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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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Cornell leads project putting robots to work in US orchards

A Cornell-led research project is developing robots that can perform labor-intensive orchard operations; it’s supported by a four-year, $7.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Specialty Crop Research Initiative. 

NSF grant aims to rethink how engineering students learn teamwork

A new National Science Foundation grant awarded to the Cornell Duffield College of Engineering aims to develop a more systematic approach to teaching teamwork by helping instructors identify what they want students to learn from team experiences.

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Wrinkled or smooth? Cell growth mechanics determine shape of plant organs

This discovery could help engineer living materials into different forms, such as the custom of growing bridges from roots in India, and breeding kale so it’s smooth instead of crinkly. 

Midterm forecast strongly favors Democrats to win House majority

The forecast model developed by Peter Enns and graduate students is highly accurate historically, correctly predicting winners of the previous 14 congressional elections.

The science behind the scroll: Donghui Li’s path from Cornell Tech to TikTok

Cornell Tech alumna Donghui Li is a senior data scientist at TikTok.

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Medina Tovar joins Weill Institute to study cellular evolution, pathogenesis of fungi

Edgar Medina Tovar joins the Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology and the College of Arts & Sciences as an assistant research professor in September. He will begin as an assistant professor in January 2027.

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AAP semester snapshot: fall 2026 in focus

Refreshed learning and making spaces, innovative programming, and expert faculty and staff spanning five departments and three campuses welcome students back to classrooms and studios as Cornell AAP opens a dynamic academic year.

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‘Rivers of Ice’ exhibit offers lens on glaciers’ retreat

The exhibition featuring books, maps and other visual materials related to the study of glaciers and the Earth’s shifting climate opens Sept. 17 at the Hirshland Exhibition Gallery of Carl A. Kroch Library.

Cornell science educator David Kornreich, Ph.D. ’01, dies at 52

David Kornreich, Ph.D. ’01, who taught physics and astronomy in the College of Arts and Sciences, died Aug. 30 in a plane crash near Ithaca. Kornreich, a native of Houston, Texas, was 52.

Antifungal therapy restores gut microbiome in IBD patients

A commonly used systemic antifungal medication may help reduce symptoms in a subset of patients with inflammatory bowel disease.