[{"id":"333895","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/11\/project-rebuild-trust-ai-era-lands-laudes-10m-moonshot-award","title":"Project to rebuild trust in AI era lands Laude\u2019s $10M \u2018moonshot\u2019 award","content_text":"A\u0026nbsp;$10 million \u201cmoonshot\u201d grant from Laude Institute\u0026nbsp;will help Cornell researchers realize the potential of artificial intelligence, while giving online communities control over AI\u2019s role.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-11\/1106_laude.jpg?itok=Ab4V8bct","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-11\/1106_laude.jpg?itok=peQvQYdZ","date_published":"Thu, 05 Nov 2026 15:11:00 EST","byline":"","tags":["Chronicle","Artificial Intelligence","Computing \u0026 Information Sciences","News \u0026 Events","College of Agriculture and Life Sciences","College of Arts and Sciences","Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science","Cornell SC Johnson College of Business","Cornell Tech","Ithaca","New York City","Research Impact"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-11\/1106_laude.jpg?itok=v-E_ZcV3","image_alt":"Members of the Cornell \u201cMoonshot\u201d lab will develop a novel infrastructure to ensure trust in online communication.\u00a0From left: Natalie Bazarova, Robert Kleinberg, Cristian Danescu-Niculescu-Mizil, Jon Kleinberg, David Rand and Mor Naaman."},{"id":"333894","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/11\/nyt-columnist-us-democracys-progress-outweighs-failed-nation-narrative","title":"NYT columnist: US democracy\u2019s progress outweighs \u2018failed nation\u2019 narrative","content_text":"John McWhorter argues that calls for a \u0022reset\u0022 discount the nation\u2019s progress and the many reasons that democracy is worth saving.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-11\/1104_mcwhorter.jpg?itok=s9zOXuum","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-11\/1104_mcwhorter.jpg?itok=FUwW6IJi","date_published":"Thu, 05 Nov 2026 12:11:25 EST","byline":"","tags":["Chronicle","Law, Government \u0026 Public Policy","Social \u0026 Behavioral Sciences","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\/2026-11\/1104_mcwhorter.jpg?itok=xgQkUePw","image_alt":"New York Times columnist John McWhorter speaks at Klarman Hall."},{"id":"333893","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/11\/laura-donaldson-professor-emerita-english-dies-79","title":"Laura Donaldson, professor emerita of English, dies at 79","content_text":"Donaldson, whose research focused on religion, Native American culture and gender studies, died Oct. 18.","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":"Thu, 05 Nov 2026 12:11:09 EST","byline":"","tags":["Chronicle","Arts \u0026 Humanities","News \u0026 Events","College of Arts and Sciences","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":"333891","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/11\/us-congress-will-seat-most-cornellians-half-century","title":"US Congress will seat the most Cornellians in half a century","content_text":"When the 120th U.S. Congress convenes in January, there will be nine Cornell alumni in its ranks \u2013 eight in the House of Representatives, one in the Senate \u2013 the most in more than 50 years.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2019-04\/0411_capitol_tnd.jpg?itok=TUSCbGjq","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2019-04\/0411_capitol_tnd.jpg?itok=A0Ch9bli","date_published":"Thu, 05 Nov 2026 10:11:07 EST","byline":"","tags":["Chronicle","Law, Government \u0026 Public Policy","News \u0026 Events","Cornell Duffield College of Engineering","Graduate School","Ithaca","Washington, D.C."],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2019-04\/0411_capitol_tnd.jpg?itok=IA1K0fzf","image_alt":"Capitol"},{"id":"333887","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/11\/thomas-richard-dyckman-accounting-scholar-and-university-leader-dies-94","title":"Thomas Richard Dyckman, accounting scholar and university leader, dies at 94","content_text":"Dyckman, the Ann Whitney Olin Professor Emeritus of Accounting in the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, died Oct. 30.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-11\/1104_dyckman_tnd.jpg?itok=M5Uq4oXk","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-11\/1104_dyckman_tnd.jpg?itok=196RYBDx","date_published":"Wed, 04 Nov 2026 15:11:34 EST","byline":"","tags":["Chronicle","Business, Economics \u0026 Entrepreneurship","News \u0026 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EST","byline":"","tags":["Chronicle","Artificial Intelligence","Business, Economics \u0026 Entrepreneurship","News \u0026 Events","College of Arts and Sciences","Ithaca","Student Life"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-11\/1102_graham1.jpg?itok=nY0-BS8d","image_alt":"Paul Graham \u201986, found of startup accelerator Y Combinator, speaks Oct. 28 in Call Auditorium."},{"id":"333870","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/11\/university-mark-veterans-week-celebration-reflection","title":"University to mark Veterans Week with celebration, reflection","content_text":"The Cornell Veterans Celebration on Nov. 9 kicks off a week of events honoring the land-grant university\u0027s military community and history of service.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2025-11\/1111_fit1.jpg?itok=jLyknQP_","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2025-11\/1111_fit1.jpg?itok=n2hl2FZk","date_published":"Mon, 02 Nov 2026 09:11:47 EST","byline":"James Dean, Cornell Chronicle","tags":["Chronicle","Local Impact","News \u0026 Events","Inclusion and Belonging","Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy","Ithaca","Diversity"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2025-11\/1111_fit1.jpg?itok=aTt-5kyz","image_alt":"ROTC cadets Tore Sclafani, left, and Matthew Donahue adjust uniforms during preparation for the \u201cFit for Duty: Form and Function in Military Dress\u201d exhibition."