May 22, 2025
Flowers grow stems, leaves and petals in a perfect pattern again and again. A new Cornell study shows that even in this precise, patterned formation in plants, gene activity inside individual cells is far more chaotic than it appears.
May 21, 2025
Researchers have developed tests to assess low-level or chronic inflammation in dairy cattle that they hope will improve animal health and support New York’s food supply.
May 20, 2025
Researchers developed an inexpensive and potentially scalable approach to bind together a pair of popular but incompatible polymers, thereby creating a more useful, high-quality plastic recycling additive.
May 19, 2025
Cornell researchers are demonstrating how artificial intelligence – particularly deep learning and generative modeling – can accelerate the design of new molecules and materials, and even function as an autonomous research assistant.
May 19, 2025
The Graduate Diversity and Inclusion Awards recognized members of the graduate community for their impacts on advancing access, engagement and belonging through service and leadership.
May 19, 2025
Researchers in the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business found that consumers tend to overestimate fractional star ratings and underestimate fractional Arabic numerals. In either case, the ratings can be misleading.
May 14, 2025
A large number of student-led startups and fledgling business ventures revolve around improving agriculture and nutrition.
May 13, 2025
Cornell chemists have developed a user-friendly, scalable process for methacrylate that’s precisely controlled and mediated by carbon dioxide.
May 13, 2025
Cornell researchers have found the developers of large language models and the educators who use them have different ideas about the potential harms they may cause, a finding that researchers say underscores the need for educators to be more involved in the tools’ development.
May 13, 2025
By finding the atomic equivalent of a perfect handshake between two types of perovskite, researchers at Cornell have built solar cells that are not only high-performing, but exceptionally durable.
May 09, 2025
Inspired by the mechanisms plants use to store carbon, researchers found that sunlight can power the capture and release of carbon dioxide, which could vastly lower costs and net emissions.
May 08, 2025
Cornell researchers created a machine learning-based model that can forecast, with greater accuracy than current methods, the impact severe wildfire conditions will have on solar electricity generation.
May 08, 2025
A new study by researchers at Cornell Tech and the University of Pennsylvania shows freelance writers who are suspected of using AI have worse evaluations and hiring outcomes.
May 07, 2025
According to new research out of the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business, conservatives are more likely than liberals to negotiate over price for items such as used cars or houses.
May 05, 2025
A new computational method developed by researchers at Cornell sheds light on how going dormant – sometimes for multiple generations – has affected the evolution of the tuberculosis bacterium and other organisms that can temporarily drop out of the gene pool.
May 05, 2025
Researchers in the College of Human Ecology have developed a design and fabrication approach that treats plants as companions to humans, with seeds woven into hydrogel material for apparel and other applications.
May 02, 2025
Cornell researchers found that by prioritizing the perspectives of white Americans instead of those from underrepresented groups, studies of pandemic disparities likely missed important insights from those most affected by COVID-19.
April 28, 2025
Nine doctoral candidates were inducted into the Cornell Chapter of the Bouchet Graduate Honor Society, which recognizes scholarly achievement and promotes diversity in doctoral education.
April 28, 2025
Over 300 graduate students came together to offer this year’s annual Expanding Your Horizons conference, putting in countless hours of volunteer work to host students for a day of hands-on learning experiences.
April 28, 2025
A new study from Cornell on AI writing assistants finds these tools have the potential to function poorly for billions of users in the Global South by generating generic language that makes them sound more like Americans.
April 25, 2025
In the season finale of the Inclusive Excellence Podcast, co-hosts Erin Sember-Chase and Toral Patel welcome Kathryn Boor ‘80, dean of the Graduate School and vice provost for graduate education for a conversation about her journey at Cornell – both as a student and an academic leader.
April 21, 2025
Cornell’s Director of Postdoctoral Studies, Christine Holmes, was awarded the 2025 Distinguished Service Award by the National Postdoc Association (NPA) at their annual conference in March.
April 21, 2025
Sixteen doctoral candidates traveled from the Ithaca campus and Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City to Capitol Hill April 9 for the annual Cornell Ph.D. Student Advocacy Day.
April 21, 2025
A Cornell University Sustainable Design student team worked with an array of municipal departments to assemble the extensive data needed to demonstrate that the city of Ithaca met the stringent requirements for LEED certification.
April 17, 2025
Using Major League Baseball as a case study, Cornell research highlights potential shortcomings in diversity metrics that could obscure inequities in sports and other organizations.
