New course encourages students to embrace disagreement

The one-credit class will bring leading public thinkers to campus for live discussions each Wednesday for seven weeks.

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Eco-friendly ag practices may be easier than farmers think

Fruit and vegetable farmers across the U.S. said that labor was the biggest barrier to adopting sustainable practices, with many farmers perceiving the labor requirements to be higher than they are.

A&S launches Cornell in Los Angeles study away program

The program will place students in Hollywood for a semester of coursework, networking and cultural immersion.

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Light causes atomic layers to do the twist

Using a Cornell-built instrument and Cornell-built high-speed detector, a team of researchers captured atomically thin materials responding to light with a dynamic twisting motion.

Physicist John Reppy wins Buckley Prize

Reppy was recognized along with David Bishop, Ph.D. ’78, for "groundbreaking experiments" they did on helium 50 years ago. 

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Neurotech symposium explores how brain circuits drive behavior

The 2025 Cornell Neurotech Mong Family Foundation Symposium, hosted jointly by Cornell Engineering and the College of Arts and Sciences, featured two leading researchers in neuroscience to explore how neural circuitry in the brain directs complex behaviors.

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Translation offers English readers passage to satirical ‘Island of Hermaphrodites’

The novel, published anonymously in 1605, is "a very funny critique of court life that resonates for anyone dealing with very hierarchical institutions in which the exercise of power is often inscrutable and seemingly random,” says professor Kathleen Perry Long. 

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Chemist Geoffrey Coates wins Benjamin Franklin Medal

Prof. Coates is being recognized “for transformative work at the interface of chemical catalyst design and polymer science, leading to novel ways of making biodegradable and recyclable plastics.”

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How to spot life in the clouds on other worlds

Cloud cover is bad for picnics and for viewing stars through a telescope. But an exoplanet with dense or even total cloud cover could help astronomers searching for signs of life beyond our planet, Cornell researchers have found.