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Glaser","tags":["Around Cornell","Physical Sciences \u0026 Engineering","Around Cornell","College of Arts and Sciences","Ithaca"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-07\/white_dwarf_planet_illustration.jpg?h=f5dc67b8\u0026itok=nVJaAST1","image_alt":"Two objects in space: a reddist planet and a faintly glowing white dwarf star"},{"id":"333269","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/06\/cornell-led-nih-grant-will-reveal-how-immune-cells-communicate-living-tissues","title":"Cornell-led NIH grant will reveal how immune cells communicate in living tissues","content_text":"A $13.3 million grant from the NIH will support efforts to reveal how immune cells communicate within living tissues, which could shape new approaches for treating inflammatory diseases, autoimmune disorders and infections.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/0223_cells_tnd_0.jpg?itok=GNqCAve-","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/0223_cells_tnd_0.jpg?itok=GkLfHUEz","date_published":"Tue, 30 Jun 2026 09:06:29 EDT","byline":"","tags":["Chronicle","Health, Nutrition \u0026 Medicine","Life Sciences \u0026 Veterinary Medicine","Physical Sciences \u0026 Engineering","Cornell Duffield College of Engineering","College of Veterinary Medicine","Ithaca","Research Impact"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/0223_cells_tnd_0.jpg?itok=vupJy8Zp","image_alt":"T cells"},{"id":"333261","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/06\/digital-research-repository-arxiv-start-new-chapter-nonprofit","title":"Digital research repository arXiv to start new chapter as nonprofit","content_text":"On July 1, the digital research respository arXiv, housed at Cornell Tech, will transition to an independent nonprofit, enabling faster technological development, expanded partnerships and long-term financial sustainability.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2025-11\/1124_tech_tnd.jpg?h=1b48635d\u0026itok=d1QqJqRJ","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2025-11\/1124_tech_tnd.jpg?itok=OTTjKizu","date_published":"Mon, 29 Jun 2026 09:06:34 EDT","byline":"Tom Fleischman, Cornell Chronicle","tags":["Chronicle","Computing \u0026 Information Sciences","Global Reach","Physical Sciences \u0026 Engineering","News \u0026 Events","New York City","Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science","Cornell Tech","Ithaca","New York City","Research Impact","New York City"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2025-11\/1124_tech_tnd.jpg?h=1b48635d\u0026itok=ewpxlkeN","image_alt":"Cornell Tech at dusk"},{"id":"333257","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/06\/researchers-achieve-impossible-low-loss-tunable-dielectric","title":"Researchers achieve the \u2018impossible\u2019 low-loss, tunable dielectric","content_text":"A late-night \u201cEureka\u201d 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.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-06\/48649475266_890056f2c6_o_0.png?h=0ea93869\u0026itok=IDo215MG","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-06\/48649475266_890056f2c6_o_0.png?itok=wF5jD4n3","date_published":"Fri, 26 Jun 2026 10:06:32 EDT","byline":"Syl Kacapyr","tags":["Around Cornell","Physical Sciences \u0026 Engineering","Around Cornell","Cornell Duffield College of Engineering"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-06\/48649475266_890056f2c6_o_0.png?h=0ea93869\u0026itok=nwJCpVUs"},{"id":"333244","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/06\/student-built-bridges-connect-communities-thanks-engineering-course","title":"Student-built bridges connect communities thanks to engineering course","content_text":"Thanks to a new civil and environmental engineering course, adjunct professor Charlie Trautmann helps students hone their engineering skills by designing and building a series of community bridges.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-06\/dth-flatrockbridge-img_6653-a.jpg?itok=68lHyEzl","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-06\/dth-flatrockbridge-img_6653-a.jpg?itok=n7MzEeZp","date_published":"Wed, 24 Jun 2026 12:06:31 EDT","byline":"","tags":["Chronicle","Physical Sciences \u0026 Engineering","Local Impact","News \u0026 Events","Public Engagement","College of Arts and Sciences","Cornell Duffield College of Engineering","Ithaca","Engagement"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-06\/dth-flatrockbridge-img_6653-a.jpg?itok=NIyh_4kS","image_alt":"A pedestrian footbridge that crosses Fall Creek in an area of the Cornell Botanic Gardens known as Flat Rock was rebuilt by Cornell students in 2023."},{"id":"333237","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/06\/nanoparticles-sneak-antibodies-cells-inhibit-cancer-inflammation","title":"Nanoparticles sneak antibodies into cells to inhibit cancer, inflammation","content_text":"A delivery system that uses lipid nanoparticles to sneak proteins into cells can accomplish the same feat with smuggling therapeutic antibodies, new research has found.