},{"id":"333856","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/11\/faith-feminine-why-us-churches-have-men-pulpits-women-pews","title":"Is faith feminine? Why US churches have men in pulpits, women in pews","content_text":"In a new book, sociologist Landon Schnabel debunks assumptions that women are inherently more religious and explains why many Americans are disengaging from religious institutions while maintaining personal spirituality.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-11\/1102_schnabel_tnd.jpg?itok=4NVCNEgU","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-11\/1102_schnabel_tnd.jpg?itok=D49wFCq9","date_published":"Mon, 02 Nov 2026 09:11:36 EST","byline":"James Dean, Cornell Chronicle","tags":["Chronicle","Social \u0026 Behavioral Sciences","News \u0026 Events","College of Arts and Sciences","Ithaca","Research Impact"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-11\/1102_schnabel_tnd.jpg?itok=pq9OdVxA"},{"id":"333866","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/10\/hundreds-students-attend-new-startup-career-fair","title":"Hundreds of students attend new startup career fair","content_text":"The expo brought together companies in fields from robotics to defense to health tech to food.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-10\/pfs_3776.jpg?h=576fed90\u0026itok=RNIZDFc5","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-10\/pfs_3776.jpg?h=dc6c684c\u0026itok=AryUUq0X","date_published":"Fri, 30 Oct 2026 08:10:45 EDT","byline":"Kathy Hovis","tags":["Around Cornell","Architecture \u0026 Design","Artificial Intelligence","Arts \u0026 Humanities","Business, Economics \u0026 Entrepreneurship","Computing \u0026 Information Sciences","Food \u0026 Agriculture","Energy, Environment \u0026 Sustainability","Health, Nutrition \u0026 Medicine","Life Sciences \u0026 Veterinary Medicine","Physical Sciences \u0026 Engineering","News \u0026 Events","Around Cornell","College of Agriculture and Life Sciences","Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science","Cornell SC Johnson College of Business","Cornell Duffield College of Engineering","Ithaca","Economic Impact"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-10\/pfs_3776.jpg?h=576fed90\u0026itok=f_muAIeQ","image_alt":"person showing off a drone to a student at a career fair"},{"id":"333864","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/10\/professors-defend-their-disciplines-apocalypse-debate","title":"Professors defend their disciplines in apocalypse debate","content_text":"Five professors from across campus will advocate that their discipline is the most important to save in the annual\u0026nbsp;Apocalypse Debate, sponsored by\u0026nbsp;Logos, the undergraduate philosophy journal and club.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-10\/miguel-henriques-rfibk6y_upq-unsplash.jpg?h=a0ed8313\u0026itok=QmFoSjFK","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-10\/miguel-henriques-rfibk6y_upq-unsplash.jpg?h=68ef5d0e\u0026itok=fko1nvAI","date_published":"Thu, 29 Oct 2026 15:10:04 EDT","byline":"Kathy Hovis","tags":["Around Cornell","Arts \u0026 Humanities","Law, Government \u0026 Public Policy","Physical Sciences \u0026 Engineering","Social \u0026 Behavioral Sciences","News \u0026 Events","Around Cornell","College of Arts and Sciences","Cornell Duffield College of Engineering","School of Industrial and Labor Relations","Ithaca","Engagement"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-10\/miguel-henriques-rfibk6y_upq-unsplash.jpg?h=a0ed8313\u0026itok=x84xLZGx","image_alt":"speaker talking to a crowd of people"},{"id":"333849","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/10\/all-natural-materials-promote-regenerative-architecture","title":"All-natural materials promote regenerative architecture","content_text":"Straw, mycelium, hemp and dirt are building blocks in Marta Wisniewska\u0027s research and teaching focused on designing healthier spaces that mitigate the construction industry\u2019s environmental impact.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-10\/154a8969-a.jpg?itok=VIKulbzV","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-10\/154a8969-a.jpg?itok=ALAh-mTL","date_published":"Thu, 29 Oct 2026 10:10:22 EDT","byline":"James Dean, Cornell Chronicle","tags":["Chronicle","Architecture \u0026 Design","Energy, Environment \u0026 Sustainability","News \u0026 Events","College of Agriculture and Life Sciences","College of Architecture, Art and Planning","Cornell Duffield College of Engineering","Ithaca","NYS Impact","Research Impact","Sustainability"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-10\/154a8969-a.jpg?itok=J7oFN09x","image_alt":"Densely packed straw bales within the interior walls of \u201cBaleWorks,\u201d a design-build installation by Marta Wisniewska constructed recently for BuildFest 2026 in Bethel, New York. As it evolves from a campground stage and shelter to a restroom, weathered straw will be replaced with fresh bales and repurposed for soil remediation."},{"id":"333858","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/10\/new-initiative-will-explore-ais-role-society-humanities","title":"New initiative will explore AI\u2019s role in society, humanities","content_text":"With AI transforming how societies function, a new program in the College of Arts and Sciences aims to meet the urgent need to understand AI\u2019s implications for culture, governance, ethics, communication, creativity, labor and social organization.