Rep. Tonko talks ‘forever chemical’ alternatives with students

New York Congressman Paul Tonko (D-20th Dist.) brought his perspective as both an engineer and longtime Capital District policymaker to conversations with students and faculty in a visit to Cornell on March 20.

A 1972 trip to Guatemala ended with life-long commitment to water projects

Bruce Clemens '72, a co-founder of Aqua del Pueblo, is the guest for the March Startup Cornell podcast.

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Education researcher to speak on active learning, DBER field

At a talk on April 7, Susan Singer will discuss the history and trajectory of active learning and discipline-based education research in higher education, and her experience advocating for both. 

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Nickel catalyst enables high-performance fuel cell free of precious metals

Cornell researchers have developed a non-precious-metal catalyst that represents a major step toward alkaline fuel cells that use inexpensive commodity metals, such as nickel and cobalt, in several energy applications.

Scientists engineer E. coli to monitor arsenic

Cornell scientists have engineered E. coli to act as a sensitive biosensor for monitoring environmental arsenic, a toxic pollutant.

Fish gill-inspired panels reveal path to efficient thermal mixing

Researchers have developed a bio-inspired approach to mixing heat and molecules in fluids – findings that could inform future biomedical devices, heat exchangers and soft robotics.

Global atlas will track human and climate impact on river systems

A new Cornell-led project will create a global record that shows how river systems around the world have changed under human influence over the last 75 years.

First quantum oscillations observed in gallium nitride holes

Cornell researchers have observed a quantum property of the material for the first time, an advance that could expand its technological reach.

Mechanical engineering Ph.D. candidate wins 2026 3MT

Ellen van Wijngaarden won Cornell's Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition. 3MT challenges graduate students to prsent their thesis research compellingly to general audiences in just three minutes.

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