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2025-10\/istock-2182528876-antibodies-1280x720.jpg?itok=Awe61tNI","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2025-10\/istock-2182528876-antibodies-1280x720.jpg?itok=oQpL2tcd","date_published":"Tue, 23 Jun 2026 16:06:27 EDT","byline":"David Nutt, Cornell Chronicle","tags":["Chronicle","Health, Nutrition \u0026 Medicine","Physical Sciences \u0026 Engineering","Cornell Duffield College of Engineering","Ithaca","Research Impact"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2025-10\/istock-2182528876-antibodies-1280x720.jpg?itok=deg1Hrsh","image_alt":"Antibodies"},{"id":"333236","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/06\/schaffer-elected-dean-faculty","title":"Schaffer elected dean of faculty","content_text":"Cornell\u2019s faculty members have elected\u0026nbsp;Chris Schaffer, the Meinig Family Professor of Engineering in the Cornell Duffield College of Engineering,\u0026nbsp;dean of faculty. Schaffer will begin his three-year term starting July 1.\u0026nbsp;","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-06\/0623_schaffer_tnd.jpg?itok=Dr3mFhFa","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-06\/0623_schaffer_tnd.jpg?itok=lfMZNpI5","date_published":"Tue, 23 Jun 2026 09:06:00 EDT","byline":"David Nutt, Cornell Chronicle","tags":["Chronicle","Law, Government \u0026 Public Policy","Physical Sciences \u0026 Engineering","News \u0026 Events","Cornell Duffield College of Engineering","Ithaca"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-06\/0623_schaffer_tnd.jpg?itok=cTZNpcI_"},{"id":"333235","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/06\/researchers-find-trap-hindering-performance-hybrid-perovskites","title":"Researchers find \u2018trap\u2019 hindering performance of hybrid perovskites","content_text":"A new study from Cornell researchers has revealed an obstacle to improving charge transport in hybrid perovskites, a promising class of semiconductor materials used in energy conversion and electronic devices.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-06\/0623_perovskite_tnd.jpg?itok=aXF57dm-","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-06\/0623_perovskite_tnd.jpg?itok=Ocp2doxr","date_published":"Tue, 23 Jun 2026 09:06:00 EDT","byline":"","tags":["Chronicle","Energy, Environment \u0026 Sustainability","Physical Sciences \u0026 Engineering","Cornell Duffield College of Engineering","Ithaca","Research Impact"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-06\/0623_perovskite_tnd.jpg?itok=WbEUM2mD"},{"id":"333229","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/06\/undergrads-weed-killing-robot-wins-top-prize","title":"Undergrads\u2019 weed-killing robot wins top prize","content_text":"A team of Cornell students bested the competition with their invention: an autonomous robot that kills weeds with electricity.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-06\/0n7a0022-a.jpg?itok=dp4Hbmt3","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-06\/0n7a0022-a.jpg?itok=-9Ll_-of","date_published":"Mon, 22 Jun 2026 10:06:54 EDT","byline":"Holly Hartigan, Cornell Chronicle","tags":["Chronicle","Artificial Intelligence","Computing \u0026 Information Sciences","Food \u0026 Agriculture","Physical Sciences \u0026 Engineering","News \u0026 Events","College of Agriculture and Life Sciences","Cornell Duffield College of Engineering","Ithaca","Student Life","Radical Collaboration"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-06\/0n7a0022-a.jpg?itok=-CFhLlOZ","image_alt":"Andrew James \u201926 (from left), Neil Morrison \u201928, Natalia Kurz \u201929 and Michael Neiss \u201927 work on a prototype of their weed-killing robot ahead of The Farm Robotics Challenge, which they won on May 21."},{"id":"333221","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/06\/craig-fennie-macarthur-fellow-and-materials-discovery-pioneer-dies-54","title":"Craig Fennie, MacArthur Fellow and materials discovery pioneer, dies at 54","content_text":"Craig J. Fennie, associate professor at the Cornell Duffield College of Engineering whose groundbreaking research opened pathways for scientists to discover and design materials, died on June 14. He was 54.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-06\/0618_fennie.jpg?itok=HbfVfYOS","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-06\/0618_fennie.jpg?itok=HQl5iLOT","date_published":"Thu, 18 Jun 2026 11:06:22 EDT","byline":"","tags":["Chronicle","Physical Sciences \u0026 Engineering","Staff News","Cornell Duffield College of Engineering","Ithaca"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-06\/0618_fennie.jpg?itok=nnRMcq0s","image_alt":"Craig J. Fennie"},{"id":"333220","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/06\/how-train-magnet-excitons-new-knob-magnetic-control","title":"How to train a magnet: Excitons as a new knob for magnetic control","content_text":"Cornell researchers have shown that excitons can do more than observe magnetism. They can actively steer it.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-06\/raymond_image_modified2.jpg?h=bb93e09b\u0026itok=4p02CpQA","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-06\/raymond_image_modified2.jpg?h=a22441e4\u0026itok=n11ScpmP","date_published":"Thu, 18 Jun 2026 07:06:33 EDT","byline":"Kate Blackwood","tags":["Around Cornell","Physical Sciences \u0026 Engineering","Around Cornell","College of Arts and Sciences","Ithaca","Research Impact"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-06\/raymond_image_modified2.jpg?h=bb93e09b\u0026itok=Vgy-zCpr","image_alt":"illustration showing balls and electricity"},{"id":"333204","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/06\/experimental-treatment-kills-prostate-tumor-cells-while-reawakening-antitumor","title":"Experimental treatment kills prostate tumor cells while reawakening antitumor immunity","content_text":"Cornell Prime dots \u2013 known as C\u2019 dots \u2013 are effective against prostate tumors, according to a new preclinical study led by investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine and the Cornell Duffield College of Engineering.