[{"id":"333073","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/05\/advocate-physics-literacy-wins-campus-community-leadership-award","title":"Advocate for physics, literacy wins Campus-Community Leadership Award","content_text":"For her volunteer outreach encouraging local children to learn about physics and reading, Abra Geiger \u201926 has won the 2026 University Relations Campus-Community Leadership Award.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-05\/0521_campusaward.jpg?itok=KMuBk7cH","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-05\/0521_campusaward.jpg?itok=bRYjVVgt","date_published":"Thu, 21 May 2026 09:05:57 EDT","byline":"Susan 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 \u201925 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. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science","Cornell Duffield College of Engineering","Geneva","Ithaca","Student Life","Engagement","Research Impact"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-05\/2026_1150_sh_091.jpg?itok=DnFsA0Ft","image_alt":"Alex Ilacqua, \u201927, (left) a computer science major in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Cornell Ann S. 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. Maxwell \u201957, Ph.D. \u201961"},{"id":"332756","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/04\/major-new-telescope-chilean-summit-opens-window-universe","title":"Major new telescope on Chilean summit opens window on universe","content_text":"Thirty-four years after Cornell scientists first conceived it, the Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope now rises above the Atacama Desert.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-04\/0410_fyst_cover.jpg?itok=sj21mAqs","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-04\/0410_fyst_cover.jpg?itok=WmythFJp","date_published":"Fri, 10 Apr 2026 09:04:00 EDT","byline":"","tags":["Chronicle","Global Reach","Physical Sciences \u0026 Engineering","Public Engagement","College of Arts and Sciences","Ithaca","Engagement","Research Impact","International"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-04\/0410_fyst_cover.jpg?itok=3HzqQsPV"},{"id":"332785","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/04\/earthquake-science-unites-threatened-scholar-cornell-researchers","title":"Earthquake science unites threatened scholar with Cornell researchers ","content_text":"A team of geophysicists from Cornell, Cameroon and South Africa is using machine learning tools to unearth new information from earthquake data collected by Cornell 15 years ago \u2013 providing a lifeline for a scholar whose career was upended by conflict.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-04\/0407_seismologists_tnd.jpg?itok=kzWP2QW-","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-04\/0407_seismologists_tnd.jpg?itok=X3Zg2tmX","date_published":"Tue, 07 Apr 2026 09:04:02 EDT","byline":"","tags":["Chronicle","Global Reach","Physical Sciences \u0026 Engineering","News \u0026 Events","Inclusion and Belonging","Cornell Duffield College of Engineering","Ithaca","Diversity","Research Impact","International"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-04\/0407_seismologists_tnd.jpg?itok=55eenG39"},{"id":"332782","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/04\/global-ev-transition-hinges-policy-adoption-cost-reductions","title":"Global EV transition hinges on policy adoption, cost reductions","content_text":"A new study finds that the global shift to electric vehicles could significantly reduce energy use and carbon emissions, but only if governments act aggressively to lower costs and align policies across regions.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/electric-car-g4aad4c91d_1280_0.jpg?itok=ucfibbN7","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/electric-car-g4aad4c91d_1280_0.jpg?itok=7ovnHyIE","date_published":"Mon, 06 Apr 2026 10:04:22 EDT","byline":"","tags":["Chronicle","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\/electric-car-g4aad4c91d_1280_0.jpg?itok=gOy4fm4L"},{"id":"332780","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/04\/sonar-stock-smartwatches-leads-hand-tracking-breakthrough","title":"Sonar on stock smartwatches leads to hand-tracking breakthrough","content_text":"WatchHand, a wearable tech device developed by Cornell Bowers and Korean researchers, equips off-the-shelf smartwatches with AI-powered micro sonar capable of tracking hand movements.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-04\/0406_watch2.jpg?itok=3jq_wN9w","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-04\/0406_watch2.jpg?itok=bntEb4W9","date_published":"Mon, 06 Apr 2026 09:04:16 EDT","byline":"","tags":["Chronicle","Computing \u0026 Information Sciences","Physical Sciences \u0026 Engineering","Cornell Ann S. 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training.