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-09\/0917_aieducation_tnd.jpg?itok=5PWP5QY1","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-09\/0917_aieducation_tnd.jpg?itok=XcKZD4YT","date_published":"Thu, 29 Oct 2026 09:10:51 EDT","byline":"","tags":["Chronicle","Artificial Intelligence","Arts \u0026 Humanities","News \u0026 Events","College of Arts and Sciences","Ithaca","Research Impact"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-09\/0917_aieducation_tnd.jpg?itok=q79InxPS"},{"id":"333843","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/10\/750k-wake-forest-grant-advances-cultural-humility-across-cornell","title":"$750K Wake Forest grant advances cultural humility across Cornell","content_text":"The three-year grant will allow Cornell to explore how community-engaged learning can more intentionally cultivate cultural humility as a foundation for ethical practice and civic participation.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2024-09\/ilr_campus_scenic.jpg?itok=0cX7TsZG","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2024-09\/ilr_campus_scenic.jpg?itok=kHuK15YS","date_published":"Tue, 27 Oct 2026 09:10:04 EDT","byline":"","tags":["Chronicle","News \u0026 Events","Inclusion and Belonging","Public Engagement","Ithaca","Student Life","Diversity","Engagement"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2024-09\/ilr_campus_scenic.jpg?itok=Wbt9vL6B","image_alt":"ILR School"},{"id":"333841","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/10\/weill-cornell-receives-82m-grant-test-novel-male-contraceptive-pill","title":"Weill Cornell receives $8.2M grant to test novel male contraceptive pill","content_text":"The grant will fund a phase 1 placebo-controlled trial in healthy men, including developing an oral formulation, establishing manufacturing protocols and evaluating safety.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-10\/1026_levin_tnd.jpg?itok=SwtD-6HO","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-10\/1026_levin_tnd.jpg?itok=dp-VnSRF","date_published":"Mon, 26 Oct 2026 11:10:23 EDT","byline":"","tags":["Chronicle","Health, Nutrition \u0026 Medicine","News \u0026 Events","New York City","Weill Cornell Medicine-NY","New York City","Research Impact"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-10\/1026_levin_tnd.jpg?itok=muHlb4s2"},{"id":"333836","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/10\/new-program-enhances-cornell-israel-academic-collaboration","title":"New program enhances Cornell-Israel academic collaboration","content_text":"The Cornell chapter of Kalaniyot, a national faculty-led initiative focused on sustaining international academic collaboration by bringing scholars from Israel to Cornell, launched at a reception Oct. 19.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-10\/1026_kalaniyot.jpg?itok=2D8spmTI","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-10\/1026_kalaniyot.jpg?itok=l4gpB6BT","date_published":"Mon, 26 Oct 2026 09:10:37 EDT","byline":"","tags":["Chronicle","Global Reach","News \u0026 Events","Inclusion and Belonging","College of Agriculture and Life Sciences","College of Arts and Sciences","Cornell Tech","Cornell Duffield College of Engineering","School of Industrial and Labor Relations","Cornell Law School","Ithaca","Diversity","International"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-10\/1026_kalaniyot.jpg?itok=ouMeghl9","image_alt":"From left, Kalaniyot fellow Ohad Shalom; Benjamin Houlton, dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences; fellow Eden Eran Nagar; and Peter John Loewen, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the Kalaniyot reception."},{"id":"333832","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/10\/nyc-entrepreneurship-conference-features-leaders-cybersecurity-jewelry-health","title":"NYC entrepreneurship conference features leaders in cybersecurity, jewelry, health","content_text":"The daylong conference Nov. 6 offers fireside chats and TED-style talks, as well as a pitch contest among Cornell startups and time for networking.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-10\/1106_entrepreneurshipv2.jpg?h=bb93e09b\u0026itok=TiyfGeFR","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-10\/1106_entrepreneurshipv2.jpg?h=a69dd7a5\u0026itok=voVn5f27","date_published":"Thu, 22 Oct 2026 11:10:50 EDT","byline":"Kathy Hovis","tags":["Around Cornell","Business, Economics \u0026 Entrepreneurship","News \u0026 Events","New York City","Around Cornell","College of Agriculture and Life Sciences","Cornell SC Johnson College of Business","Cornell Tech","Johnson Graduate School of Management","New York City","Economic Impact","Intercampus"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-10\/1106_entrepreneurshipv2.jpg?h=bb93e09b\u0026itok=h3PiTaS_","image_alt":"lots of people in a room "},{"id":"333830","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/10\/global-food-ag-innovators-compete-3m-grow-ny-summit","title":"Global food, ag innovators to compete for $3M at Grow-NY Summit","content_text":"The annual two-day food and agriculture\u0026nbsp;business competition and networking event will take place Nov. 12-13 at the DoubleTree hotel in Rochester, New York.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-10\/1022_growny.jpg?itok=E93nLEOG","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-10\/1022_growny.jpg?itok=3OAuykfq","date_published":"Thu, 22 Oct 2026 09:10:51 EDT","byline":"","tags":["Chronicle","Business, Economics \u0026 Entrepreneurship","Food \u0026 Agriculture","Global Reach","NYS Impact","News \u0026 Events","Geneva","Ithaca","New York City","Economic Impact","NYS Impact","Sustainability","International"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-10\/1022_growny.jpg?itok=VlJAjBWB","image_alt":"The Grow-NY Summit convenes upstate New York\u2019s agrifood innovation ecosystem for a $3 million pitch competition and networking opportunities. The 2026 summit takes place Nov. 12-13 in Rochester."},{"id":"333826","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/10\/society-humanities-fellows-explore-survival-fall-conference","title":"Society for the Humanities Fellows to Explore \u0027Survival\u0027 at Fall Conference","content_text":"The 2026-27 focal theme, \u201cSurvival,\u201d invites scholars and artists to consider how individuals, communities and species endure.