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2024-12\/1217_prostate.jpg?itok=JbSjrOvC","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2024-12\/1217_prostate.jpg?itok=SNyi9yEp","date_published":"Mon, 15 Jun 2026 10:06:00 EDT","byline":"","tags":["Chronicle","Health, Nutrition \u0026 Medicine","Physical Sciences \u0026 Engineering","New York City","Cornell Duffield College of Engineering","Weill Cornell Medicine-NY","Ithaca","New York City","Research Impact","New York City"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2024-12\/1217_prostate.jpg?itok=0uLsc7pa","image_alt":"A clump of prostate cancer cells. The blue-green cells are growing, whereas the pink ones are dying by programmed cell death (apoptosis). CREDIT: Dave McCarthy and Annie Cavanagh\/Wellcome Trust"},{"id":"333186","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/06\/cornell-atkinson-awards-drive-progress-tech-ag-sustainability","title":"Cornell Atkinson awards drive progress in tech, ag, sustainability","content_text":"Cornell Atkinson has awarded $900k to support six new research projects that seek to protect coral reefs, improve greenhouse agriculture and understand whether wildfires affect disease spread. ","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-06\/designing-climate-resilient-greenhouse-agriculture-a.jpg?itok=FcwXjww5","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-06\/designing-climate-resilient-greenhouse-agriculture-a.jpg?itok=mYYEHcOY","date_published":"Thu, 11 Jun 2026 10:06:04 EDT","byline":"","tags":["Chronicle","Food \u0026 Agriculture","Energy, Environment \u0026 Sustainability","Global Reach","Life Sciences \u0026 Veterinary Medicine","Physical Sciences \u0026 Engineering","College of Agriculture and Life Sciences","Cornell SC Johnson College of Business","Cornell Duffield College of Engineering","College of Veterinary Medicine","Ithaca","Radical Collaboration","Research 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Jun 2026 09:06:00 EDT","byline":"David Nutt, Cornell Chronicle","tags":["Chronicle","Energy, Environment \u0026 Sustainability","Physical Sciences \u0026 Engineering","Cornell Duffield College of Engineering","Ithaca","Research Impact","Sustainability"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-06\/0609_lithium.jpg?itok=k-quA8j3","image_alt":"Illustration of a lithium-ion battery surrounded by a recycling symbol"},{"id":"333140","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/06\/conference-aims-bridge-divides-undergraduate-education","title":"Conference aims to bridge divides in undergraduate education","content_text":"The group of 50 scholars will talk about how to build an undergraduate educational experience that crosses both disciplinary boundaries and institutional lines.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-06\/photo2_1.jpg?h=9b64ed24\u0026itok=iSs76x_Y","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-06\/photo2_1.jpg?h=16a4019d\u0026itok=9fDKcOi-","date_published":"Tue, 02 Jun 2026 12:06:00 EDT","byline":"Kathy Hovis","tags":["Around Cornell","Physical Sciences \u0026 Engineering","NYS Impact","Around Cornell","College of Arts and Sciences","Ithaca","Engagement","NYS Impact"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-06\/photo2_1.jpg?h=9b64ed24\u0026itok=PzhiffZP","image_alt":"two people talking and working on computers"},{"id":"333138","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/06\/researchers-make-moire-2d-materials-without-stacking-twisting","title":"Researchers make moir\u00e9 2D materials without stacking, twisting ","content_text":"Cornell researchers have developed a new way to create moir\u00e9 patterns \u2013 atomic-scale structures that can give materials unusual quantum behaviors \u2013 without relying on the twisting and stacking methods traditionally used.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-06\/0602_moire_tnd.png?itok=yCFUjaQj","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-06\/0602_moire_tnd.png?itok=LMcGDtxX","date_published":"Tue, 02 Jun 2026 09:06:53 EDT","byline":"","tags":["Chronicle","Physical Sciences \u0026 Engineering","Cornell Duffield College of Engineering","Ithaca","Research 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computing.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-06\/0601_femems_tnd.jpg?itok=pq17TDuQ","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-06\/0601_femems_tnd.jpg?itok=sfONc88d","date_published":"Mon, 01 Jun 2026 11:06:54 EDT","byline":"","tags":["Chronicle","Artificial Intelligence","Energy, Environment \u0026 Sustainability","Physical Sciences \u0026 Engineering","Cornell Duffield College of Engineering","Graduate School","Ithaca","Research Impact"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-06\/0601_femems_tnd.jpg?itok=gZq9bP4X"},{"id":"333132","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/06\/study-clarifies-how-atmospheric-dust-shapes-climate","title":"Study clarifies how atmospheric dust shapes climate","content_text":"New research from a team of scientists led by Cornell is transforming how researchers understand one of the atmosphere\u2019s most abundant and least understood constituents: mineral dust.