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Kotlikoff told graduates and their guests at Commencement ceremonies held May 23.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-05\/2026_1209_sh_154.jpg?itok=kt1SaF0a","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-05\/2026_1209_sh_154.jpg?itok=ITIJspgD","date_published":"Sat, 23 May 2026 13:05:18 EDT","byline":"Melanie Lefkowitz, Cornell Chronicle","tags":["Chronicle","College of Agriculture and Life Sciences","College of Architecture, Art and Planning","College of Arts and Sciences","Cornell University Library","Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science","College of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions","School of Continuing Education","Cornell Jeb E. 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Now an ensign, the ILR School graduate is the first member of Cornell Navy ROTC to commission through the Seaman to Admiral-21 program."},{"id":"333102","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/05\/cti-graduate-teaching-fellows-program-marks-its-fifteenth-year","title":"CTI Graduate Teaching Fellows program marks its fifteenth year","content_text":"The Center for Teaching Innovation\u0027s Graduate Teaching Fellows program is celebrating 15 years of supporting the next generation of professors with graduate training to help them prepare for their future teaching.\u0026nbsp;","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-05\/getsetconference-cti-sp-09.jpg?h=36367c81\u0026itok=aLOf6G4F","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-05\/getsetconference-cti-sp-09.jpg?itok=6eAZyDmO","date_published":"Fri, 22 May 2026 14:05:17 EDT","byline":"Carolyn Keller","tags":["Around Cornell","Features","Around Cornell","Graduate School","Ithaca","Engagement"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-05\/getsetconference-cti-sp-09.jpg?h=36367c81\u0026itok=KqM5nheb","image_alt":"A group of graduate teaching fellows, include Kim Webb, blonde and wearing a black shirt, chat at a conference"},{"id":"333097","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/05\/community-leaders-explore-promise-and-risks-ai-cornell-summit","title":"Community leaders explore promise and risks of AI at Cornell summit","content_text":"Civic leaders from across New York state gathered at Cornell May 18-20 to explore both the promise and risks of this technological transformation.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-05\/2026_1213_052-n.jpg?itok=6v-Gty5Y","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-05\/2026_1213_052-n.jpg?itok=KheV8n9O","date_published":"Fri, 22 May 2026 09:05:37 EDT","byline":"Stephen D\u0026#039;Angelo","tags":["Around Cornell","Artificial Intelligence","Around Cornell","College of Agriculture and Life Sciences","Cornell Ann S. 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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":"333069","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/05\/disability-compounds-employment-woes-people-criminal-records-and-vice-versa","title":"Disability compounds employment woes for people with criminal records, and vice versa","content_text":"Justice-impacted individuals with disabilities are considerably less likely to be employed than people with disabilities who have not interacted with the criminal justice system, according to Yang-Tan Institute research.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-05\/0520_jiid_tnd.jpg?itok=0OggQIGh","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-05\/0520_jiid_tnd.jpg?itok=CQlGo2WC","date_published":"Wed, 20 May 2026 11:05:41 EDT","byline":"","tags":["Chronicle","Law, Government \u0026 Public Policy","Social \u0026 Behavioral Sciences","School of Industrial and Labor Relations","Ithaca","Diversity","Research Impact"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-05\/0520_jiid_tnd.jpg?itok=oaUdXSxe"},{"id":"333074","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/05\/merrill-scholars-honor-mentors-who-inspired-them","title":"Merrill Scholars honor mentors who inspired them","content_text":"The 38th annual Merrill Presidential Scholars luncheon was held May 19 at Willard Straight Hall, celebrating the high school and Cornell mentors who inspired the latest group of scholars.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-05\/srspotlights20260507bb725ca_merrill-scholars_20270519_bb725_1591-a.jpg?itok=oWfRztX6","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-05\/srspotlights20260507bb725ca_merrill-scholars_20270519_bb725_1591-a.jpg?itok=Ma1oTWJT","date_published":"Wed, 20 May 2026 11:05:48 EDT","byline":"","tags":["Chronicle","News \u0026 Events","College of Arts and Sciences","Cornell Ann S. 