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Benjamin Widom, influential physical chemist, dies at 97

January 31, 2025

Benjamin Widom, Ph.D. ’53, Goldwin Smith Professor Emeritus in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology in the College of Arts and Sciences, died Jan. 23 in Ithaca. He was 97.

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Cornell researchers win Four Bezos Earth Fund Awards

May 22, 2025

Four Cornell researchers were chosen from a competitive, global application pool to receive Bezos Earth Fund awards to use AI to address climate change and nature loss.

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Don Turcotte, professor emeritus, tectonics pioneer, dies at 92

February 24, 2025

Don Turcotte, the former Maxwell Upson Professor of Engineering in the Department of Geological Sciences who brought his aeronautic research roots into pioneering collaborations in the study of mantle dynamics and plate tectonics, died Feb. 4 in Davis, California.

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Powerful AI tool can boost precision medicine, treatments

November 25, 2024

A tool co-developed by Cornell researchers uses AI and machine learning to solve and predict how human proteins might interface and interact with other proteins, which can greatly accelerate fundamental research and clinical precision medicine.

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Cornell partners with industry to better assess drought risk

April 9, 2025

The project aligns with Cornell Atkinson's core mission of supporting research that drives meaningful impact across public opinion, policy, and corporate practices.

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John Nation, plasma physicist and electrical engineer, dies at 89

September 24, 2024

John A. Nation, professor emeritus of electrical and computer engineering, whose research on high-power microwave generation helped drive Cornell’s role in advancing plasma studies and fusion energy, died on Sept. 3 in Rye, New Hampshire. He was 89.

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NYC entrepreneurship conference features CEOs, NBA leader

October 11, 2024

The 2024 Eclectic Convergence conference in New York City, organized by Entrepreneurship at Cornell, is set for Nov. 15.

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A promising alternative to seabed mining? Seawater

July 10, 2024

As the International Seabed Authority meets in Jamaica this month, Maha Haji, professor of engineering, comments on a promising alternative to seabed mining.

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Cornell honors Sagan’s 90th birthday with celebration of science

October 28, 2024

On what would have been astronomer and planetary scientist Carl Sagan’s 90th birthday, Cornell’s Carl Sagan Institute will celebrate his legacy in an interdisciplinary day of science, music and more as part of the College of Arts and Sciences’ Arts Unplugged series.

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