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-06\/0601_dust_tnd.jpg?itok=sYCvSFwt","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-06\/0601_dust_tnd.jpg?itok=Vb9e9stp","date_published":"Mon, 01 Jun 2026 10:06:28 EDT","byline":"","tags":["Chronicle","Physical Sciences \u0026 Engineering","Cornell Duffield College of Engineering","Ithaca","Research Impact"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-06\/0601_dust_tnd.jpg?itok=XnQAtMR6"},{"id":"333124","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/05\/seniors-celebrate-their-extraordinary-journeys","title":"A\u0026S seniors celebrate their extraordinary journeys","content_text":"As the class of 2026 graduates in Arts \u0026amp; Sciences, we celebrate their extraordinary journeys.\u0026nbsp;","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-05\/2026_1027_df_002-web.jpg?h=987aaa25\u0026itok=wgtgUeil","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-05\/2026_1027_df_002-web.jpg?h=6ced90ad\u0026itok=hReCq7so","date_published":"Fri, 29 May 2026 08:05:11 EDT","byline":"Kathy Hovis","tags":["Around Cornell","Artificial Intelligence","Arts \u0026 Humanities","Business, Economics \u0026 Entrepreneurship","Computing \u0026 Information Sciences","Energy, Environment \u0026 Sustainability","Global Reach","Health, Nutrition \u0026 Medicine","Law, Government \u0026 Public Policy","Life Sciences \u0026 Veterinary Medicine","Physical Sciences \u0026 Engineering","Social \u0026 Behavioral Sciences","Around Cornell","College of Arts and Sciences","Ithaca","Student 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Kelley, Cornell Chronicle","tags":["Chronicle","Physical Sciences \u0026 Engineering","Local Impact","News \u0026 Events","Public Engagement","College of Arts and Sciences","Ithaca","Student Life","Engagement"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-05\/0521_campusaward.jpg?itok=p0-733ex","image_alt":"At center, holding her award, is Abra Geiger \u201926, recipient of the 2026 University Relations Campus-Community Leadership Award. Left to right, with her are Erik Herman, creative director of the Free Science Workshop\/Ithaca Physics Bus; Kyle Kimball, vice president for university relations; Cassaundra Guzman, McNair Program advisor\/coordinator; and Marla Love, Robert W. and Elizabeth C. Staley Dean of Students."},{"id":"333070","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/05\/robotic-matter-flows-adapts-through-mechanical-intelligence","title":"Robotic \u2018matter\u2019 flows, adapts through mechanical intelligence","content_text":"Cornell engineers have developed a robotic collective that behaves less like a machine and more like a material that flows, reshapes and adapts to its environment without centralized control.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-05\/0520_chain.jpg?itok=zmqfWEZv","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-05\/0520_chain.jpg?itok=NFFmt8aF","date_published":"Wed, 20 May 2026 09:05:21 EDT","byline":"","tags":["Chronicle","Physical Sciences \u0026 Engineering","Cornell Duffield College of Engineering","Ithaca","Research Impact"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-05\/0520_chain.jpg?itok=IEJjHpKU"},{"id":"333063","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/05\/albert-al-george-leader-experiential-learning-dies-88","title":"Albert \u2018Al\u2019 George, leader in experiential learning, dies at 88","content_text":"Albert R. \u201cAl\u201d George, the John F. Carr Professor of Mechanical Engineering Emeritus known for the race cars and student teams he championed as well as research and academic leadership, died May 6 in Ithaca. George was 88.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-05\/0519_george_tnd.jpg?itok=ThthWuQQ","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-05\/0519_george_tnd.jpg?itok=hyVb7JDk","date_published":"Tue, 19 May 2026 10:05:16 EDT","byline":"","tags":["Chronicle","Physical Sciences \u0026 Engineering","Cornell Duffield College of Engineering","Ithaca"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-05\/0519_george_tnd.jpg?itok=k5qK5DyQ"},{"id":"333060","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/05\/grad-hopes-advance-womens-health-space","title":"Grad hopes to advance women\u2019s health in space","content_text":"Duffield Engineering graduate Priya Abiram \u201926 is working toward a future where space travel is designed to support all bodies.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-05\/0519_space1.jpg?itok=Eky4NzFc","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-05\/0519_space1.jpg?itok=L9RP6NwC","date_published":"Tue, 19 May 2026 09:05:23 EDT","byline":"Holly Hartigan, Cornell Chronicle","tags":["Chronicle","Health, Nutrition \u0026 Medicine","Physical Sciences \u0026 Engineering","Features","Cornell Duffield College of Engineering","Ithaca","Student Life"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-05\/0519_space1.jpg?itok=Xge5VkgC","image_alt":"Priya Abiram \u002725 served as chief scientist during a HI-SEAS analog astronaut mission at a former NASA training site located on top of a volcano in Hawaii."