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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. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science","Graduate School","Ithaca","Research Impact"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-04\/0406_watch2.jpg?itok=R9oFPUdz","image_alt":"WatchHand equips off-the-shelf smartwatches with AI-powered micro sonar capable of tracking hand movements."},{"id":"332767","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/04\/duffield-engineering-investment-cnf-expand-research-and-training","title":"Duffield Engineering investment in CNF to expand research and training","content_text":"A $9.5 million investment in the Cornell NanoScale Science and Technology Facility from Duffield Engineering will position the facility for its next era of leadership in semiconductor research, education and workforce 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 cleanroom."},{"id":"332765","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/04\/atomic-distortions-reveal-new-clues-about-superconductivity","title":"Atomic distortions reveal new clues about superconductivity","content_text":"A new study shows how tiny changes in atomic structure can strongly influence whether a material becomes superconducting.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2018-08\/0802_superconductor_TND.jpg?h=50ca6c4e\u0026itok=fIbnUCK_","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2018-08\/0802_superconductor_TND.jpg?itok=6KGGsxpl","date_published":"Thu, 02 Apr 2026 09:04:54 EDT","byline":"","tags":["Chronicle","Physical Sciences \u0026 Engineering","Cornell Duffield College of Engineering","Graduate School","Ithaca","Research 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2024.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-03\/comunidadeubunye_studentsdoingexperiment_angola_2024_catiadombaxe_30-a.jpg?itok=ad4T9-Yh","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-03\/comunidadeubunye_studentsdoingexperiment_angola_2024_catiadombaxe_30-a.jpg?itok=HmBmIiYw","date_published":"Tue, 31 Mar 2026 09:03:22 EDT","byline":"Holly Hartigan, Cornell Chronicle","tags":["Chronicle","Global Reach","Physical Sciences \u0026 Engineering","Features","Inclusion and Belonging","Cornell Duffield College of Engineering","Graduate School","Ithaca","Student Life","Diversity","International"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-03\/comunidadeubunye_studentsdoingexperiment_angola_2024_catiadombaxe_30-a.jpg?itok=JLIV0kls","image_alt":"Students perform a wet aggregate stability experiment as part of STEAMpact\u2019s Comunidade Ubunye project in Angola."},{"id":"332737","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/03\/nobel-laureate-physics-speak-cornell-april-8","title":"Nobel Laureate in physics to speak at Cornell April 8","content_text":"Nobel Laureate John M. 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. 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\/2026-03\/2026-02-astronomy-broadimpact-v4.png?h=920929c4\u0026itok=RW1wvjCL","image_alt":"illustration of planets and sky"},{"id":"332703","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/03\/two-cornell-elected-2025-aaas-fellows","title":"Two from Cornell elected 2025 AAAS Fellows","content_text":"Engineering professor Lara Estroff and plant science professor Klaas van Wijk have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world\u2019s largest general scientific society.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-03\/0326_aaas_tnd.jpg?itok=zkbrGfz_","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-03\/0326_aaas_tnd.jpg?itok=ayCtNJ-p","date_published":"Thu, 26 Mar 2026 10:03:00 EDT","byline":"Tom Fleischman, Cornell Chronicle","tags":["Chronicle","Life Sciences \u0026 Veterinary Medicine","Physical Sciences \u0026 Engineering","College of Agriculture and Life Sciences","Cornell Duffield College of Engineering","Ithaca"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-03\/0326_aaas_tnd.jpg?itok=CzXYxyHH"},{"id":"332718","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/03\/tiny-bubbles-sound-waves-clean-produce-safely-and-effectively","title":"Tiny bubbles, sound waves clean produce safely and effectively","content_text":"A bubble bath with a constant acoustic 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."},{"id":"332558","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/03\/winning-digital-ag-idea-targets-killer-ants","title":"Winning digital ag idea targets killer ants","content_text":"The Digital Ag hackathon, sponsored by the Cornell Institute for Digital Agriculture and powered by Entrepreneurship at Cornell, brought 116 students to Atkinson Hall for the weekend of Feb. 27-March 1.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-03\/ag_hackathon_pic2.jpg?h=020c1c68\u0026itok=pYyF7wE7","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-03\/ag_hackathon_pic2.jpg?h=1a7761a3\u0026itok=XKbiUImU","date_published":"Wed, 04 Mar 2026 09:03:17 EST","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","Life Sciences \u0026 Veterinary Medicine","Physical Sciences \u0026 Engineering","Around Cornell","College of Agriculture and Life Sciences","College of Arts and Sciences","Cornell Ann S. 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Sloan Foundation.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2019-03\/0311_sloanfoundation_tnd.jpg?itok=7U7glF-2","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2019-03\/0311_sloanfoundation_tnd.jpg?itok=TaZOuOC1","date_published":"Tue, 17 Feb 2026 10:02:01 EST","byline":"Tom Fleischman, Cornell Chronicle","tags":["Chronicle","Computing \u0026 Information Sciences","Life Sciences \u0026 Veterinary Medicine","Physical Sciences \u0026 Engineering","Social \u0026 Behavioral Sciences","News \u0026 Events","College of Agriculture and Life Sciences","College of Arts and Sciences","Cornell Ann S. 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