Swiping, swabbing elevates processing plant food safety
May 06, 2021
By swiping surfaces in commercial food processing plants with specially designed swabs, spoilage and foodborne illness could diminish, according to Cornell research.
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Green cemetery wins hospitality business pitch contest
May 04, 2021
A concept addressing unaffordable and unsustainable funeral practices won first prize at the 11th annual Cornell Hospitality Business Plan Competition, an entrepreneurship event awarding cash prizes for the top three pitches.
Nanoscale defects could boost energy storage materials
April 30, 2021
A Cornell-led collaboration used X-ray nanoimaging to gain an unprecedented view into solid-state electrolytes, revealing previously undetected crystal defects and dislocations that may now be leveraged to create superior energy storage materials.
Grants advance social sciences research, collaboration
April 29, 2021
The Cornell Center for Social Sciences has awarded spring grants supporting research and conferences involving more than 30 faculty and researchers across campus, including collaborations within new and expanded superdepartments.
Borlaug Global Rust Initiative announces 2021 wheat science awards
April 27, 2021
The Borlaug Global Rust Initiative announced its 2021 Jeanie Borlaug Laube Women in Triticum Early Career and Mentor awardees honoring wheat scientists working to protect food security around the world.
Cornell extends early support to minority engineering students
April 14, 2021
The College of Engineering hosted a first-of-its-kind virtual gathering on March 4 to welcome recently admitted engineering doctoral students from backgrounds traditionally underrepresented in the field.
Five inducted into Bouchet Graduate Honor Society
April 12, 2021
Five doctoral candidates were inducted into the Cornell chapter of the Bouchet Graduate Honor Society, which recognizes outstanding scholarly achievement and promotes diversity and excellence in doctoral education.
Aluminum-anode batteries offer sustainable alternative
April 05, 2021
Cornell researchers are using low-cost aluminum to create a rechargeable battery that is safer, less expensive and more sustainable than lithium-ion batteries.
Nyabola to speak at Race and Racism Across Borders event
April 01, 2021
Writer, activist and political analyst Nanjala Nyabola will discuss her upcoming book as part of Global Cornell’s Race and Racism across Borders webinar on April 12 at 11:00 a.m. Following the dialogue, Cornell students will present their original prose, poems and visual art.
Graduate honor society alumni give back
March 31, 2021
Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Honor Society members often remain committed to Cornell after earning their degrees, returning to mentor current graduate students, speak at workshops and forums, and participate in panels.
Service, connection, leadership: Cornellians in the Peace Corps
March 31, 2021
Like thousands of other Cornellians who have volunteered for the Peace Corps, Amanda Freund ’06 and Janet Smith, M.S. ’19, share common ground: learning from the people they served.
Grad Teaching Fellows lead inclusive teaching effort in SIPS
March 24, 2021
Two Graduate Teaching Fellows at the Center for Teaching Innovation developed and facilitated a training workshop for plant science teaching and lab assistants focused on inclusive teaching.
Biochemistry, molecular and cell biology Ph.D. candidate wins Three Minute Thesis competition
March 23, 2021
Bhargav Sanketi won Cornell’s 2021 Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition. 3MT challenges graduate students to present their thesis research compellingly to general audiences in just three minutes.
Cornell AI startup secures $1 million in seed funding
March 18, 2021
Iterate Labs obtained funding for its artificial intelligence business that uses wearable sensors and computer vision to drive factory production and safety.
Researchers link breast cancer and bone growth
March 17, 2021
A Cornell-led collaboration has found that bones may grow in response to breast cancer tumors – possibly as a preemptive defense mechanism against metastasis. The findings could point the way to future diagnostic tests and therapeutic treatments.
Self-folding nanotech creates world’s smallest origami bird
March 17, 2021
Cornell researchers have created what is potentially the world’s smallest self-folding origami bird by using micron-sized shape memory actuators to bend and hold its form.
Pandemic lockdowns boost, democratize online education
March 12, 2021
A Cornell-led research team found that the rollout of nonessential business closures due to the pandemic led to an increase in engagement, across demographic groups, with a popular online learning platform.
Nearly 1,000 gather for conversation on safer fieldwork
March 11, 2021
Two doctoral candidates engaged scholars nationwide in a conversation about strategies to keep researchers safe while conducting fieldwork through a paper presentation and expert-led panel discussion.
Cassava breeder awarded Cornell's Africa Fund Fellowship
March 11, 2021
Moshood Agba Bakare, a Ph.D. student in the field of plant breeding and genetics, has been awarded the Africa Fund Fellowship for graduate work focused on cassava breeding in sub-Saharan Africa.
Cornell entrepreneur wins first prize at national contest
March 01, 2021
Marla Beyer, MBA/MHA ’20, hopscotched over more than 60 student teams from the U.S. and Ireland to win the $25,000 first prize at this year’s Blackstone LaunchPad’s Startup Grind Pitch Competition.
AAP team develops sustainable building simulation method
February 25, 2021
A team from the College of Architecture, Art and Planning has put forth a new sustainability framework for injecting as much information as possible into the pre-design and early design phases of a project.
March 8 event to elevate women artists on Wikipedia
February 25, 2021
Art + Feminism Wikipedia edit-a-thon uses the power of research to celebrate the lives and works of underrepresented women artists.
Wildlife regulation, ‘one health’ keys to avert more pandemics
February 24, 2021
Future pandemics can be averted if the world’s governments eliminate unnecessary wildlife trade and adopt holistic approaches, according to experts at a Feb. 23 virtual conference.
Students’ vaccine videos go viral
February 22, 2021
Doctoral students Rob Swanda and Juliana González-Tobón have taken the internet by storm with their videos that take some of the mystery out of the COVID-19 vaccines.
New Cornell Tech course helping cities reboot
February 18, 2021
Finding innovative solutions for cities’ most pressing problems is a primary goal of the new Urban Tech Hub, part of the Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute at Cornell Tech.