Seed banks may complicate gene drives aimed at controlling weeds

While gene drives have great potential for controlling weeds, seed banks can foil their efforts.

'Wild west' era of GenAI poses opportunities and challenges for science

Experts discussed the good, the bad and the unknown ways that GenAI is transforming science at the Assessing and Imagining the Impact of Generative AI on Science Symposium.

Around Cornell

MirrorBot: fostering human connection

Cornell researchers developed a dual mirror-equipped robot, MirrorBot, that spurred conversations, playful exchanges and other interactions between strangers sparked by initial eye contact made in the mirrors.

Memory becomes muse in annual runway show

The 42nd annual Cornell Fashion Collective Spring Runway Show paid homage to well-loved storybooks and designers’ childhood memories and cultural backgrounds.

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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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.

AI tools show promise for diagnosing advanced heart failure

The study offers the prospect of better care for many thousands of patients who may be overlooked due to the difficulty of diagnosing their condition.

Students pitch AI-inspired solutions at Cornell Health Hackathon

More than 100 students from across Cornell campuses and 17 other universities gathered March 6-8 in New York City for an AI hackathon.

Alum Gilles Brassard receives Turing Award, highest CS honor

Gilles Brassard, Ph.D. ’79, has received the 2025 A.M. Turing Award from the Association for Computing Machinery, jointly with Charles Bennett, for founding the field of quantum information science.