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The product improves soil health and food production, while preventing pollution in informal settlements and the aquatic environment. 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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":"333064","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/05\/cornell-law-celebrates-class-2026-convocation","title":"Cornell Law Celebrates the Class of 2026 at 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focus on speedy delivery likely lowers job quality, research finds.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-05\/0519_market.jpg?itok=KxT1dInc","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-05\/0519_market.jpg?itok=aYWi67kQ","date_published":"Tue, 19 May 2026 11:05:43 EDT","byline":"James Dean, Cornell Chronicle","tags":["Chronicle","Business, Economics \u0026 Entrepreneurship","Social \u0026 Behavioral Sciences","News \u0026 Events","School of Industrial and Labor Relations","Ithaca","Research Impact"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-05\/0519_market.jpg?itok=zxeU5jUF","image_alt":"Illustration of a man carrying an upside down pyramid set of 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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":"333061","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/05\/immunology-center-announces-2026-multidisciplinary-seed-grant-recipients","title":"Immunology center announces 2026 multidisciplinary seed grant 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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 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Morgan \u201960, MBA \u201963, and Rebecca Quinn Morgan \u201960 will support the establishment of an AI fellows program focused on operational and administrative transformation.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2019-02\/spring_scenic.jpg?h=0a548e0b\u0026itok=kywlJnXv","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2019-02\/spring_scenic.jpg?itok=XoAZ7ZGT","date_published":"Thu, 14 May 2026 11:05:00 EDT","byline":"Tom Fleischman, Cornell Chronicle","tags":["Chronicle","Artificial Intelligence","News \u0026 Events","Cornell Ann S. 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"},{"id":"333031","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/05\/airbnb-plus-not-plus-everyone","title":"Airbnb Plus: not a plus for everyone","content_text":"Airbnb\u2019s now-defunct \u201cAirbnb Plus\u201d program didn\u2019t just help the listings it approved: It also unintentionally hurt many hosts who were left out, according to research from the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-05\/0514_airbnb_tnd.jpg?itok=ncHjQ8-m","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-05\/0514_airbnb_tnd.jpg?itok=w4dP2blN","date_published":"Thu, 14 May 2026 09:05:25 EDT","byline":"","tags":["Chronicle","Business, Economics \u0026 Entrepreneurship","Cornell SC Johnson College of Business","Graduate School","School of Hotel Administration","Johnson Graduate School of Management","Ithaca","Research Impact"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-05\/0514_airbnb_tnd.jpg?itok=Y8VgVHFN","image_alt":"Airbnb on phone screen"},{"id":"333030","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/05\/humans-are-bad-making-complex-decisions-ai-can-help","title":"Humans are bad at making complex decisions. AI can help","content_text":"A new tool is designed to help users rank a set of choices \u2013 such as job applicants,\u0026nbsp;graduate schools, even Oscar candidates.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2025-03\/ai_image-brain_chip-thumbnail.jpg?itok=Ag4uGeax","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2025-03\/ai_image-brain_chip-thumbnail.jpg?itok=I7ynMhU9","date_published":"Thu, 14 May 2026 09:05:20 EDT","byline":"","tags":["Chronicle","Artificial Intelligence","Computing \u0026 Information Sciences","Cornell Ann S. 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Rickard is honored for work that has had a profound impact on contemporary Indigenous art and scholarship. \u0026nbsp;","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-05\/jolene-k-rickard.jpg?h=2ce53c33\u0026itok=ZjqUODEJ","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-05\/jolene-k-rickard.jpg?itok=GaFIsDQp","date_published":"Wed, 13 May 2026 12:05:29 EDT","byline":"Linda Glaser","tags":["Around Cornell","Arts \u0026 Humanities","Around Cornell","College of Agriculture and Life Sciences","College of Arts and Sciences","Ithaca"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-05\/jolene-k-rickard.jpg?h=2ce53c33\u0026itok=RF8UgDeN","image_alt":"Jolene K. 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campus."