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Established and influential: AAP NYC, 10 years in

Cornell's College of Architecture, Art and Planning (AAP) enjoys a well-established presence in New York City in both academic programming and the professional practice of its faculty and alumni.

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Regional campus-community members gather in Ithaca

Nearly 70 government, nonprofit and university representatives met April 7 in Ithaca to discuss some of their more prevalent town-gown concerns and the ways colleges and universities can collaborate with local officials.

Makeathon to develop prototypes for people with disabilities

A makeathon to develop affordable assistive technology for people with disabilities, sponsored by Cornell, will be held April 21-23 at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

Be careful what you tell your robot to do, expert warns

Artificial intelligence must be managed in ways that keep robots from doing harm accidentally, according to Daniel Weld, professor of computer science at the University of Washington.

Growing forward: Cornell's unique living collections

Cascadilla and Fall Creek Gorges, Beebe Lake, Comstock Knoll, F.R. Newman Arboretum, the Robison York State Herb Garden and Mundy Wildflower Garden – these are just a few of the iconic landscapes that distinguish the campus and are treasured by Cornellians and Ithacans alike.

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Author Michael Pollan to deliver Iscol lecture April 27

Michael Pollan, environmentalist and best-selling author, speaks on "Out of the Garden" at the 2017 Iscol Distinguished Environmental Lecture on April 27, in Call Auditorium, Kennedy Hall.

Creativity, openness, learning, joy and inspiration at Cornell Tech

Venezuela native Rachel Mayer, founder of the mobile-first investing platform Trigger, talks about the impact Cornell Tech in New York City has had on her life.

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A 'stronger, more holistic' impact

Cornell's Ithaca campus and its iconic upstate setting may be what many envision when they think of the university, but Cornell has long had a presence on the cosmopolitan stages of New York City.

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Group works toward devising next-gen superconductor

A team led by physics associate professor Eun-Ah Kim has proposed a topological superconductor made from an ultrathin transition metal dichalcogenide that is a step toward quantum computing.

Baptist, Hutchinson awarded Guggenheim Fellowships

Professor of history Edward Baptist and assistant professor of English Ishion Hutchinson are among the newest Guggenheim Fellowship recipients named by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.

Playwright Paula Vogel honored for LGBT activism

Paula Vogel's long and winding road from Ithaca in the 1970s to Broadway in 2017 was revisited April 8 in Manhattan where she was honored with the third annual Steven W. Siegel Award.

New book examines the genomics revolution

In his new book, “Reordering Life: Knowledge and Control in the Genomics Revolution,” Stephen Hilgartner examines how the governance and control of knowledge changed during the Human Genome Project.