News

July 30, 2026
Satellite-derived maps of defoliation caused by European spongy moths offer a promising solution for tracking pest outbreaks and for identifying large scale trends. 
October 20, 2026
Postdoc Achievement Awards recognize postdocs who made outstanding contributions to the Cornell community, as well as faculty who provided exceptional mentorship to postdocs.
October 19, 2026
Birds play an outsized, underappreciated role in shaping Earth’s chemistry, distributing nutrients across oceans, forests and coral reefs and sustaining life far beyond the nest, according to a new scientific review.
October 16, 2026
Makora, a startup founded by assistant professor Mohamed Abdelfattah, has received a $1.75 million award from the National Science Foundation-supported STRIDE Ventures AI Efficiency Challenge.
October 15, 2026
The work is paving the way for hybrid optical-electronic systems that could reduce the energy and computational resources required for AI-driven image analysis and other visual inference tasks.
October 14, 2026
Eight employees across Cornell Research and Innovation were recognized Sept. 23 as part of the inaugural Research and Innovation Staff Excellence Awards.
October 14, 2026
The Cornell-led multi-institutional Center for Research on Programmable Plant Systems will continue work to transform agriculture by enabling direct two-way communication with crop plants’ internal processes. 
October 6, 2026
A new book, “Your Immune System,” written by Gary Koretzky ’78, vice provost for research and a professor emeritus of medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine, aims to demystify immunology for laypeople.
October 5, 2026
As mathematicians work through challenges related to AI, Cornell math faculty members are leading the field with work integrating AI into math and mathematics into AI.