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-10\/lone-plant-image-large.jpg?h=57801ea4\u0026itok=bap_FieD","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-10\/lone-plant-image-large.jpg?h=feac0bf7\u0026itok=XrCXbGtJ","date_published":"Wed, 21 Oct 2026 13:10:47 EDT","byline":"Julie McLean","tags":["Around Cornell","Arts \u0026 Humanities","Social \u0026 Behavioral Sciences","News \u0026 Events","Around Cornell","College of Arts and Sciences","Ithaca","Research Impact"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-10\/lone-plant-image-large.jpg?h=57801ea4\u0026itok=VxVfYS5t","image_alt":"lone plant growing on a black piece of ground"},{"id":"333819","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/10\/achievement-awards-honor-postdoctoral-researchers-and-faculty-mentors","title":"Achievement awards honor postdoctoral researchers and faculty mentors ","content_text":"Postdoc Achievement Awards recognize postdocs who made outstanding contributions to the Cornell community, as well as faculty who provided exceptional mentorship to postdocs.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-10\/postdoc-achievement-awardees-2026.jpg?itok=v0-6TRBJ","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-10\/postdoc-achievement-awardees-2026.jpg?itok=4gISwRP_","date_published":"Tue, 20 Oct 2026 10:10:41 EDT","byline":"J. Edward Anthony","tags":["Around Cornell","News \u0026 Events","Around Cornell","College of Agriculture and Life Sciences","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\/2026-10\/postdoc-achievement-awardees-2026.jpg?itok=Fw5OU0xW"},{"id":"333815","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/10\/winter-session-2027-registration-now-open","title":"Winter Session 2027 registration is now open","content_text":"Registration is now open for Cornell University\u2019s online Winter Session. Classes run Jan. 4\u201322, giving students the opportunity to explore an interest, fulfill a requirement, or earn credits before the spring semester.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-10\/2025_1371_039.jpg?itok=7pVTNVPg","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-10\/2025_1371_039.jpg?itok=O-3QP6FY","date_published":"Mon, 19 Oct 2026 13:10:31 EDT","byline":"Shelley Preston","tags":["Around Cornell","Arts \u0026 Humanities","Business, Economics \u0026 Entrepreneurship","Computing \u0026 Information Sciences","Food \u0026 Agriculture","Energy, Environment \u0026 Sustainability","Health, Nutrition \u0026 Medicine","Law, Government \u0026 Public Policy","Life Sciences \u0026 Veterinary Medicine","Physical Sciences \u0026 Engineering","Social \u0026 Behavioral Sciences","News \u0026 Events","Around Cornell","School of Continuing Education","Student Life"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-10\/2025_1371_039.jpg?itok=7HSZosFE"},{"id":"333811","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/10\/shakespeares-twelfth-night-cornell-mad-love-mad-music","title":"Shakespeare\u2019s \u0027Twelfth Night\u0027 at Cornell: Mad Love, Mad Music","content_text":"A new production of \u0022Twelfth Night,\u0022 adapted and directed by Professor David Feldshuh, melds the traditional play with music from the Roaring 1920s Jazz Age.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-10\/12th-night-ticketing-sitelarger.jpg?h=9ee54b2c\u0026itok=xNZccn8p","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-10\/12th-night-ticketing-sitelarger.jpg?h=c9d002e5\u0026itok=vHktzx31","date_published":"Mon, 19 Oct 2026 13:10:01 EDT","byline":"","tags":["Around Cornell","Arts \u0026 Humanities","News \u0026 Events","Around Cornell","College of Arts and Sciences","Ithaca","Engagement"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-10\/12th-night-ticketing-sitelarger.jpg?h=9ee54b2c\u0026itok=3L1dZktB","image_alt":"clouds with words \u0022Shakespeare\u0027s Twelfth Night\u0022"},{"id":"333807","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/10\/john-mcwhorter-consider-america-failed-experiment","title":"John McWhorter to consider \u2018Is America a Failed Experiment?\u2019","content_text":"McWhorter, associate professor of linguistics at Columbia University, will offer a talk Nov. 2 as part of the College of Arts \u0026amp; Science\u0027s America250 events.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-10\/john-mcwhorter-columbia-eileen-barroso_1.jpg?itok=2JSGSXC6","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-10\/john-mcwhorter-columbia-eileen-barroso_1.jpg?itok=4-IdjjgT","date_published":"Mon, 19 Oct 2026 10:10:08 EDT","byline":"Kathy Hovis","tags":["Around Cornell","Arts \u0026 Humanities","Law, Government \u0026 Public Policy","Social \u0026 Behavioral Sciences","News \u0026 Events","Around Cornell","College of Arts and Sciences","Ithaca","Engagement"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-10\/john-mcwhorter-columbia-eileen-barroso_1.jpg?itok=4PVBM6XC"},{"id":"333799","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/10\/state-university-challenges-we-must-rise-meet","title":"State of the University: \u2018The challenges that we must rise to meet\u2019","content_text":"The Chronicle has published the full text of President Michael I. Kotlikoff\u2019s 2026 State of the University address, delivered Oct. 15 in Call Auditorium, in Kennedy Hall.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-10\/1016_sotu4.jpg?itok=VVKIeJ96","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-10\/1016_sotu4.jpg?itok=2XSHCBTv","date_published":"Fri, 16 Oct 2026 12:10:00 EDT","byline":"","tags":["Chronicle","News \u0026 Events","Ithaca"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-10\/1016_sotu4.jpg?itok=tZYDE5S0","image_alt":"Cornell President Michael I. Kotlikoff delivers his 2026 State of the University address Oct. 15 in Meinig Fieldhouse."