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$1.5M grant boosts postdoctoral research across 4 colleges
The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation awarded Cornell the grant to support postdoctoral researchers in key areas of the natural sciences.
Scientists map key oceanic unknowns in climate interventions
Researchers review climate intervention strategies to cut emissions and improve oceanic health.
Dawn Schrader, moral psychology expert, dies at 67
Dawn Schrader, associate professor in the Department of Communication in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, known for her intellectual rigor and deep humanity, died Jan. 6 at age 67.
AI improves flood projections under climate change
Physics-based models should be supplemented with AI hydrological models rather than relying on site-specific estimates, researchers find.
CCE writes a prescription for health in the North Country
The North Country Fruit and Vegetable Prescription Program helps participants with chronic disease learn to eat more healthfully – and get $150 in free vouchers for fruits and vegetables.
Weill Institute welcomes Tara Fischer as newest research member
Fischer investigates how cells detect and repair organelle damage, and how these processes influence inflammation and the progression of neurodegenerative disease.
Kotlikoff to December grads: ‘Meet the future with confidence’
More than 500 graduates and 2,000 friends and family celebrated at the 23rd December Recognition Ceremony on Dec. 21.
Ozempic is changing the foods Americans buy
The new class of weight-loss and diabetes drugs are changing not just how much American households are eating, but even precisely what they buy at a supermarket or restaurant.
Semlitz Fellowship builds bridges between sustainability science and business
The Semlitz Family Sustainability Fellows program brings together MBA and early career science students to strengthen the intersection between sustainability science and business decision making.
Soil molecular diversity spikes as microbes decompose plants
As soil microbes break down plant residues, they produce a diverse set of molecules, but this diversity starts to fall after the initial phase of decomposition (roughly 32 days). Understanding how soils retain or emit carbon dioxide during this process may inform climate change resilience efforts.
Model reveals tradeoffs that limit harm caused by malaria parasite
A new study based on mathematical modeling reveals how parasites’ choice between using resources to replicate within hosts and transmitting to new mosquito and human hosts might limit their virulence.
Amplifying the beet: New tech makes for crunchier snacks
“Better-for-you” snacks are all the rage. New tech from Cornell food scientists may give beets their time to shine.
2025 Year in Review
Cornell’s impact was felt near and far, from the lacrosse fields to research labs and beyond in a turbulent 2025.
Historic gift endows Cornell CALS Ashley School
The Department of Global Development and the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment have been combined to establish a new school: the Cornell CALS Ashley School of Global Development and the Environment.
In lab mice rehomed to fields, anxiety is reversed
When researchers “rewilded” lab mice to large, enclosed fields, even well-established anxieties in the mice disappeared.
Hauwa Otori ’08 spreads the stories of under-resourced entrepreneurs
Hauwa Otori ‘08 is the guest on the new episode of Startup Cornell. She’s the creator of the Founders International Network and host of the Building Black podcast, which shares stories about the experiences of under-resourced entrepreneurs from around the globe.
‘Hemp house’ project kicks off new support for NYS hemp
With a $5 million investment from New York state, Cornell is building a processing hub and “service center,” where businesses can research, develop and prototype new hemp-based materials.
US communities are getting older – and more livable
Communities tracked by AARP’s Livability Index made progress becoming more age friendly, but housing affordability and health care access remain challenges.
Cornell IPM marks 40 years of protecting crops, communities
Cornell’s Integrated Pest Management program is now in its fourth decade, growing from an effort to reduce pesticide use in agriculture into a statewide model for science-based, economically beneficial pest control to protect crops, public health and the environment.
Cornell’s Employee Excellence Awards go global
More than 75 employees were honored in this year’s ceremony, representing Cornell’s Ithaca campus as well as Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City and Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar.
Groundwork: cultivation rooted in art and action
At the intersection of art, ecology, and community, students enrolled in a course led by Associate Professor Jen de los Reyes explore research and practice that moves beyond the studio and into Ithaca’s local ecologies.
Meinig Fieldhouse built to protect iconic red-tailed hawks
The crew building the fieldhouse embraced the hawks as part of daily life, even sporting stickers of Big Red on their hard hats and creating and filling a makeshift birdbath to keep them cool.
Cornell Center for Social Sciences awards fall grants targeting $50M in external research support
The Cornell Center for Social Sciences offers multiple grants to help Cornell faculty maximize their research impact. These awards help seed ambitious projects and provide support to teams of faculty applying to major external funding and collaboration opportunities.
‘Good vibes’: Campus spaces support flourishing religious communities
As students express their interest in religion, faith-based organizations and the campus itself are evolving to meet their needs, including the addition of a Hindu temple in Anabel Taylor Hall.