Two members of Cornell’s on-campus business incubators will soon expand their businesses in Ithaca, creating local jobs and building capacity for future startups to grow in the region.
For the ancient Greeks, an image could be understood as a seal pressed on a material to leave a mark, as opposed to an inferior imitation (mimēsis), scholar Verity Platt argues in a new book.
The ILR School’s new associate dean of finance and administration is Craig Wiggers, who was named to the interim position when L. Rebecca Hann was asked to serve as the university’s interim vice president for budget and planning. He assumes the role officially on Feb. 16.
Nine students and recent graduates representing Cornell’s four contract colleges have been chosen to receive the 2026 State University of New York (SUNY) Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence.
Guðni Thorlacius Jóhannesson, former President of Iceland (2016–2024) and current Professor of History at the University of Iceland, visited Cornell University last week to deliver three Messenger Lectures, reflecting on his experience as Iceland’s head of state and the changing geopolitical and cultural landscape of Iceland.
An additional $6 million in funding over the next four years will bolster the Support for Promising Research Opportunities and Unconventional Teams program, designed to encourage emerging collaborations at the intersection of research fields.
A grant from the Teagle Foundation will allow Cornell faculty and staff to launch a new civic education program for high school students, opening pathways to higher education.
Cornell Tech has appointed Tanzeem Choudhury as its Chief of Health Innovation and has formed a new Health Tech Hub Advisory Committee composed of leaders from across the healthcare industry.