},{"id":"333014","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/05\/low-cost-solution-parasite-poverty-risk-possible-nsf-cuts","title":"Low-cost solution to parasite, poverty at risk from possible NSF cuts","content_text":"Cornell-led research linking poverty and disease \u2013 and a promising path out of both \u2013 faces an uncertain future as federal science funding comes under pressure.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2024-05\/0508_2030_0.jpg?itok=mtx_jQEY","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2024-05\/0508_2030_0.jpg?itok=vjAr6YzC","date_published":"Wed, 13 May 2026 09:05:57 EDT","byline":"Laura Reiley, Cornell Chronicle","tags":["Chronicle","Research Matters","Business, Economics \u0026 Entrepreneurship","Food \u0026 Agriculture","Energy, Environment \u0026 Sustainability","Global Reach","Health, Nutrition \u0026 Medicine","Public 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Nathan Matias, assistant professor of communication, is a co-author of \u201cAuditing AI,\u201d which offers AI users from all walks of life an introduction into AI evaluation, which is key for developing trust in the technology.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-05\/0513_book_tnd.jpg?itok=sPhQc1xt","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-05\/0513_book_tnd.jpg?itok=zApo289z","date_published":"Wed, 13 May 2026 09:05:28 EDT","byline":"Tom Fleischman, Cornell Chronicle","tags":["Chronicle","Artificial Intelligence","Computing \u0026 Information Sciences","College of Agriculture and Life Sciences","Ithaca","Research 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housing.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-05\/2026_1193_cjimasstimberprimer_final.jpg?itok=59MQHG64","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-05\/2026_1193_cjimasstimberprimer_final.jpg?itok=3lHozivt","date_published":"Tue, 12 May 2026 12:05:22 EDT","byline":"","tags":["Chronicle","Business, Economics \u0026 Entrepreneurship","Energy, Environment \u0026 Sustainability","Law, Government \u0026 Public Policy","Local Impact","NYS Impact","School of Industrial and Labor Relations","Ithaca","Economic Impact","NYS Impact","Sustainability"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-05\/2026_1193_cjimasstimberprimer_final.jpg?itok=Fp37v6x-","image_alt":"Illustration showing a wooded background with lumber and building in the foreground with a picture of two construction workers looking at 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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":"333002","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/05\/erik-thorbecke-economist-global-impact-dies-97","title":"Erik Thorbecke, economist with global impact, dies at 97","content_text":"Thorbecke, one of the creators of a widely used metric for measuring poverty, died on April 26 in Fort Bragg, California.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2019-07\/candle_new_tnd.jpg?itok=z5WfsrXy","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2019-07\/candle_new_tnd.jpg?itok=jsxa-VNq","date_published":"Mon, 11 May 2026 11:05:30 EDT","byline":"","tags":["Chronicle","Business, Economics \u0026 Entrepreneurship","News \u0026 Events","College of Arts and Sciences","Cornell SC Johnson College of Business","Ithaca"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2019-07\/candle_new_tnd.jpg?itok=Jg4zNdpW","image_alt":"candle"},{"id":"332996","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/05\/cals-duffield-engineering-academic-advisers-earn-2026-excellence-awards","title":"CALS, Duffield Engineering academic advisers earn 2026 excellence awards","content_text":"The Professional Academic Advising Community chose winners of their annual awards from 21 nominees.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-05\/0511_advising.jpg?itok=PhF5-aI0","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-05\/0511_advising.jpg?itok=-2VZStqF","date_published":"Mon, 11 May 2026 11:05:00 EDT","byline":"Holly Hartigan, Cornell Chronicle","tags":["Chronicle","News \u0026 Events","Staff News","Inclusion and Belonging","College of Agriculture and Life Sciences","Cornell Duffield College of Engineering","Ithaca","Diversity"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-05\/0511_advising.jpg?itok=LgIQrTNu","image_alt":"Maegan Puzas Kessen (left), assistant director of inclusive academic advising in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Office of Academic Programs, won the Leadership and Community Impact Award and Alex Pizzola, assistant director of engineering advising in the Cornell Duffield College of Engineering, won the Individual Impact Award at a presentation May 7."},{"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 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