For the birds: Parakeet co-designs its own perch
July 23, 2026
Doctoral student, and her bird, co-designed NomadicPerch, a felted wearable that temporarily turns a hand into a mobile perch.
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Rubber tree agroforestry supports birds, biodiversity in the Colombian Amazon
July 22, 2026
A doctoral candidate and Semlitz Sustainability Fellow and his Colombian partners seek to protect birds and biodiversity in the Amazon via sustainable rubber tree agroforestry.
Too thin to fail: an alternative to copper microchip interconnects
July 16, 2026
Researchers developed a potential replacement for the tiny copper interconnects in microchips: single-crystal nanowires that become better conductors the thinner they get.
How a Cornell startup scaled to $1.3 billion in battery tech
July 13, 2026
The startup was founded by Cornell alumni and a professor, inspired by a class in the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business and nurtured through Cornell’s entrepreneurship ecosystem.
What social media creators can’t say about their job
July 08, 2026
Online content creator burnout is, in part, “unspeakable” – a product of a confluence of factors, including the informal nature of platform labor and the privileged status of creative work, seen by many as a “dream job.”
Can AI plan for heat emergencies better than simple rules? It depends
July 01, 2026
For consequential decision-making, the benefits of a simple index score vs. a less-interpretable predictive AI algorithm depend, researchers from Cornell found, on the desired outcome as well as the decision’s intended audience.
Doctoral grad wins Ivy+ Three Minute Thesis competition
June 29, 2026
Cornell 2026 Three Minute Thesis (3MT) winner Ellen van Wijngaarden, Ph.D. '26, won first place in the Ivy+ 3MT, where she competed against students representing eight peer institutions.
Two doctoral students selected as FFAR Fellows
June 29, 2026
Doctoral students Divyanth Loganathan Girija and Sumit Sharma were selected for the 2026-2029 Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research Fellows Program.
This simple, low-cost activity reduces depression in young adults
June 25, 2026
Journaling about one’s identities from childhood through early adulthood helped ease symptoms among people experiencing moderate to severe depression.
New method helps online ads reach overlooked groups
June 23, 2026
Cornell information science researchers have developed a method that can help online advertisers ensure they’re reaching their intended audience and reduce “skew” – under-delivery to certain demographic groups.
Redesigned fire gear offers potentially more cooling, less toxicity
June 11, 2026
A Cornell researcher’s bold redesign of firefighter gear, which hasn’t significantly changed in decades, is more versatile and better adapted to their actual work, only a small fraction of which involves fighting structure fires.
A breakthrough single-cell method for mapping DNA-protein interactions
June 05, 2026
A new technology allows scientists to map the DNA-binding sites of transcription factors and other regulatory proteins that control gene activity, according to a study led by Weill Cornell Medicine and the New York Genome Center.
Computer framework generates ‘shadow art’ from scan of an object
June 04, 2026
Researchers at Cornell Tech and Cornell Bowers have created an AI framework that can create “shadow art” – partial line drawings that are completed by the shadow cast from an object – by simply scanning the object.
Cornell engineers use tiny vibrating beams to rethink AI hardware
June 01, 2026
Cornell researchers have developed a computing device that stores information electrically but reads it through tiny mechanical motion, an approach that could open a path toward more energy-efficient hardware for AI and scientific computing.
Doctoral students engage in advocacy
June 01, 2026
Nearly a dozen doctoral students practiced their research communication skills this spring through legislative opportunities in Washington, D.C.
Ph.D. graduates encouraged to carry ‘culture of collaboration’ into the world
May 26, 2026
Doctoral candidates in the Class of 2026 were encouraged to work toward making the world a better place at the Ph.D. Recognition Ceremony, held May 22 in Barton Hall.
Kotlikoff to grads: You have the tools to build a better world
May 23, 2026
The Class of 2026 has the tenacity, talent and determination to advance the unfinished work of American democracy, President Michael I. Kotlikoff told graduates and their guests at Commencement ceremonies held May 23.
CTI Graduate Teaching Fellows program marks its fifteenth year
May 22, 2026
The Center for Teaching Innovation's 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.
Twenty-three receive awards recognizing excellence and impact
May 18, 2026
The Graduate Excellence and Impact Awards recognized members of the graduate community for their impacts on advancing access, engagement and belonging through service and leadership.
Airbnb Plus: not a plus for everyone
May 14, 2026
Airbnb’s now-defunct “Airbnb Plus” program didn’t 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.
Humans are bad at making complex decisions. AI can help
May 14, 2026
A new tool is designed to help users rank a set of choices – such as job applicants, graduate schools, even Oscar candidates.
New instrument will map the formation of early galaxies
May 12, 2026
Cornell astronomers are deploying a new instrument that grants them, for the first time, a better view of the universe’s earliest galaxies, which can’t be observed individually with ground- or space-based telescopes.
What does it mean to train an AI to speak like you?
May 04, 2026
Ultra-personalized AI for assisted communication risks muting aspects of the user’s identity and can breach privacy, according to a study from a Cornell Tech doctoral student who trained the technology on himself.
Entrepreneurial students win awards for summer work on their startups
May 01, 2026
Thirty student startups received Human Spirit, Beck Fellows and Cane Entrepreneurial Scholars awards this summer from Entrepreneurship at Cornell, funding that will allow students to work on their startups rather than take traditional summer positions.
Extended reality tool lets dancers analyze movement
April 30, 2026
A Cornell doctoral student has helped develop a tool, DanXeReflect, that lets dancers use video and extended reality headsets to create an immersive environment for analyzing and refining their movements.