},{"id":"333049","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/05\/faculty-excellence-teaching-and-advising-honored-2026-awards","title":"Faculty excellence in teaching and advising honored with 2026 awards","content_text":"Annual A\u0026amp;S teaching and advising awards celebrate the dedication, generosity and enthusiasm of instructors who reach beyond expectations to benefit their students.\u0026nbsp;","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-05\/2024_1333_nh_002_1000px.jpeg?h=15a67d60\u0026itok=NelB16Pb","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-05\/2024_1333_nh_002_1000px.jpeg?itok=lh507QNh","date_published":"Mon, 18 May 2026 10:05:23 EDT","byline":"Kate Blackwood","tags":["Around Cornell","Arts \u0026 Humanities","Physical Sciences \u0026 Engineering","Social \u0026 Behavioral Sciences","Around Cornell","College of Arts and Sciences","Ithaca"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-05\/2024_1333_nh_002_1000px.jpeg?h=15a67d60\u0026itok=nQOAy7Hn","image_alt":"Large outdoor sculpture (an abstract shape somewhat like a butterfly) in the foreground with lawns, trees and pathways of a college campus quadtrangle in the distance. A few people walk on a path"},{"id":"333046","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/05\/students-show-new-machines-sciencenter-demo-day","title":"Students show off new machines at Sciencenter demo day","content_text":"Students in Rapid Prototyping and Physical Computing visited the Ithaca children\u2019s museum to demonstrate a number of projects.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-05\/0518_sciencenter2.jpg?itok=LWZWC_37","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-05\/0518_sciencenter2.jpg?itok=ByJP__F8","date_published":"Mon, 18 May 2026 09:05:01 EDT","byline":"","tags":["Chronicle","Computing \u0026 Information Sciences","Physical Sciences \u0026 Engineering","Local Impact","Public Engagement","Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science","Ithaca","Engagement"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-05\/0518_sciencenter2.jpg?itok=MaHEDGXk","image_alt":"Paige Shelton works on her project at the Sciencenter."},{"id":"333028","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/05\/new-approach-designs-healthcare-robots-not-people-who-use-them","title":"New approach designs healthcare robots with, not for, the people who use them","content_text":"A new Cornell Tech-led study invites healthcare workers, long-term care residents, and community members to help design the robots themselves.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-05\/makerlab.jpeg?itok=aKFZJfrY","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-05\/makerlab.jpeg?itok=-T2mzVDA","date_published":"Wed, 13 May 2026 16:05:30 EDT","byline":"Grace Stanley","tags":["Around Cornell","Artificial Intelligence","Computing \u0026 Information Sciences","Health, Nutrition \u0026 Medicine","Physical Sciences \u0026 Engineering","New York City","Around Cornell","Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science","Cornell Tech","Weill Cornell Medicine-NY","Engagement","Radical Collaboration","Research Impact","New York City"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-05\/makerlab.jpeg?itok=-pdJ_hBU"},{"id":"333006","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/05\/new-instrument-will-map-formation-early-galaxies","title":"New instrument will map the formation of early galaxies","content_text":"Cornell astronomers are deploying a new instrument that grants them, for the first time, a better view of the universe\u2019s earliest galaxies, which can\u2019t be observed individually with ground- or space-based telescopes.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2021-03\/0315_space_tnd.jpg?itok=4kGlOqiD","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2021-03\/0315_space_tnd.jpg?itok=Eu0oy0LW","date_published":"Tue, 12 May 2026 09:05:18 EDT","byline":"","tags":["Chronicle","Physical Sciences \u0026 Engineering","College of Arts and Sciences","Graduate School","Ithaca","Research Impact"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2021-03\/0315_space_tnd.jpg?itok=NPo-kI-i","image_alt":"space"},{"id":"333005","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/05\/high-energy-x-ray-workshop-trains-next-generation-synchrotron-researchers","title":"High-energy x-ray workshop trains next generation of synchrotron researchers","content_text":"The Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source (CHESS) will host its annual\u0026nbsp;High Energy X-ray Techniques\u0026nbsp;(HEXT) School\u0026nbsp;next week, bringing graduate students and early-career researchers together for an intensive introduction to synchrotron science and high-energy x-ray research methods.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-05\/hext_2025_training_large.jpeg?itok=kep-Z8ae","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-05\/hext_2025_training_large.jpeg?itok=CvB37DJa","date_published":"Mon, 11 May 2026 16:05:07 EDT","byline":"","tags":["Around Cornell","Physical Sciences \u0026 Engineering","Around Cornell","Research Impact"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-05\/hext_2025_training_large.jpeg?itok=uX_GRfAp"},{"id":"333001","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/05\/entropy-gives-marriage-molecules-just-enough-freedom","title":"Entropy gives a \u2018marriage\u2019 of molecules just enough freedom","content_text":"Researchers found entropy can help bind certain pairs of molecules faster and more robustly \u2013 an approach that could have broad applications in drug development and forming new materials.