Researchers achieve the ‘impossible’ low-loss, tunable dielectric

A late-night “Eureka” moment, a smashed computer and 17 years of persistence led researchers to achieve what many in microwave electronics had long considered out of reach: a tunable, low energy loss class of dielectric materials.

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Duffield Engineering SPROUT Awards for emerging research reach new high

The 16 grants are the most the SPROUT program has awarded in a single cycle and support a broad range of promising projects in AI, medicine, semiconductors, sustainability and more.

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‘The Predatory Sea’ honored for maritime history

The book, winner of the the John R. Lyman Book Award in World Maritime History, examines early Caribbean human trafficking and captivity. 

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Sustainable ag finance leadership training connects industry leaders

Cornell Atkinson hosted its first executive education program – the Resilient Futures Leadership Program: Financing Sustainable Agriculture – with partner Field to Market. The successful program will be offered twice more over the next two years. 

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School of Criticism and Theory marks 50 years of intellectual exchange

The six-week summer program serves as a hub for interdisciplinary inquiry in the humanities and social sciences.

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Jiang Fellows gain hands-on startup experience

The 2026 Jiang Fellows have accepted internships and will spend the summer gaining firsthand entrepreneurial experience through the Duffield College of Engineering program.

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How to train a magnet: Excitons as a new knob for magnetic control

Cornell researchers have shown that excitons can do more than observe magnetism. They can actively steer it.

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Student, Indigenous partners use eDNA to aid biodiversity in Ecuador

A Cornell graduate student and indigenous Ecuadorian partners are sampling eDNA in Amazonian riverways to understand how gold mining and other human disturbances impact aquatic biodiversity and ecosystem health. 

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13 student projects earn CIDA Research Innovation Fund awards

Thirteen Cornell students will spend the summer advancing new technologies for agriculture after receiving 2026 Research Innovation Fund awards from the Cornell Institute for Digital Agriculture. 

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