},{"id":"333786","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/10\/events-celebrate-history-languages-throughout-america","title":"Events celebrate history of languages throughout America","content_text":"Smoke dancers, American Sign Language poetry and explorations of endangered languages will highlight a series of events Oct. 15-Nov. 6 that celebrate the importance of language throughout U.S. history.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-10\/1014_linguistics_tnd.jpg?itok=kndiE25A","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-10\/1014_linguistics_tnd.jpg?itok=yblcvcL6","date_published":"Wed, 14 Oct 2026 13:10:44 EDT","byline":"","tags":["Chronicle","Arts \u0026 Humanities","News \u0026 Events","Inclusion and Belonging","Public Engagement","College of Arts and Sciences","Ithaca","Student Life","Diversity","Engagement"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-10\/1014_linguistics_tnd.jpg?itok=9_-M48An"},{"id":"333778","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/10\/pulling-strings-new-method-maps-exoplanets-true-shape","title":"Pulling strings: New method maps exoplanet\u2019s true shape","content_text":"A Cornell-led research team has for the first time resolved an exoplanet\u2019s uneven contours, revealing how extreme heat and wind extend its atmosphere on one side.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-10\/figure1_wasp-17b_shape-of-the-atmosphere.png?itok=VpPwYulA","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-10\/figure1_wasp-17b_shape-of-the-atmosphere.png?itok=OxrM_pys","date_published":"Wed, 14 Oct 2026 09:10:00 EDT","byline":"James Dean, Cornell Chronicle","tags":["Chronicle","Physical Sciences \u0026 Engineering","News \u0026 Events","College of Arts and Sciences","Ithaca","Research Impact"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-10\/figure1_wasp-17b_shape-of-the-atmosphere.png?itok=-wDVBzcu","image_alt":"The shape of WASP-17b\u2019s atmosphere mapped using transmission strings. The planet has a broad banded jet around the equator with vast wind speeds which transport material and heat from the permanently irradiated dayside to the permanently shadowed nightside."},{"id":"333748","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/10\/speak-or-keep-it-yourself-advice-social-psychologist","title":"Speak up or keep it to yourself? Advice from a social psychologist","content_text":"In a new book, Vanessa Bohns offers a research-based guide to help people make better decisions about when to say something and when to hold back.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-10\/1013_bohns_tnd.png?itok=t3aVtePw","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-10\/1013_bohns_tnd.png?itok=EM_CTfU2","date_published":"Tue, 13 Oct 2026 10:10:32 EDT","byline":"James Dean, Cornell Chronicle","tags":["Chronicle","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\/2026-10\/1013_bohns_tnd.png?itok=qFTrpqk_"},{"id":"333771","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/10\/sociologist-alumna-who-studies-climate-change-wins-macarthur-fellowship","title":"Sociologist alumna who studies climate change wins MacArthur Fellowship","content_text":"Sociologist Holly Jean Buck, Ph.D. \u201917, a member of the University at Buffalo faculty, is one of 20 recipients of this year\u2019s MacArthur Fellowships, known as the \u201cgenius grants,\u201d for her research on climate change and environmental policy.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-10\/1012_macarthur.jpg?itok=HIX6EXMS","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-10\/1012_macarthur.jpg?itok=PDp5M_sn","date_published":"Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:10:39 EDT","byline":"","tags":["Chronicle","Energy, Environment \u0026 Sustainability","Law, Government \u0026 Public Policy","News \u0026 Events","Graduate School","Ithaca"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-10\/1012_macarthur.jpg?itok=K6KBmkds","image_alt":"Holly Jean Buck, Ph.D. \u201917, has been awarded a MacArthur Foundation \u201cgenius grant.\u201d"},{"id":"333772","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/10\/soprano-dawn-upshaw-visits-campus-ad-white-professor-large","title":"Soprano Dawn Upshaw visits campus as A.D. White Professor-at-Large","content_text":"Upshaw, winner of five Grammys and a MacArthur Foundation Fellow, will present \u201cSalon Sol\u00e8y: Inhabiting Text \u0026amp; Music in Contemporary American Art Song,\u201d at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 22 in Barnes Hall.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-10\/02-24_dawn_upshaw_brooke-irish.jpg?h=427e4d62\u0026itok=KWSkud7s","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-10\/02-24_dawn_upshaw_brooke-irish.jpg?h=b0d2a25a\u0026itok=j7HZLAgh","date_published":"Mon, 12 Oct 2026 11:10:07 EDT","byline":"Kathy Hovis","tags":["Around Cornell","Arts \u0026 Humanities","News \u0026 Events","Around Cornell","College of Arts and Sciences","Ithaca","Engagement"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-10\/02-24_dawn_upshaw_brooke-irish.jpg?h=427e4d62\u0026itok=xkY9decd","image_alt":"person smiling"},{"id":"333769","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/10\/y-combinator-founder-paul-graham-86-talk-startups-oct-28","title":"Y Combinator founder Paul Graham \u201986 to talk startups Oct. 28 ","content_text":"Graham will give a lecture titled \u201cHow to Turn Yourself Into a Startup Founder\u201d in Kennedy Hall\u2019s Call Auditorium.