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-05\/1214_molecules_tnd.jpg?itok=SlJ9N5ZD","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-05\/1214_molecules_tnd.jpg?itok=BQaCLfus","date_published":"Mon, 11 May 2026 10:05:15 EDT","byline":"David Nutt, Cornell Chronicle","tags":["Chronicle","Health, Nutrition \u0026 Medicine","Physical Sciences \u0026 Engineering","Cornell Duffield College of Engineering","Ithaca","Research Impact"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-05\/1214_molecules_tnd.jpg?itok=0IMGCkWd"},{"id":"332995","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/05\/over-hill-and-dale-students-internet-things-projects-benefit-finger-lakes","title":"Over hill and dale, students\u2019 Internet of Things projects benefit Finger Lakes communities","content_text":"Students in a Duffield Engineering class are equipping a racing baton and a flying drone with Internet of Things technology to address challenges in and around Geneva, N.Y.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-05\/2026_1150_sh_091.jpg?itok=joB_9z3d","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-05\/2026_1150_sh_091.jpg?itok=7geSujHA","date_published":"Mon, 11 May 2026 09:05:25 EDT","byline":"Holly Hartigan, Cornell Chronicle","tags":["Chronicle","Energy, Environment \u0026 Sustainability","Physical Sciences \u0026 Engineering","Local Impact","Features","NYS Impact","Public Engagement","College of Arts and Sciences","Cornell Ann S. 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Bowers College of Computing and Information Sciences, and Jeffrey Wang \u201927, a mechanical engineering major in Duffield Engineering, work on their drone project during the Internet of Things and Technology and Engagement class."},{"id":"332963","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/05\/next-generation-telescope-science-highlighted-april-workshop","title":"Next-generation telescope science highlighted at April workshop","content_text":"Presenters at the workshop explained how Cornell\u0027s Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope (FYST) promises a leap forward in our understanding of galaxy, star and planetary formation processes.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-05\/fyst-against-blue-sky-20261132ab016-s-small.jpg?h=08de3a47\u0026itok=4rAI6t41","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-05\/fyst-against-blue-sky-20261132ab016-s-small.jpg?itok=Vb81W2gT","date_published":"Mon, 04 May 2026 16:05:09 EDT","byline":"Linda B. Glaser","tags":["Around Cornell","Physical Sciences \u0026 Engineering","Around Cornell","College of Arts and Sciences","Ithaca"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-05\/fyst-against-blue-sky-20261132ab016-s-small.jpg?h=08de3a47\u0026itok=EbBsR7Xa","image_alt":"big white boxy contruction (a telescope) against a bright blue sky"},{"id":"332957","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/05\/new-understanding-insect-flight-points-way-stable-flapping-wing-robots","title":"New understanding of insect flight points way to stable flapping-wing robots","content_text":"Researchers created a computational model that shows the effect of insects\u2019 morphology on stabilizing their flight, which could provide a blueprint for designing flapping-wing robots.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-05\/2026_1178_stableflappingflight_final_n.jpg?itok=VZKKG3vX","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-05\/2026_1178_stableflappingflight_final_n.jpg?itok=fLWMVD9S","date_published":"Mon, 04 May 2026 11:05:11 EDT","byline":"David Nutt, Cornell Chronicle","tags":["Chronicle","Physical Sciences \u0026 Engineering","College of Arts and Sciences","Cornell Duffield College of Engineering","Ithaca","Research Impact"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-05\/2026_1178_stableflappingflight_final_n.jpg?itok=n-AxPCmw","image_alt":"Illustration of insects and birds in flight"},{"id":"332951","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/05\/haynes-levine-elected-american-philosophical-society","title":"Haynes, Levine elected to the American Philosophical Society","content_text":"Two faculty members in the College of Arts and Sciences \u2013 astronomer Martha Haynes and literary scholar Caroline Levine \u2013 have been named to the American Philosophical Society.\u0026nbsp;","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-05\/2019_1219_055.jpg?h=4233ef75\u0026itok=BZ7Xd0uU","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-05\/2019_1219_055.jpg?itok=iVO9tAcB","date_published":"Fri, 01 May 2026 16:05:58 EDT","byline":"Kate Blackwood","tags":["Around Cornell","Arts \u0026 Humanities","Physical Sciences \u0026 Engineering","Around Cornell","College of Arts and Sciences","Ithaca"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-05\/2019_1219_055.jpg?h=4233ef75\u0026itok=MiY2N6hs","image_alt":"Large tree with drooping branches and pale pink blossoms"},{"id":"332950","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/05\/entrepreneurial-students-win-awards-summer-work-their-startups","title":"Entrepreneurial students win awards for summer work on their startups","content_text":"Thirty student startups received\u0026nbsp;Human Spirit, Beck Fellows and\u0026nbsp;Cane Entrepreneurial Scholars awards this summer from Entrepreneurship at Cornell, funding that will allow students to work on their startups rather than take traditional summer positions.