This summer, two Cornell undergraduates will hand out free laptops to 100 elementary schoolchildren in the rural city of Tidjikja, Mauritania, in northwest Africa, thanks to a $30,000 grant. (May 12, 2009)
"These are our future colleagues," said Cornell graduate student Filip Radlinski, waving his hand at some 100 other graduate students assembled in Upson B-17 for a talk by Tom Mitchell, professor of computer science at Carnegie…
Cornell's Department of Computer Science will celebrate its 40th anniversary Oct. 1 with a symposium featuring several alumni who now hold prestigious positions in industry and academia.
PeopleSoft computer system takes over student records, replacing antiquated systems and bringing the whole university undr one umbrella for the first time. (March 6, 2008)
Students and faculty in the College of Engineering are leveraging the university’s robust entrepreneurial ecosystem to launch a variety of tech startups.
Organic material added by plant roots and microbes provide nutritious candy for the soil. Literally. Cellular sugar boosts water and nutrient retention, says new Cornell research.
Digging deep into family history? Try Cornell University Library. Not only a trove of primary sources for scholarship, the numerous archives of Cornell University Library also can bring back vivid memories and illuminate gaps in personal stories.
As the coronavirus pandemic unfolded, students in Janis Whitlock’s graduate seminar on translational research found themselves in a unique position – being able to participate in a widespread journaling project to record their hopes, fears and routines, chronicling COVID-19’s effects on their daily lives and relationships.