Student receives Kheel Center award for outstanding research

ILR student Strummer Dunn '29 gets award for research paper on Southern Appalachian textile workers.

Around Cornell

Lincoln’s rare handwritten Gettysburg Address on view Nov. 19 

On the anniversary of its delivery, the public gets to see Lincoln's famous address for one-day only.

Student club helps incarcerated people earn a second chance

For students in the Cornell University Parole Initiative Club, parole applications are more than just paperwork.

NYT columnist: US democracy’s progress outweighs ‘failed nation’ narrative

John McWhorter argues that calls for a "reset" discount the nation’s progress and the many reasons that democracy is worth saving.

Y Combinator’s Graham: Build ‘stuff you’re genuinely interested in’

Taking advantage of the opportunities a college education affords and doing what you love are important in a successful startup journey, according to Paul Graham ’86, founder of Y Combinator.

Student unlocks potential in juvenile detention centers with STEM ed

Emily Cho ’28 has grown the nonprofit she founded as a 13-year-old into a national network of volunteers giving incarcerated students access to education.

$750K Wake Forest grant advances cultural humility across Cornell

The three-year grant will allow Cornell to explore how community-engaged learning can more intentionally cultivate cultural humility as a foundation for ethical practice and civic participation.

‘A seat at the table’: Cornell expands access to multiple AI tools for faculty, staff, students

Most faculty, staff and students will have free access to a range of AI platforms – an effort to level the playing field, spur exploration and reduce the costs and vulnerabilities of individual consumer licenses.

Cute robots, historical chatbots: AI in the classroom grows more sophisticated

Instructors across Cornell are working to strike a balance in the classroom – using AI as a teaching tool but also making choices to prevent its use and preserve the learning experience.