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-05\/2022kickoff_photo1.jpg?h=a0ed8313\u0026itok=qatYDa5u","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-05\/2022kickoff_photo1.jpg?h=5674d6d2\u0026itok=zNHXzuux","date_published":"Fri, 01 May 2026 15:05:41 EDT","byline":"Kathy Hovis","tags":["Around Cornell","Artificial Intelligence","Arts \u0026 Humanities","Business, Economics \u0026 Entrepreneurship","Computing \u0026 Information Sciences","Food \u0026 Agriculture","Energy, Environment \u0026 Sustainability","Global Reach","Health, Nutrition \u0026 Medicine","Law, Government \u0026 Public Policy","Life Sciences \u0026 Veterinary Medicine","Physical Sciences \u0026 Engineering","Social \u0026 Behavioral Sciences","Around Cornell","College of Agriculture and Life Sciences","College of Arts and Sciences","Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science","Cornell Jeb E. 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Duffield \u201962, MBA \u201964, the Cornell Duffield College of Engineering will establish the $25 million Cornell David A. Duffield Engineering Education Research Institute.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-04\/0423_eer_tnd.jpg?itok=htJPzL8H","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-04\/0423_eer_tnd.jpg?itok=Sn0Y23FQ","date_published":"Thu, 23 Apr 2026 10:04:03 EDT","byline":"","tags":["Chronicle","Physical Sciences \u0026 Engineering","News \u0026 Events","Cornell Duffield College of Engineering","Ithaca","Campaign"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-04\/0423_eer_tnd.jpg?itok=ykB89Jc0"},{"id":"332890","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/04\/teaching-ai-operate-particle-accelerators-doe-grant","title":"Teaching AI to operate particle accelerators with DOE grant","content_text":"Georg Hoffstaetter de Torquat, professor of physics, is leading a $2.9 million Department of Energy grant project to train AI systems on computer models of two accelerators at Brookhaven National Laboratory.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-04\/53617481217_af16fe818f_k_1000px.jpeg?itok=kasKMWsa","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-04\/53617481217_af16fe818f_k_1000px.jpeg?itok=lnIWrv3E","date_published":"Wed, 22 Apr 2026 13:04:32 EDT","byline":"Kate Blackwood","tags":["Around Cornell","Artificial Intelligence","Physical Sciences \u0026 Engineering","Around Cornell","College of Arts and Sciences","Ithaca"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-04\/53617481217_af16fe818f_k_1000px.jpeg?itok=lPAMLJdi","image_alt":"Close up of two very large tubes: the one on the left has a yellow stripe, the one on the right has a blue stripe"},{"id":"332880","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/04\/soundwaves-settle-debate-about-elusive-quantum-particle","title":"Soundwaves settle debate about elusive quantum particle","content_text":"By measuring the movement of soundwaves rather than the flow of heat, Cornell researchers identified a new intrinsic effect\u0026nbsp;in a quantum material.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-04\/0422_phonon_tnd.jpg?itok=IOarejcJ","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-04\/0422_phonon_tnd.jpg?itok=GB5N-eoy","date_published":"Wed, 22 Apr 2026 11:04:00 EDT","byline":"David Nutt, Cornell Chronicle","tags":["Chronicle","Physical Sciences \u0026 Engineering","College of Arts and Sciences","Graduate School","Ithaca"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-04\/0422_phonon_tnd.jpg?itok=yMKrblDx"},{"id":"332879","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/04\/cornell-physicist-shares-2026-breakthrough-prize","title":"Cornell physicist shares in 2026 Breakthrough Prize ","content_text":"Lawrence Gibbons, professor of physics in the College of Arts and Sciences, is among the researchers awarded the prestigious physics prize for his muon g-2 collaborations.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2025-06\/0603_muon1.jpg?itok=MATjGJCr","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2025-06\/0603_muon1.jpg?itok=7VtV_-J-","date_published":"Tue, 21 Apr 2026 12:04:26 EDT","byline":"","tags":["Chronicle","Global Reach","Physical Sciences \u0026 Engineering","News \u0026 Events","College of Arts and Sciences","Ithaca","Research Impact","International"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2025-06\/0603_muon1.jpg?itok=n1e74zIL","image_alt":"The muon g-2 ring sits in its detector hall amidst electronics racks, the muon beamline and other equipment at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. "},{"id":"332872","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/04\/student-built-methane-sensor-aids-mangrove-restoration-efforts","title":"Student-built methane sensor aids mangrove restoration efforts","content_text":"A student-built methane sensor device is empowering researchers and indigenous communities to protect and restore mangrove forests in Colombia.