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On January 10, 2025, The USDA honored Cornell University’s Breeding Insight through the USDA Honor Awards program, celebrating their contributions to providing all Americans with safe, nutritious...
In a new video, Molly Edwards ’12 highlights innovations from researchers at the Center for Research on Programmable Plant Systems (CROPPS) aimed at tackling the impacts of heat and drought on...
Cornell researchers develop affordable test for iron deficiency, which affects 2 billion people, disproportionately impacting women of childbearing age as well as infants and young...
A consortium organized by Cornell and four other New York-based leaders in semiconductor research and development has been awarded $40 million by the U.S. Department of Defense to advance microelectronics innovation and...
A multidisciplinary task force of Cornell faculty and staff has issued a report offering perspectives and practical guidelines for the use of generative artificial intelligence in the practice and dissemination of Cornell’s academic...
Cornell University will join six other research institutions in a consortium announced today by New York Gov. Kathy Hochul to elevate New York to the forefront of the artificial intelligence playing field. The project, called Empire AI, will build a state-of-the-art artificial intelligence computing center in upstate New York to be used by New York’s leading institutions to promote responsible...
In Fall 2023, Cornell’s task force on the use of generative artificial intelligence in research produced a report covering the various stages of the research process in which many faculty, staff, and students participate daily....
A Cornell multidisciplinary research center that studies chronic fatigue syndrome has received a five-year, $9.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health – funding that will enable experts to continue work on the mysterious and debilitating...
A new center at Cornell will fight the rise of antibiotic resistance, a global health challenge that threatens to reverse critical advances in modern medicine. “We’ve had antibiotics since the 1940s. They’ve saved the lives of millions, and continue to do so. The problem is that they are losing their efficacy,” said Dr. Craig Altier, professor of population medicine and diagnostic...
A new postdoctoral fellowship program at Cornell will support collaborative research by recent Ph.D. graduates as well as efforts to enhance diversity in the recipients’ fields of study. The Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation is now accepting applications for Cornell University Research Excellence Scholars (CURES) postdoctoral research positions. CURES positions provide...
For reproductive rights advocates, the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade in June made the need for safe, reliable contraception all the more urgent. One of the most common forms of birth control is the oral contraceptive pill. Yet for all its popularity, the pill has not changed much since it was first introduced in the 1950s, according to Paula Cohen, professor of genetics at...
Krystyn J. Van Vliet, an internationally accomplished materials scientist and engineer now serving as associate provost and associate vice president for research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will join Cornell as vice president for research and innovation, the university announced Aug. 25. The Executive Committee of the Cornell Board of Trustees approved Van Vliet’s five-year...