Speeding up a Manual Process Helps Cornell Recover $100,000

A two-semester collaboration between the Cornell AI Innovation Hub, graduate students, and the Treasury team transformed a time‑consuming, manual investigation process into a tool that helps staff process cryptic payments.

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Can AI plan for heat emergencies better than simple rules? It depends

For consequential decision-making, the benefits of a simple index score vs. a less-interpretable predictive AI algorithm depend, researchers from Cornell found, on the desired outcome as well as the decision’s intended audience.

Matt Marx named vice provost for entrepreneurship, innovation and external engagement

Marx will establish and serve as inaugural director of the Cornell Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, to boost university efforts to commercialize breakthrough scientific discoveries.

AI is changing expectations for MBA graduates

While MBA job prospects are expected to remain stable in the near future, new hires will be held to higher standards inside rapidly evolving workplaces.

Duffield Engineering SPROUT Awards for emerging research reach new high

The 16 grants are the most the SPROUT program has awarded in a single cycle and support a broad range of promising projects in AI, medicine, semiconductors, sustainability and more.

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Smart drones, safe skies: Student’s system tests, coordinates drone fleets

Doctoral student’s project devises an autonomous airspace coordination system built around a real-time simulation and validation technology.

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.

ILR School dean to help NYS shape, protect the AI workforce

Alexander Colvin, Ph.D. ’99, will serve on a blue-ribbon commission charged with developing recommendations on how New York state can protect workers’ economic security while harnessing the economic benefits of AI.

Alumni college leaders explore the future of higher ed

The panelists considered three key issues facing colleges and universities: rapidly advancing technology; an altered relationship with the federal government; and an erosion of public trust in higher education.