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-04\/atkinson-todd-cowen-edf43-a.jpg?itok=2w0Rztwl","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-04\/atkinson-todd-cowen-edf43-a.jpg?itok=FyzsuhYO","date_published":"Tue, 21 Apr 2026 10:04:01 EDT","byline":"","tags":["Chronicle","Energy, Environment \u0026 Sustainability","Global Reach","Physical Sciences \u0026 Engineering","Features","Public Engagement","College of Agriculture and Life Sciences","Cornell Duffield College of Engineering","Graduate School","Ithaca","Student Life","Engagement","Research Impact","Sustainability","International"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-04\/atkinson-todd-cowen-edf43-a.jpg?itok=oW_w-b65","image_alt":"On campus, students and researchers prepare to deploy the \u201cCornell Flux Chamber\u201d in Colombia\u2019s mangrove ecosystems, capturing methane emissions in a dynamic tidal landscape."},{"id":"332859","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/04\/handle-care-soft-robot-gripper-picks-ripe-fruit-without-bruising","title":"Handle with care: Soft robot gripper picks ripe fruit without bruising","content_text":"Cornell researchers used stretchable fiber-optic sensors to create a soft robot gripper that can predict the ripeness of strawberries by touch, then pick them without causing any damage.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-04\/robot-gripper-2-a.jpg?itok=0S34oada","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-04\/robot-gripper-2-a.jpg?itok=r14oLE7_","date_published":"Mon, 20 Apr 2026 10:04:08 EDT","byline":"David Nutt, Cornell Chronicle","tags":["Chronicle","Food \u0026 Agriculture","Energy, Environment \u0026 Sustainability","Physical Sciences \u0026 Engineering","College of Agriculture and Life Sciences","Cornell Duffield College of Engineering","Ithaca","Radical Collaboration","Research Impact","Sustainability"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-04\/robot-gripper-2-a.jpg?itok=RplvoM68","image_alt":"This soft-gripping technology, developed in the Organic Robotics Lab, could lead to more resilient and ecological food production and increase the availability of fruit species that are difficult to cultivate."},{"id":"332841","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/04\/kaplan-fellowship-honors-butchers-work-connecting-engineering-design-community","title":"Kaplan Fellowship honors Butcher\u2019s work connecting engineering design with community-identified needs","content_text":"Jonathan Butcher, the Joseph N. Pew Jr. Professor in Engineering in the Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering, has been named this year\u2019s recipient of the Kaplan Family Distinguished Faculty Fellowship from the Einhorn Center.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-04\/butcher_03.png?itok=0_-Xj5oH","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-04\/butcher_03.png?itok=T2ka13M1","date_published":"Wed, 15 Apr 2026 11:04:26 EDT","byline":"Olivia Hall","tags":["Around Cornell","Health, Nutrition \u0026 Medicine","Physical Sciences \u0026 Engineering","Public Engagement","Around Cornell","Cornell Duffield College of Engineering","Engagement"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-04\/butcher_03.png?itok=X_1ULiDV","image_alt":"Group standing under balloons"},{"id":"332833","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/04\/new-astronomy-exhibit-showcases-early-glass-slides","title":"New astronomy exhibit showcases early glass slides","content_text":"A new exhibit in the downstairs of Fuertes Observatory allows visitors to view 800 glass lantern slides uncovered and catalogued by the Cornell Astronomical Society.\u0026nbsp;","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-04\/img_5558-web.jpg?itok=XUium_GT","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-04\/img_5558-web.jpg?itok=GcKxezkP","date_published":"Tue, 14 Apr 2026 10:04:46 EDT","byline":"Kathy Hovis","tags":["Around Cornell","Physical Sciences \u0026 Engineering","News \u0026 Events","Public Engagement","Around Cornell","College of Arts and Sciences","Ithaca","Engagement"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-04\/img_5558-web.jpg?itok=VEJRuPyX","image_alt":"person holding a lantern slide"},{"id":"332816","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/04\/william-maxwell-computer-simulation-pioneer-dies-91","title":"William Maxwell, computer simulation pioneer, dies at 91","content_text":"William L. Maxwell \u201957, Ph.D. \u201961, the Andrew Schultz Jr. Professor Emeritus of Industrial Engineering and a pioneer in the field of simulation and scheduling, died March 31 in Indiana, Pennsylvania. He was 91.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-04\/up_2016_0497_059_select_jpg_hi-res.jpg?h=3794d219\u0026itok=tsgJjKPp","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-04\/up_2016_0497_059_select_jpg_hi-res.jpg?itok=qRk7bRfy","date_published":"Mon, 13 Apr 2026 09:04:27 EDT","byline":"","tags":["Chronicle","Business, Economics \u0026 Entrepreneurship","Computing \u0026 Information Sciences","Physical Sciences \u0026 Engineering","Cornell Duffield College of Engineering","Ithaca"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-04\/up_2016_0497_059_select_jpg_hi-res.jpg?h=3794d219\u0026itok=RYGYmuAh","image_alt":"William L. 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