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-10\/1012_graham_tnd.jpg?itok=KHGFZUHY","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-10\/1012_graham_tnd.jpg?itok=R5YGez3s","date_published":"Mon, 12 Oct 2026 10:10:38 EDT","byline":"","tags":["Chronicle","Business, Economics \u0026 Entrepreneurship","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\/2026-10\/1012_graham_tnd.jpg?itok=4NnzyL5_"},{"id":"333762","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/10\/rooted-reciprocity-indigenous-students-share-stories-how-plants-fuel-connection","title":"\u2018Rooted in Reciprocity\u2019: Indigenous students share stories of how plants fuel connection","content_text":"Through plants and personal stories, a new student-led exhibit at Cornell Botanic Gardens\u0026nbsp;explores the concept that people live because the natural world lives.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-10\/2026_1417_df_012-n.jpg?itok=IHW_VadP","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-10\/2026_1417_df_012-n.jpg?itok=xozViGR_","date_published":"Thu, 08 Oct 2026 13:10:00 EDT","byline":"Holly Hartigan, Cornell Chronicle","tags":["Chronicle","Food \u0026 Agriculture","Energy, Environment \u0026 Sustainability","Local Impact","News \u0026 Events","Inclusion and Belonging","College of Agriculture and Life Sciences","Ithaca","Student Life","Diversity","Sustainability"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-10\/2026_1417_df_012-n.jpg?itok=psVPpN6K","image_alt":"Visitors can see new plantings that are deeply connected to Indigenous communities in the Pounder Vegetable Garden and the gardens outside the Nevin Welcome Center as part of the Cultivating Hope exhibit."},{"id":"333756","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/10\/medicines-feed-us-promote-healing-toxic-world","title":"\u2018Medicines that feed us\u2019 promote healing in a toxic world","content_text":"In a new book, anthropologist Stacey Langwick explores plant-based healing and sustainable farming practices in Tanzania that treat bodies and lands as inseparable.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-10\/1007_medicines_tnd.jpg?itok=pxv0p9tZ","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-10\/1007_medicines_tnd.jpg?itok=-NR7YHm3","date_published":"Wed, 07 Oct 2026 10:10:40 EDT","byline":"James Dean, Cornell Chronicle","tags":["Chronicle","Health, Nutrition \u0026 Medicine","Social \u0026 Behavioral Sciences","News \u0026 Events","College of Arts and Sciences","Ithaca","Research 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EDT","byline":"","tags":["Chronicle","Artificial Intelligence","Physical Sciences \u0026 Engineering","News \u0026 Events","College of Arts and Sciences","Ithaca","Research Impact"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-10\/2026_1416_aimathgrants_final_n.jpg?itok=5byA6J7M"},{"id":"333738","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/10\/exhibit-weaves-together-clothing-work-and-environment","title":"Exhibit weaves together clothing, work and the environment","content_text":"A Cornell University Library exhibit, \u201cWeathering the Storm,\u201d which examines the intersection of the environment, labor and workwear, opens Oct. 8 at the ILR School\u2019s Catherwood Library.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-10\/1001_kheel2_0.jpg?h=b09db5e9\u0026itok=4oR-7lXK","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-10\/1001_kheel2_0.jpg?itok=5aLvzHMA","date_published":"Thu, 01 Oct 2026 11:10:56 EDT","byline":"","tags":["Chronicle","Energy, Environment \u0026 Sustainability","Law, Government \u0026 Public Policy","News \u0026 Events","Public Engagement","Cornell University Library","School of Industrial and Labor Relations","Ithaca","Engagement","Sustainability"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-10\/1001_kheel2_0.jpg?h=b09db5e9\u0026itok=1lTm4KkW"},{"id":"333733","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/09\/reeve-parker-professor-emeritus-literatures-english-dies-89","title":"Reeve Parker, professor emeritus of literatures in English, dies at 89","content_text":"A. Reeve Parker, professor emeritus of literatures in English in the College of Arts and Sciences and a scholar of British Romanticism, died Sept. 16 in Ithaca, New York, at age 89.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-09\/0930_parker_tnd.jpg?itok=9bwJ0R4F","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-09\/0930_parker_tnd.jpg?itok=eyMVIazu","date_published":"Wed, 30 Sep 2026 09:09:25 EDT","byline":"","tags":["Chronicle","Arts \u0026 Humanities","News \u0026 Events","Staff News","College of Arts and Sciences","Ithaca"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-09\/0930_parker_tnd.jpg?itok=TafPeCZ0"},{"id":"333730","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/09\/ad-white-professors-large-program-opens-2026-27-call-nominations","title":"A.D. White Professors-at-Large Program opens 2026-27 call for nominations","content_text":"Cornell faculty members, academic departments and groups of departments are invited to submit nominations for the A.D. White Professors-at-Large Program in the fields of arts, humanities, life sciences and physical sciences.\u0026nbsp;","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/0306_white_tnd_0.jpg?itok=5pcGVfVs","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/0306_white_tnd_0.jpg?itok=__WUmgfJ","date_published":"Tue, 29 Sep 2026 15:09:40 EDT","byline":"","tags":["Around Cornell","Arts \u0026 Humanities","Life Sciences \u0026 Veterinary Medicine","Physical Sciences \u0026 Engineering","News \u0026 Events","Around Cornell","Ithaca"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/0306_white_tnd_0.jpg?itok=3r7_-Cj0","image_alt":"AD White statue"},{"id":"333728","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/09\/ancient-texts-offer-timely-lessons-speaking-freely","title":"Ancient texts offer timely lessons on speaking freely","content_text":"In his new book, \u201cHow to Speak Freely,\u201d classicist Michael Fontaine of the College of Arts and Sciences shows that thousands of years ago, Athenians were struggling with the same topics societies struggle with today.