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Droids descend on Cornell for robotics conference

The Northeastern Robotics Conference (NERC), held Saturday, Oct. 11 at Cornell, featured more than 100 robots research projects from the region, including a shadowboxing droid and a backflipping robot dog.

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Under Pressure: How Cornell's synchrotron helped reveal hidden differences in our DNA packaging

Using high-pressure X-ray scattering at CHESS, researchers uncovered key structural differences between conventional and centromeric nucleosomes, revealing how our DNA remains organized and resilient under extreme stress.

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New leadership institute anchors nation’s first Black fraternity

Alumni brothers of Alpha Phi Alpha’s Alpha chapter, founded at Cornell in 1906, unveiled a new leadership institute and student residence, inspired by the fraternity’s founding principles.

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.

ILR Keynote to share modern job-search strategies

JR Keller, associate professor of human resource studies, will offer experienced professionals the strategies they need to adapt, advance and thrive in today’s evolving job market in an eCornell Keynote on Wednesday, Oct. 29 at 1 p.m.

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AI-generated content a triple threat for Reddit moderators

Researchers at Cornell Tech and Cornell Bowers engaged directly with 15 content moderators on Reddit to see exactly how they try to preserve the news sharing site's humanity in an increasingly AI-infused world.

Cornell graduate students sweep top honors at international SRF conference

Cornell graduate students Nicole Verboncoeur and Jake Parsons earned 1st and 2nd Prize awards at SRF2025 in Tokyo for outstanding research in superconducting radio-frequency technology.

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Book examines immigration and race in the low-wage workplace

Some of the most pressing issues facing low-wage immigrant workers of color in the U.S. include persistent forms of disrespect and abuses of power.

Cracking the code of chaos

Using time-delay snapshots, researchers led by mathematician Yunan Yang have introduced a new way to identify the underlying dynamics of unpredictable systems, such as the atmosphere and turbulent fluids. 

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Bulawayo wins 25th anniversary Best of Caine prize

NoViolet Bulawayo, M.F.A. ’10, assistant professor in A&S, has won the Best of Caine Award as judges have chosen her short story, “Hitting Budapest,” as the best to have won the Caine Prize for African Writing in the award’s 25 years.

More exposure to mom’s voice may prevent preemies’ language delays

Among preterm newborns, greater exposure to the mother’s voice after birth appeared to speed up the maturation of a key language-related brain circuit.

Researchers receive NIH MERIT award to map T cell development over time

The grant will fund the Rudd and De Vlaminck lab’s research on CD8+ T cell activation and development throughout early life and into adulthood. 

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