Research Impact

New book focuses on impact of online content moderators

In his new book, Tarleton Gillespie investigates how social media platforms police what we post online and the large societal impact of these decisions.

Two named 2018 Kaplan Faculty Fellows for service-learning work

Two Cornell faculty members were awarded the 2018 Kaplan Family Distinguished Faculty Fellowship on April 24.

Atkinson Center brainstorms solutions for carbon removal

An Atkinson Center workshop May 4 looked for ways to use Cornell research to draw carbon out of the air and oceans and sequester it. 

Atkinson fellow talks conservation, farm bill in D.C.

Amanda Rodewald, professor of natural resources, spoke about the importance of the farm bill to conservation outcomes on a panel in Washington, D.C., May 11.

Cornell research is growing the hard cider industry in New York

Gregory Peck, assistant professor of horticulture, has been tapping cider’s full potential to grow New York state’s apple market.

Cornell partners with Italian universities, automakers on ‘vehicle intelligence’

Cornell has teamed with the University of Bologna to establish the Cornell-Bologna Center for Vehicle Intelligence.

Water-powered spacecraft displayed at NASA Tech Day

Cornell’s CubeSat, a water propelled spacecraft weighing less than 25 pounds, was on display May 9 at NASA’s Technology Day on Capitol Hill. 

Mediterranean diet may protect against Alzheimer’s

A Western-style diet triggers changes in the brain that may predispose patients to Alzheimer’s disease decades before they show any sign of cognitive decline.

Married physics researchers share lab, students and the joy of discovery

Married researchers Jie Shan, professor of applied and engineering physics in the College of Engineering, and Kin Fai Mak, assistant professor of physics in the College of Arts and Sciences, are experts on atomically thin materials and share a lab in the Physical Sciences Building.