial Lecture, Oct. 30 in Myron Taylor Hall.

Cornell training program aims to boost NYS food entrepreneurship

A new Cornell-led training program aims to provide New York food educators and producers with the skills and equipment they need to boost compliance with modern food safety standards and foster the development of innovative food products.

‘Ground truth’: Flood monitoring tool gives NYS residents a voice

The MyCoast New York app has already provided forecasters and emergency managers with a new understanding of flooding around the state, as sea levels rise and storms intensify.