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Fall AI seminar series begins Sept. 2

Cornell Bowers CIS is hosting a weekly conversation on Fridays about the future of AI, which will include top industry leaders and groundbreaking researchers who are building the technology and examining its societal, legal, and ethical impacts.

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Researchers identify the target of immune attacks on liver cells

A new study from Weill Cornell Medicine researchers helps to explain the dynamics underlying liver damage that can accompany type 2 diabetes and obesity. 

Sen. Gillibrand touts funds for climate-smart farming

U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, visited Cornell Aug. 29 to champion agricultural conservation and climate-smart farming provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act and highlight related research and extension efforts in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

Richard Quaas, pioneer in livestock genetics, dies at 77

Richard Louis Quaas, whose work in quantitative genetics helped revolutionize livestock breeding practices, died Oct. 19, 2021, at age 77.

Cornell Bowers CIS welcomes 6 new faculty

The faculty have expertise in a broad range of areas, including robotics, artificial intelligence, digital fabrication, public health, and population genetics.

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State leaders seek farm bill feedback during AgriTech visit

Public investment in agricultural research supports farmers, food security, economic development and environmental sustainability, Cornell researchers told New York Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado during a tour Aug. 26 of Cornell AgriTech facilities in Geneva, New York.

Vaccination exposes latent HIV in lab studies

Vaccination with a SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine revealed HIV hiding in immune cells in blood from people with HIV, according to lab research led by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators.

The Great Separation: Why American Politics Is Coming Apart at the Seams

Megan McArdle, opinion columnist for the Washington Post, will discuss increasingly divided American life and politics in a Sept. 14 lecture.

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Brooks School Dean Colleen Barry joins the Sandy Hook Promise Board of Directors

Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy Dean Colleen L. Barry has joined the board of Sandy Hook Promise. The organization is working for a future where children are free from shootings and acts of violence in their schools, homes, and communities.

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Three projects awarded Belonging at Cornell innovation grants

The Presidential Advisors on Diversity and Equity have awarded three Belonging at Cornell innovation grants for 2022 programming, for projects addressing a range of topics involving diversity, equity and inclusion on all of Cornell’s campuses.

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Reporters discuss history of “land grab” universities in press freedom lecture

Journalist Tristan Ahtone and historian Robert Lee will talk about how Indigenous land expropriated by the 1862 Morrill Act is the foundation of the land-grant university system in the 2022 Kops Lecture.

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Spring study abroad features new Cornell Global Hubs

There’s a place in the world for every Cornell student. Undergraduate students across all colleges and majors will find study abroad programs worldwide to advance their academic and career goals, including opportunities at the new Cornell Global Hubs.

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