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-09\/0929_ancienttexts_tnd.jpg?itok=Sz1gqMtS","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-09\/0929_ancienttexts_tnd.jpg?itok=WlCj3TyN","date_published":"Tue, 29 Sep 2026 10:09:56 EDT","byline":"","tags":["Chronicle","Arts \u0026 Humanities","News \u0026 Events","College of Arts and Sciences","Ithaca","Research Impact"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-09\/0929_ancienttexts_tnd.jpg?itok=vbb0gJC3"},{"id":"333727","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/09\/creative-tourism-plan-fosters-forest-protection-economic-growth-puerto-rico","title":"Creative tourism plan fosters forest protection, economic growth in Puerto Rico","content_text":"A collaboration between the U.S. Forest Service and\u0026nbsp;the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business aims to shape sustainable tourism development for Puerto Rico\u2019s El Yunque National Forest.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-09\/el-toro-a.jpg?itok=zAmQa3fT","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-09\/el-toro-a.jpg?itok=sD0LQDQ8","date_published":"Tue, 29 Sep 2026 10:09:26 EDT","byline":"","tags":["Chronicle","Business, Economics \u0026 Entrepreneurship","Energy, Environment \u0026 Sustainability","News \u0026 Events","Public Engagement","Cornell SC Johnson College of Business","Ithaca","Economic Impact","Engagement","Research Impact"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-09\/el-toro-a.jpg?itok=agLITx8B","image_alt":"El Toro Mountain in Puerto Rico\u2019s El Yunque National Forest."},{"id":"333726","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/09\/weill-cornell-receives-3m-launch-research-center-hivs-effects-brain","title":"Weill Cornell receives $3M to launch research center for HIV\u2019s effects on brain","content_text":"The discovery research center could uncover molecular markers that enable new diagnostics and lead to potential therapies for people living with neurological complications related to HIV.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-09\/0929_hivbrain_tnd.png?itok=TTgnH6ZY","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-09\/0929_hivbrain_tnd.png?itok=FrFl8ycI","date_published":"Tue, 29 Sep 2026 09:09:40 EDT","byline":"","tags":["Chronicle","Health, Nutrition \u0026 Medicine","News \u0026 Events","New York City","Weill Cornell Medicine-NY","New York City","Research Impact","New York City"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-09\/0929_hivbrain_tnd.png?itok=DV52UBmc"},{"id":"333697","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/09\/barbara-finlay-psychology-professor-emerita-dies-age-75","title":"Barbara Finlay, psychology professor emerita, dies at age 75","content_text":"Barbara Finlay, the W.R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Psychology Emerita and an award-winning scholar who challenged traditional thinking regarding psychology and brain function, died Sept. 12.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-09\/0923_finlay.jpg?itok=PS46uRTW","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-09\/0923_finlay.jpg?itok=pNNOoN7z","date_published":"Wed, 23 Sep 2026 09:09:33 EDT","byline":"","tags":["Chronicle","Social \u0026 Behavioral Sciences","News \u0026 Events","College of Arts and Sciences","Ithaca"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-09\/0923_finlay.jpg?itok=PRlrsWdI","image_alt":"Barbara Finlay, the W.R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Psychology Emerita"},{"id":"333691","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/09\/event-offers-debates-greek-public-square","title":"Event offers debates in the Greek public square","content_text":"An Arts Unplugged event, \u201c2,500 Years of Democratic Speech,\u201d will offer a chance for students, faculty, staff and community members to perform key public speeches from antiquity and modernity on enduring questions of democratic life.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-09\/0923_demos_tnd.jpg?itok=XOgPLcnb","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-09\/0923_demos_tnd.jpg?itok=t0yfN4_D","date_published":"Wed, 23 Sep 2026 09:09:00 EDT","byline":"","tags":["Chronicle","Arts \u0026 Humanities","News \u0026 Events","College of Arts and Sciences","Ithaca","Student Life"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-09\/0923_demos_tnd.jpg?itok=BvfIFUDt"},{"id":"333666","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/09\/future-american-university-report-charts-bold-path-forward","title":"Future of the American University report charts a \u2018bold path forward\u2019 ","content_text":"After a year of engaging with university stakeholders and at a critical moment for higher education in the United States, a faculty-led committee has offered its vision for fortifying Cornell\u2019s long-term future in the face of unprecedented challenges.\u0026nbsp;","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/campus_ct_0.jpg?itok=-NISpZg1","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/campus_ct_0.jpg?itok=sg8OzqmP","date_published":"Tue, 22 Sep 2026 11:09:00 EDT","byline":"David Nutt, Cornell Chronicle","tags":["Chronicle","Artificial Intelligence","News \u0026 Events","College of Arts and Sciences","Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science","School of Industrial and Labor Relations","College of Veterinary Medicine","Ithaca","Intercampus"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/campus_ct_0.jpg?itok=929MGlzR"},{"id":"333673","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/09\/holding-mirror-itself-higher-education-can-restore-trust-sacred-mission","title":"Holding a mirror to itself, higher education can restore trust in \u2018sacred\u2019 mission","content_text":"Delivering the ILR School\u2019s Milton R. Konvitz Memorial Lecture on Sept. 17, Rakesh Khurana \u201990 said higher education has suffered from bureaucratization over time.