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How to safely enjoy Cornell’s gorges

Through a safety program that combines education and enforcement, Cornell is working to ensure that visitors and students can enjoy its iconic gorges.

Undergrads’ weed-killing robot wins top prize

A team of Cornell students bested the competition with their invention: an autonomous robot that kills weeds with electricity.

Workshop turns research on youth purpose into action for educators

The Program for Research on Youth Development and Engagement at the Bronfenbrenner Center is helping youth educators understand how to foster a sense of purpose in the young people they serve.

Jiang Fellows gain hands-on startup experience

The 2026 Jiang Fellows have accepted internships and will spend the summer gaining firsthand entrepreneurial experience through the Duffield College of Engineering program.

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Craig Fennie, MacArthur Fellow and materials discovery pioneer, dies at 54

Craig J. Fennie, associate professor at the Cornell Duffield College of Engineering whose groundbreaking research opened pathways for scientists to discover and design materials, died on June 14. He was 54.

‘Double the damage’: Warming climate reduces milk quality and quantity

Heat stress on dairy cows not only decreases the amount of milk produced but also the fat and protein content, doubling the economic losses.

How to train a magnet: Excitons as a new knob for magnetic control

Cornell researchers have shown that excitons can do more than observe magnetism. They can actively steer it.

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Student, Indigenous partners use eDNA to aid biodiversity in Ecuador

A Cornell graduate student and indigenous Ecuadorian partners are sampling eDNA in Amazonian riverways to understand how gold mining and other human disturbances impact aquatic biodiversity and ecosystem health. 

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13 student projects earn CIDA Research Innovation Fund awards

Thirteen Cornell students will spend the summer advancing new technologies for agriculture after receiving 2026 Research Innovation Fund awards from the Cornell Institute for Digital Agriculture. 

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Researchers-turned-inventors recognized at Bearers of Innovation celebration 

The Center for Technology Licensing brought together Cornell inventors in Ithaca and at Weill Cornell Medicine for Bearers of Innovation: A One Cornell Celebration, recognizing CTL-connected inventors from the past two fiscal years.

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Pew grant project to design hepatitis C vaccine built on natural immunity

Andrew Flyak, assistant professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology in the College of Veterinary Medicine, has been named a 2026 Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences.

Weill Cornell anesthesiologist appointed to commission on religious freedom

Weill Cornell Medicine anesthesiologist Dr. Gunisha Kaur has been appointed to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, an agency that monitors the universal right to freedom of religion or belief.