2025 Year in Review
December 17, 2025
Cornell’s impact was felt near and far, from the lacrosse fields to research labs and beyond in a turbulent 2025.
News
‘Red team’ students stress-test NYC health department’s AI
December 16, 2025
People usually strive to be their true, authentic selves, but this fall, five master’s students at Cornell Tech adopted not only alter egos but also “bad intent,” in an effort to make AI safer for health workers serving people with diabetes.
New 3D benchmark leaves AI in knots
December 16, 2025
In new research that puts the latest models to test in a 3D environment, Cornell scholars found that AI fares well with untangling basic knots but can’t quite tie knots from simple loops nor convert one knot to another.
Law project raises awareness of constitutional rights
December 15, 2025
Know Your Rights presentations are part of the ongoing Cornell Immigration Legal Information Project, funded with a grant from the Park Foundation and started in January 2025.
Brain stimulation during sleep boosts weak memories in mice
December 11, 2025
Manipulating mouse brains during sleep improved their ability to remember new experiences that would normally be forgotten – a finding with important implications for treating Alzheimer’s disease.
Seamless tech: ‘OriStitch’ threads computation and 3D textiles
December 10, 2025
Researchers from the Cornell Bowers have developed OriStitch, a new software and fabrication system that takes simple 3D objects and spins them into a design for a textile version using carefully placed stitches in fabric.
Cake-pan telescope searches the sky for fast radio bursts
December 10, 2025
The Global Radio Explorer telescope is a series of eight terminals being built and tested at Cornell and the California Institute of Technology, and installed at locations around the world.
Embrace community, lived experiences for better mentoring
December 08, 2025
Sweeney Windchief, professor of adult and higher education at Montana State University, discussed mentoring relationships during a 2025 MAC Public Keynote.
Doctoral alumna selected for CGS/ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Award
December 08, 2025
Anthropology alumna Dusti Bridges, Ph.D. ’25, was selected for the CGS/ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Awards in the humanities and fine arts.
A dose of psilocybin, a dash of rabies point to treatment for depression
December 05, 2025
An international collaboration led by Cornell researchers used a combination of psilocybin and the rabies virus to map how – and where – the psychedelic compound rewires the connections in the brain.
Forever young? Extracellular vesicles may be key to halt aging
December 03, 2025
Scientists have outlined exactly how embryonic stem cells protect other cells from the effects of oxidative stress, thus preventing cellular aging.
Bird-of-paradise inspires darkest fabric ever made
December 01, 2025
The color “ultrablack” has a variety of uses, including in cameras, solar panels and telescopes, but it’s difficult to produce and can appear less black when viewed at an angle. A Cornell lab has devised a simple method for making the elusive color.
Researchers reveal how small optical computers could get
November 20, 2025
By studying the theoretical limits of how light can be used to perform computation, Cornell researchers have uncovered new insights and strategies for designing energy-efficient optical computing systems.
How small satellites can help the US win the space race
November 18, 2025
Researchers are using 3D printing to custom build high-efficiency, low-cost electric rockets that, combined with novel propellants, will keep small satellites in low Earth orbit.
Nearly 60 students recognized at pinning ceremony
November 17, 2025
The Graduate School welcomed nearly 60 new Dean’s Scholars at an event to honor students who were nominated and selected for this distinction for their demonstrated academic excellence, leadership and service.
Celebrating the 50th Startup Cornell podcast at Eclectic Convergence
November 14, 2025
This episode features speakers and attendees recorded live during the Oct. 31 conference at Cornell Tech in New York City.
Bone density builder wins top prize at food hackathon
November 14, 2025
The weekend event involved more than 150 undergraduate and graduate students from across Cornell.
Machine learning teaches membranes to sort by chemical affinity
November 13, 2025
Cornell researchers have created porous materials that filter molecules by their chemical makeup.
New biosensor technology maps enzyme mystery inside cells
November 13, 2025
Cornell researchers have developed a powerful new biosensor that reveals, in unprecedented detail, how and where kinases – enzymes that control nearly all cellular processes – turn on and off inside living cells.
Eco-friendly ag practices may be easier than farmers think
November 13, 2025
Fruit and vegetable farmers across the U.S. said that labor was the biggest barrier to adopting sustainable practices, with many farmers perceiving the labor requirements to be higher than they are.
Light causes atomic layers to do the twist
November 12, 2025
Using a Cornell-built instrument and Cornell-built high-speed detector, a team of researchers captured atomically thin materials responding to light with a dynamic twisting motion.
Why companies don’t share AV crash data – and how they could
November 11, 2025
A team of researchers from across campus has created a roadmap outlining the barriers and opportunities to making autonomous vehicles safer.
‘Roadmap’ shows the environmental impact of AI data center boom
November 10, 2025
Researchers used advanced data analytics to create a state-by-state look at that environmental impact of the AI boom and how to make the computing infrastructure that supports it more sustainable.
Panel presents promise, peril of AI use in education at Cornell
November 06, 2025
The panel, “AI + Education: Teaching and Learning in the Age of AI,” held during the 75th Trustee-Council Annual Meeting, painted a complete picture of the state of AI in education at Cornell.
Knitting machine makes solid 3D objects
November 04, 2025
A multicollege team has developed a prototype of a knitting machine that creates solid, knitted shapes, adding stitches in any direction so users can construct a wide variety of shapes and add stiffness to different parts of the object.