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Reunion event highlights entrepreneurship’s impact on campus

A reunion event focused on entrepreneurship brought more than 75 alumni together in the eHub space on the first floor of Kennedy Hall.

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Einhorn Center receives $1M gift to endow its Pre-Orientation Service Trips

Cornell's Pre-Orientation Service Trips (POST) provide students with an opportunity to connect and learn more about service opportunities in the Greater Ithaca area.

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Farmed oysters may boost New York’s dwindling wild populations

A new study offers genetic evidence and proof that farmed eastern oysters are adding to and breeding with wild eastern oyster populations in the western and central Long Island Sound. 

Insular cortex linked to brain stimulation’s antidepressant effects

A circuit that runs from the prefrontal cortex to the insular cortex appears to mediate the antidepressant effects of a newer form of transcranial magnetic stimulation, according to a study led by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators.

Can robots read the room?

Artificial intelligence may one day give robots social intelligence, but so far, existing models do a poor job of using human facial cues to predict the outcome of a situation.

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Electrochemical bath recycles critical minerals in batteries

Researchers developed a more efficient and cost-effective way to recover almost the full life of lithium-ion batteries after they are spent.

Historical keyboard academy offers public events June 23-27

The Chamber Music Collective and Fortepiano Tech Academy highlight collaborative performance, rare repertoire, and hands-on training with eighteenth- and nineteenth-century instruments.

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Kanvas Biosciences raises $48 million to advance microbiome cancer therapies

Kanvas Biosciences announced a $48 million Series A funding round, which will support a clinical trial later this year for the company’s lead cancer immunotherapy treatment. 

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Student to join Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting as Young Scientist

Kapil Gangwar will participate as a Young Scientist in the 75th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Lindau, Germany, bringing together Nobel laureates and promising early-career researchers from around the world.

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Grants fund high-risk research on fungal disease and antibiotic resistance

Schwartz Research Fund Visionary Grants for faculty members in the life sciences aims to provide significant assistance for innovative, visionary research that opens an important new line of inquiry.

Protecting heart health in an era of temperature extremes

Extreme heat and cold are growing cardiovascular risks that can trigger heart attacks, strokes, heart failure and sudden cardiac death, according to a recent scientific statement by experts at Weill Cornell Medicine and other leading institutions.

A breakthrough single-cell method for mapping DNA-protein interactions

A new technology allows scientists to map the DNA-binding sites of transcription factors and other regulatory proteins that control gene activity, according to a study led by Weill Cornell Medicine and the New York Genome Center.