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Student-led McClintock Letters campaign gets Research!America award

A nationwide campaign that resulted in hundreds of scientists publishing letters in their hometown newspapers about the value of federal research funding has received the Meeting the Moment for Public Health Award from the non-profit Research!America.

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Programmable plant sprint hits the ground running

In a recent hackathon sprint, the Cornell Center for Research on Programmable Plant Systems (CROPPS), successfully showcased a closed loop fertigation system that is controlled by the plants themselves

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Cornell opens state’s first indoor adaptive challenge course

Members of the Cornell community and the Tompkins County Chamber of Commerce came together Feb. 10 to celebrate the opening of a new indoor adaptive challenge course at the Noyes Community Recreation Center.

‘Unprecedented’ emissions maps will hone mitigation

The new, high-resolution maps calculate global emissions from croplands by region, crop and source – enabling hyper-local mitigation. 

Astronomer Anna Ho named Cottrell Scholar

With a proposal titled “Fast Transients: Revealing the Diversity of Relativistic Stellar Explosions,” Ho is one of 24 early career scholars in chemistry, physics and astronomy each receiving $120,000 for proposals incorporating research and science education.

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Composers tackle environmental issues in new exhibit

A multimedia Cornell University Library exhibition, demonstrating how music can be a powerful vehicle for raising environmental awareness, opens Feb. 20 at the Sidney Cox Library of Music and Dance.

Weight-loss drug linked to lower eye-disease risk in patients with diabetes

The popular diabetes and weight-loss medication tirzepatide may lower the risk of diabetic retinopathy, a leading cause of vision loss, according to Weill Cornell Medicine investigators.

Awards and honors: Newcomb prize, arts fellows and more

Two professors who won a prize for their paper on artificial intelligence and conspiracy theories are among several faculty members recently honored for their work.

Grants fund oyster restoration, ‘cattlevoltaics’

Five new projects from the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability and The Nature Conservancy seek to protect pollinators, restore oyster habitats, manage flood risk and support “cattlevoltaics.”

High school seniors get hands-on with nanofabrication through CNF ATLAS program

High school seniors from Tompkins-Seneca-Tioga BOCES stepped into the cleanroom at Cornell’s Cornell NanoScale Science and Technology Facility this January, trading classroom labs for hands-on experience in one of the nation’s most advanced university nanofabrication facilities.

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Alumni support helps students thrive on West Campus

Members of the Class of 1966 have contributed generously to bring community, wellness and arts programming directly to the West Campus House System. 

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David Muller elected to National Academy of Engineering

Muller was honored for his contributions to developing the highest resolution electron microscope in the world.