Sandwell wins prize for book on South African anti-apartheid movement

History professor Rachel Sandwell won the Joel Gregory Book Prize for "National Liberation and the Political Life of Exile," her study of women’s leadership in South Africa’s anti-apartheid movement.

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Leaders Share Roadmap for the Future in July 2026 All-IT Town Hall

At Cornell's first All-IT Town Hall, university leaders shared their vision for the next chapter of Evolve IT, emphasizing stronger connections, shared opportunities, and a future built on collaboration without losing the local relationships and expertise that make Cornell's Information Technology community successful.

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Cornell Botanic Gardens introduces self-guided tours in Spanish and Mandarin

Cornell Botanic Gardens has expanded its self-guided walking tours to Spanish and Mandarin, the two most spoken languages other than English among Cornell students and their families. The gardens partnered with two campus programs, where students translated 10 tours into the two additional languages, and recorded audio for 26 stops around the cultivated gardens and F.R. Newman Arboretum. 

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Precollege Partnerships Open Pathways for Local Students

Cornell’s Einhorn Center for Community Engagement works with the School of Continuing Education to identify local STEP and Upward Bound students ready to enroll in Cornell courses through Precollege Studies

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New course examines engineering challenges, opportunities in women’s health

A new Duffield Engineering biomedical engineering course will challenge students to investigate real-world failures in women’s health technologies and identify opportunities for better design.

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Center for Racial Justice and Equitable Futures funds 2026 graduate student research projects

Each grantee will receive dedicated support and funding from the center to pursue innovative and creative projects that deepen academic knowledge and connect to the mission of the center to create more just and equitable futures.

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Stroke test tech receives 'breakthrough' status from FDA

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Breakthrough Device Designation to NSE-FAST®, the first rapid blood test designed to aid in the diagnosis of acute ischemic stroke.

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Alums launch company to streamline cash flow processes

The newest podcast from Entrepreneurship at Cornell features the founders of Tabs.

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Research reshapes rules of genetic crossovers

A Cornell-led study is challenging a decades-old explanation for how chromosomes exchange genetic material within the biological process that forms eggs and sperm in mammals.

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