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-04\/0402_cnf1.jpg?itok=5l3asJj8","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-04\/0402_cnf1.jpg?itok=Ocm_4uCs","date_published":"Thu, 02 Apr 2026 09:04:43 EDT","byline":"","tags":["Chronicle","Research Matters","Physical Sciences \u0026 Engineering","Local Impact","NYS Impact","News \u0026 Events","Cornell Duffield College of Engineering","Ithaca","NYS Impact","Research Impact"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-04\/0402_cnf1.jpg?itok=ngoCjf4W","image_alt":"Nathaniel Crispel, a student from the TST-BOCES New Visions Engineering Program, trains with instruments inside the Cornell NanoScale Science and Technology Facility 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Martinis will speak about his research in quantum mechanics from 5-6 p.m. April 8 in the Rhodes-Rawlings Auditorium, Room KG70 in Klarman Hall.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-03\/0008_12_091_select.jpg?h=63899ff4\u0026itok=bKK6uYhi","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-03\/0008_12_091_select.jpg?h=6cb2aa34\u0026itok=hbZBoCRV","date_published":"Fri, 27 Mar 2026 08:03:37 EDT","byline":"","tags":["Around Cornell","Physical Sciences \u0026 Engineering","News \u0026 Events","Around Cornell","College of Arts and Sciences","Ithaca"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-03\/0008_12_091_select.jpg?h=63899ff4\u0026itok=jTlDJWtD","image_alt":"physical sciences building"},{"id":"332729","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/03\/cornell-scientists-drive-breakthrough-astronomy","title":"Cornell scientists drive breakthrough astronomy","content_text":"Since the early days of modern cosmic exploration, Cornell scientists have led the way, from guiding rovers through the red dust of Mars to searching for other life in the universe; and from modeling exotic stars to detecting the faint ripples of gravitational waves.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-03\/2026-02-astronomy-broadimpact-v4.png?h=920929c4\u0026itok=MJvDJVg4","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-03\/2026-02-astronomy-broadimpact-v4.png?h=1acb51c4\u0026itok=G3hb0wJ9","date_published":"Thu, 26 Mar 2026 16:03:00 EDT","byline":"Linda B. 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sound in the water may be the best chemical-free, gentle method for cleaning agricultural produce.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-03\/0326_bubbles2.jpg?itok=taGUyuPX","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-03\/0326_bubbles2.jpg?itok=WU_X4I-Q","date_published":"Thu, 26 Mar 2026 09:03:00 EDT","byline":"Krishna Ramanujan, Cornell Chronicle","tags":["Chronicle","Food \u0026 Agriculture","Life Sciences \u0026 Veterinary Medicine","Physical Sciences \u0026 Engineering","College of Agriculture and Life Sciences","Ithaca","Research Impact"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-03\/0326_bubbles2.jpg?itok=tpD_9S6p"},{"id":"332716","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/03\/1972-trip-guatemala-ended-life-long-commitment-water-projects","title":"A 1972 trip to Guatemala ended with life-long commitment to water projects","content_text":"Bruce Clemens \u002772, a co-founder of Aqua del Pueblo, is the guest for the March Startup Cornell podcast.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-03\/11-sae_alumni_students_in_slt.jpg?h=10ea146e\u0026itok=YgR4T670","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-03\/11-sae_alumni_students_in_slt.jpg?h=a942527e\u0026itok=2D1ZAPXb","date_published":"Wed, 25 Mar 2026 08:03:14 EDT","byline":"Kathy Hovis","tags":["Around Cornell","Arts \u0026 Humanities","Physical Sciences \u0026 Engineering","Around Cornell","College of Arts and Sciences","Cornell Duffield College of Engineering","Ithaca"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-03\/11-sae_alumni_students_in_slt.jpg?h=10ea146e\u0026itok=FwTMGA90","image_alt":"nine people 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robotics.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-03\/0324_thermal.jpg?itok=wbXe8YEr","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-03\/0324_thermal.jpg?itok=6xY6ZiOj","date_published":"Mon, 23 Mar 2026 13:03:00 EDT","byline":"","tags":["Chronicle","Physical Sciences \u0026 Engineering","College of Agriculture and Life Sciences","Cornell Duffield College of Engineering","Graduate School","Ithaca","Research Impact"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-03\/0324_thermal.jpg?itok=TQQn8rV2","image_alt":"Yicong Fu, mechanical engineering doctoral student, injects dye into his custom-built, bio-inspired thermal dispenser to observe how particles disperse."},{"id":"332680","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/03\/global-atlas-will-track-human-and-climate-impact-river-systems","title":"Global atlas will track human and climate impact on river systems ","content_text":"A new Cornell-led project will create a global record that shows how river systems around the world have changed under human influence over the last 75 years.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-03\/0323_ecosystem.jpg?itok=VUFiyrEH","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-03\/0323_ecosystem.jpg?itok=555EEAQ6","date_published":"Mon, 23 Mar 2026 09:03:36 EDT","byline":"David Nutt, Cornell Chronicle","tags":["Chronicle","Energy, Environment \u0026 Sustainability","Global Reach","Physical Sciences \u0026 Engineering","College of Agriculture and Life Sciences","Cornell Ann S. 