Are we there yet? Time slows down on a crowded train

Testing time perception in an unusually lifelike setting – a virtual reality ride on a New York City subway train – an interdisciplinary Cornell research team found that crowding makes time seem to pass more slowly.

Over 80 students recognized at pinning ceremony

The Graduate school welcomed over 80 new Dean’s Scholars into the community of over 370 current Dean’s Scholars at Cornell. The Dean’s Scholars program honors recipients of competitive, diversity-focused fellowships.

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Students tackle real-world problems in global, public health projects

More than 100 students presented their work on a wide array of projects aimed at improving access to public health everywhere from Tompkins County to Tanzania, as part of the 2022 Global and Public Health Experiential Learning Symposium, held Nov. 11 in Cornell’s Physical Sciences Building.

‘Everything changed’: reuniting families fractured by opioids

Cornell researchers and parent educators are identifying how the opioid crisis has ravaged New York state families and the solutions that help parents and children reunify.

Projects to support NYS economy, farms, communities

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded $3.8 million in funding to the Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station to support more than 50 projects across three colleges.

Students can choose new minor in data science

The minor is distinctive in including courses from many disciplines, from across Cornell’s schools and colleges.

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Dean's fellowship brings students back into the archives

Lynda Xepoleas, PhD ’23, spent this summer combing through manuscripts to learn about the history of Indigenous women receiving an education in home economics at Cornell. 

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Space-making ‘robot rooms’ promise practicality, escape

Supported by a National Science Foundation grant, Keith Evan Green, director of the Architectural Robotics Lab, is advancing a new category of robots that people will inhabit.

SkinKit offers versatile, wearable on-skin computing

Members of Cornell’s Hybrid Body Lab have come up with a reliable on-skin computing interface that’s easy to attach and detach, and can be used for a variety of purposes – from health monitoring to fashion.