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Researchers see opportunity in addressing NY climate goals

Researchers at the ILR School’s Climate Jobs Institute say that despite shortfalls in progress since the 2019 Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, the state can still meet those goals – while improving working conditions and equity.

New faculty Tianyi Chen is engineering AI to make smarter and balanced decisions

Tianyi Chen is pushing the boundaries of artificial intelligence by asking a pressing question: What if AI could be engineered not just to optimize for a single outcome, but to make smarter, more balanced decisions — much like humans do?

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From leaky pipeline to leadership: Women boost health equity in Tanzania

Weill Cornell Medicine is collaborating with colleagues in Tanzania to increase the pipeline of female doctors, researchers and policymakers in health care, and focus attention on women’s health in Tanzania.

Brooks and A&S partner on new option for public policy major

Students who decide to pursue the B.A. in public policy will be admitted into the College of Arts and Sciences and take courses in both Brooks and A&S. 

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Awards honor Cornell Engineering faculty for teaching, advising

Cornell Engineering honored the transformative impact of its faculty at the 2025 Fall Faculty Reception, recognizing this year’s Teaching and Advising Award winners for their outstanding commitment to student success.

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Public-private partnership results in new broccoli hybrid, ‘Northstar’

A new broccoli variety, a co-hybrid between parents developed at Cornell and the global seed company Bejo Zaden, can withstand warmer, more unpredictable conditions such as the ones in the Northeastern U.S. 

Teens’ portraits celebrate Toni Morrison as community-builder

High schoolers from Ithaca and Brooklyn produced the artworks depicting Morrison and a local student, a collaboration that promises to introduce Morrison's work to new generations of New Yorkers.

Avner Arbel, emeritus finance professor, dies at 90

Avner Arbel, an influential thought leader and scholar in hospitality research and education and an emeritus professor of financial management in the Cornell Peter and Stephanie Nolan School of Hotel Administration, died Aug. 22 in Jupiter, Florida. He was 90.

AI can write your college essay, but it won’t sound like you

Students who plan to use ChatGPT to write their college admissions essays should think twice: Artificial intelligence tools write highly generic personal narratives, even when prompted to write from the perspective of someone with a certain race or gender.

Nobel-winning biochemist to speak on the origins of life

Jack Szostak, Ph.D. ’77, will return to campus to give the 2025 Ef Racker Lecture on Oct. 9.

Cornell alum returns to share crime-solving algorithm in University Lecture

Cornell alumnus Lawrence M. Wein, a Stanford professor and leading operations researcher, will return to campus Oct. 7 to present his new algorithm for accelerating forensic genealogy, capable of identifying suspects up to 25 times faster than standard methods.

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Deadly pathogens found in commercial raw cat foods

The discovery of pathogens in raw pet foods creates risks for both pets and their owners.