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.

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Shows like “The Pitt” raise questions about what we owe frontline medical workers. Angelique Taylor is developing real-world answers, testing robots in Weill Cornell emergency rooms alongside the doctors and nurses who use them. This episode explores what robots can and can’t do when seconds matter and lives are on the line.

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The Danse Macabre: Fashion’s Enduring Fascination With Death and Mortality

Denise Green, a Cornell University professor and director of its Costume and Textile Collection, and Sephra Lamothe, a Cornell doctoral researcher, provide scholarly perspectives on the intersection of fashion and mourning.

Slate

Eat Your Decorative Gourds

Cornell University plant breeder Michael Mazourek explains that many decorative pumpkins are culinary heirlooms and shares expertise on safe pumpkin consumption.

US News and World Report

The Fake Commute: How China's Unemployed Save Face

Diana Fu, an associate professor of Chinese politics at Cornell University, provides insight into how unemployed Chinese workers pretending to be employed may help maintain social stability.

The New York Times

The Overlapping Plagues Quietly Devastating American Forests

Anurag Agrawal, a Cornell University ecologist, and Nicholas Dietschler of Cornell's New York State Hemlock Initiative are contributing to efforts to protect northeastern U.S. forests from invasive tree pests.

Bloomberg

Startups Are Extracting More Copper Using Microbes

Buz Barstow, an associate professor in Cornell University’s department of biological and environmental engineering, discusses both the long history and future potential of bioleaching technology in the mining industry.

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A rare family of barn owls moved into Manhattan’s Upper West Side. New Yorkers are captivated

Andrew Farnsworth, a migration ecologist at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, confirmed this is the first documented barn owl nest in modern Manhattan history. Syndicated to: ABC News, Seattle Times, Daily Mail, San Francisco Chronicle, Newsday 

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