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-09\/0921_konvitz1.jpg?itok=qpBFwcXG","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-09\/0921_konvitz1.jpg?itok=ZJ8B2KE5","date_published":"Mon, 21 Sep 2026 11:09:15 EDT","byline":"James Dean, Cornell Chronicle","tags":["Chronicle","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\/2026-09\/0921_konvitz1.jpg?itok=jRYBe-qJ","image_alt":"Rakesh Khurana \u201990, the Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership Development and Unit Head of Organizational Behavior at Harvard Business School, delivers the Milton R. Konvitz Memorial Lecture."},{"id":"333662","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/09\/bryan-isacks-geophysicist-who-helped-shape-theory-plate-tectonics-dies-90","title":"Bryan Isacks, geophysicist who helped shape theory of plate tectonics, dies at 90","content_text":"Bryan L. Isacks, the William and Katherine Snee Professor of Geological Sciences Emeritus in the Cornell Duffield College of Engineering who transformed the understanding of Earth\u2019s surface, died Sept. 9 in Ithaca. He was 90.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-09\/0918_isacks.jpg?itok=WWvYwYvw","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-09\/0918_isacks.jpg?itok=TC9ZpGLG","date_published":"Thu, 17 Sep 2026 14:09:43 EDT","byline":"","tags":["Chronicle","Physical Sciences \u0026 Engineering","News \u0026 Events","Staff News","Cornell Duffield College of Engineering","Ithaca"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-09\/0918_isacks.jpg?itok=6pLJBIBx","image_alt":"Bryan Isacks installs seismometers and tilt meters in the Republic of Vanuatu as part of his research into plate tectonics and subductions zones."},{"id":"333653","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/09\/ai-education-initiatives-emphasize-experimentation-balanced-use","title":"AI in education initiatives emphasize experimentation, balanced use","content_text":"Two\u0026nbsp;new initiatives involving artificial intelligence in Cornell classrooms will encourage experimental and balanced use, while exploring ways to deploy AI that align with the teaching needs and strategies of individual academic fields.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-09\/0917_aieducation_tnd.jpg?itok=5PWP5QY1","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-09\/0917_aieducation_tnd.jpg?itok=XcKZD4YT","date_published":"Thu, 17 Sep 2026 10:09:55 EDT","byline":"Susan Kelley, Cornell Chronicle","tags":["Chronicle","Artificial Intelligence","News \u0026 Events","Cornell Ann S. 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This piece was shown as part of the Spring 2007 Haute Couture collection."},{"id":"333614","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/09\/chemistry-professor-honored-work-biodegradable-polymers","title":"Chemistry professor honored for work on biodegradable polymers","content_text":"Geoffrey Coates was named a co-winner of the prestigious Balzan Prize for his work transforming renewable feedstocks and recovered carbon dioxide into high-performance, degradable and recyclable materials.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2020-02\/0205_coates_tnd.jpg?itok=ckX5kBg8","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2020-02\/0205_coates_tnd.jpg?itok=O0Ej1th-","date_published":"Thu, 10 Sep 2026 12:09:21 EDT","byline":"","tags":["Chronicle","Physical Sciences \u0026 Engineering","News \u0026 Events","College of Arts and Sciences","Ithaca","Research Impact"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2020-02\/0205_coates_tnd.jpg?itok=4LZpEnyl"},{"id":"333611","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/09\/good-vibes-phones-promote-shared-space-not-silos-arts-quad-installation","title":"Good vibes: Phones promote shared space, not silos, in Arts Quad installation ","content_text":"\u201cVibe Coating\u201d integrates green-screen technology and AI to visualize participants\u0027 prompts as an immersive, continuously changing environment.","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-09\/2026_1392_sh_033-n.jpg?itok=d06_cULk","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-09\/2026_1392_sh_033-n.jpg?itok=VIfqVk2q","date_published":"Thu, 10 Sep 2026 10:09:59 EDT","byline":"James Dean, Cornell Chronicle","tags":["Chronicle","Architecture \u0026 Design","Artificial Intelligence","News \u0026 Events","Public Engagement","College of Architecture, Art and Planning","Ithaca","Engagement","Research Impact"],"image_featured":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_home\/public\/2026-09\/2026_1392_sh_033-n.jpg?itok=x0FEl3A4","image_alt":"Suzanne Lettieri and Michael Jefferson, faculty members in the Department of Architecture in the College of Architecture, Art and Planning, experiment with chroma-keyed color and AI in \u201cVibe Coating,\u201d an installation now on the Arts Quad."},{"id":"333596","url":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/stories\/2026\/09\/cornell-unplugged-encourages-mindful-tech-use-social-connection","title":"Cornell Unplugged encourages mindful tech use, social connection","content_text":"New event asks the community to decrease technology use, increase face-to-face interaction and consider that every AI chat, doomscroll and text message has a water, energy and carbon footprint.\u0026nbsp;","image":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/story_thumbnail_lg\/public\/2026-08\/2026_1319_sh_012-n.jpg?itok=_HiviQKS","image_1x1":"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail_360x360_legacy\/public\/2026-08\/2026_1319_sh_012-n.jpg?itok=0UECCngP","date_published":"Wed, 09 Sep 2026 11:09:19 EDT","byline":"Holly Hartigan, Cornell Chronicle","tags":["Chronicle","Artificial Intelligence","Computing \u0026 Information Sciences","Energy, Environment \u0026 Sustainability","News \u0026 Events","College of Agriculture and Life Sciences","Cornell Ann S. 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