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New list narrows down the targets ","content_text":"New Cornell research \u2013 co-authored by an undergraduate and two recent alumni \u2013 will help exoplanet scientists pinpoint the most likely places to look for life in the universe out of more than 6,000 exoplanets.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-03\/0319_astro_tnd.jpg?itok=wOr_z8qZ","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-03\/0319_astro_tnd.jpg?itok=IBryQ0xA","date_published":"Thu, 19 Mar 2026 10:03:05 EDT","byline":"","tags":["Chronicle","Physical Sciences \u0026 Engineering","College of Arts and Sciences","Ithaca","Research Impact"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-03\/0319_astro_tnd.jpg?itok=vRvhJQL9"},{"id":"332643","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/03\/hunting-yellow-pigs-film-shows-singular-approach-math-education","title":"\u0027Hunting Yellow Pigs\u0027 film shows a singular approach to math education","content_text":"Cornell math professor Steven Strogatz appears in a new film, \u201cHunting Yellow Pigs,\u201d that celebrates the Hampshire College Summer Studies in Mathematics (HCSSiM) and its unconventional approach to math education. The Department of Mathematics in the College of Arts and Sciences will host a screening with filmmaker Ming-I Huang on March 24 at 4 p.m. in Schwarz Auditorium, room 201 in Rockefeller Hall.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-03\/1_poster_with_qr_code_1000px.jpeg?h=f5347556\u0026itok=r3wcG6jV","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-03\/1_poster_with_qr_code_1000px.jpeg?itok=hQBYz75u","date_published":"Tue, 17 Mar 2026 16:03:39 EDT","byline":"Kate Blackwood","tags":["Around Cornell","Computing \u0026 Information Sciences","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\/2026-03\/1_poster_with_qr_code_1000px.jpeg?h=f5347556\u0026itok=3ISNkH2M","image_alt":"Film poster: Hunting Yellow Pigs"},{"id":"332605","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/03\/testing-large-language-models-scientific-literature","title":"Testing large language models on scientific literature","content_text":"Cornell physicists and Google researchers engaged a panel of 12 human experts to test the ability of six LLM systems to understand scientific literature at the level of a specialist.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2021-03\/0323_ai_tnd.jpg?itok=FG2F-q6a","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2021-03\/0323_ai_tnd.jpg?itok=-fIZyNlm","date_published":"Tue, 10 Mar 2026 15:03:44 EDT","byline":"","tags":["Chronicle","Artificial Intelligence","Computing \u0026 Information Sciences","Physical Sciences \u0026 Engineering","College of Arts and Sciences","Ithaca","Research Impact"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2021-03\/0323_ai_tnd.jpg?itok=RlPjrs2U"},{"id":"332565","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/03\/25m-endowment-advance-experiential-learning-duffield-engineering","title":"$25M endowment to advance experiential learning in Duffield Engineering","content_text":"The funding will provide long-term support to programs that provide undergraduates with opportunities to participate on project teams, join research labs, develop and evaluate innovative technologies, and benefit from other hands-on learning activities.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-03\/0305_kirby.jpg?itok=soeQaR-P","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-03\/0305_kirby.jpg?itok=KZOj2Crl","date_published":"Thu, 05 Mar 2026 12:03:28 EST","byline":"","tags":["Chronicle","Physical Sciences \u0026 Engineering","News \u0026 Events","Cornell Duffield College of Engineering","Ithaca","Student Life"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-03\/0305_kirby.jpg?itok=l7TnTYlU","image_alt":"Students learn about mechanical engineering by disassembling an engine in the Learning Studios, spearheaded by Brian Kirby, the Meinig Family Professor of Engineering (right)."},{"id":"332574","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/03\/nycst-grants-boost-new-york-state-space-tech-industry","title":"NYCST grants boost New York state space tech industry","content_text":"A new round of grants from the Cornell-led\u0026nbsp;New York Consortium for Space Technology Innovation and Development will advance aerospace research, manufacturing and workforce development in New York state.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-03\/0305_nycst_tnd.jpg?itok=k7-bOLRZ","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-03\/0305_nycst_tnd.jpg?itok=KlAwIEMX","date_published":"Thu, 05 Mar 2026 12:03:59 EST","byline":"","tags":["Chronicle","Business, Economics \u0026 Entrepreneurship","Physical Sciences \u0026 Engineering","NYS Impact","News \u0026 Events","Cornell Duffield College of Engineering","Ithaca","Economic Impact","NYS Impact"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-03\/0305_nycst_tnd.jpg?itok=7ccdOoMD","image_alt":"Mason Peck, director of the New York Consortium for Space Technology Innovation and Development and the Stephen J. Fujikawa \u201977 Professor of Astronautical Engineering at the Cornell Duffield College of Engineering, has been developing a one-of-a-kind simulator that would allow researchers, companies and government agencies to test and refine space technologies."}]