The secret lives of city insects: bringing urban ecology to the community
Doctoral student Sylvana Ross and a team of Cincinnati youths spent their summer studying city-dwelling insects, amassing data that can inform decisions that support healthy green spaces.
View ArticleHealth systems joining efforts to reduce homelessness
Most of the nation’s largest health systems are investing in homeless mitigation programs, including building housing.
View ArticleConference to reimagine ocean futures to be held Sept. 10–12
From Sept. 10–12, future-oriented scholars from around the United States will convene at the Just Ocean and Coastal Futures Conference at Cornell University to imagine, design, and support reparative...
View ArticleSecond annual “Freedom Party” to celebrate joy, freedom, and learning
The Freedom Party, a block-party style festival that emphasizes community connection, storytelling, and creative and academic freedoms, returns on Saturday, Sept. 19 from 1–4 p.m. at Greater Ithaca...
View ArticleResearch Matters returns, following ideas from the lab to real life
The second season of Research Matters, a Cornell video podcast, drops today, with a way-too-relevant episode on why we don't always do the things we know we should.
View ArticleNew students encouraged to embrace community
Nearly 4,300 first-year and transfer students and their families gathered Aug. 18 at Schoellkopf Field for New Student Convocation.
View ArticleMany paths, one destination: Cornell welcomes new students
The 3,681 first-year students and 603 transfers who begin moving to campus Aug. 17, hail from 49 states plus Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and American Samoa, and 62 countries.
View ArticleReducing interview anxiety for autistic applicants
To reduce the challenges of job searching, autistic applicants should rehearse socially appropriate responses and practice answering interview questions about teamwork with examples from previous...
View ArticleLearning labs cultivate knowledge – and produce – for students
The labs produce lettuce, cilantro, bok choy and watercress – and cultivate knowledge among high school students growing the food.
View ArticleCenter for Racial Justice and Equitable Futures funds 2026 graduate student...
Each grantee will receive dedicated support and funding from the center to pursue innovative and creative projects that deepen academic knowledge and connect to the mission of the center to create more...
View ArticleCTI announces 2026 winners of Ye Awards for graduate achievements in teaching
This year's University-Wide graduate teaching conference celebrated excellence in teaching, recognizing Margaret Foster and Naman Agrawal with the Cornelia Ye and Christine Ye Awards for Outstanding...
View ArticleEmployees beat the heat at appreciation luncheon
More than 1,000 employees across campus gathered for an appreciation luncheon hosted by the Division of Human Resources and the Office of the President.
View ArticleAcademic ‘boot camp’ helps veterans build college confidence
Eighteen active-duty and veteran service members visited Cornell June 20-27 with the nonprofit Warrior-Scholar Project, which helps military personnel pursue higher education.
View ArticleWeill Cornell anesthesiologist appointed to commission on religious freedom
Weill Cornell Medicine anesthesiologist Dr. Gunisha Kaur has been appointed to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, an agency that monitors the universal right to freedom of religion...
View ArticleCelebrating staff graduates, who balanced work and study
Ceremonies on Cornell’s Ithaca and Weill Cornell Medicine campuses honored not only academic achievement, but the resilience, shared purpose and commitment to lifelong learning that define Cornell staff.
View ArticlePrison education program wins $1.5M to create national research hub
The Cornell Prison Education Program has launched two national initiatives to address the data and research challenges facing programs that provide higher education in prisons.
View ArticleCALS, Duffield Engineering academic advisers earn 2026 excellence awards
The Professional Academic Advising Community chose winners of their annual awards from 21 nominees.
View ArticleCornell and SUNY students show $400 is enough to change lives
Funding from the 2026 SUNY Contribution Project, an initiative from the Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research, provides $400 to 200 randomly selected students to make any contribution they...
View ArticleOADI celebrates a decade of honors achievements
The office serves as a hub for academic and professional development resources for students across all undergraduate colleges and schools.
View ArticleBlack Student Empowerment awarded 2026 Perkins Prize
Black Student Empowerment, in the Centers for Student Equity, Empowerment and Belonging, has received the annual James A. Perkins Prize for Interracial and Intercultural Peace and Harmony.
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