Reactivating campus for fall semester instruction
A message from Dean Lynden Archer regarding the reactivation of campus for Cornell Engineering's fall semester. Read more
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Engineering student part of grand prize-winning team at 2018 Cornell Animal Health Hackathon
The owners of long-haired dogs have an unsavory problem that is not widely discussed, because, frankly, it’s kind of gross: Small clumps of feces get stuck in their dogs’ fur after the dogs defecate.A... Read more
Cornell Atkinson awards $1.1M to innovative projects
Cornell Atkinson has awarded seven Academic Venture Fund seed grants, totaling $1.1 million, for projects that engage faculty from eight Cornell colleges and 16 academic departments. Read more
Commercialization fellows working on market-ready tech
Cornell has announced its 2020 cohort of Commercialization Fellows, who will spend a fully funded summer and semester exploring market viability for new technologies, including novel robots and a vaccine delivery system. Read more
Five inducted into Bouchet Graduate Honor Society
BME students Johana Uribe and Korie Grayson were among five doctoral candidates inducted into the Cornell chapter of the Bouchet Graduate Honor Society, which recognizes outstanding scholarly achievement and promotes diversity and excellence in doctoral education. Read more
Infant heart-assist device gets new life with $4.7M grant
After being defunded by a company with rights to its intellectual property, development of a pediatric heart-assist device has been revived at Cornell with the help of a $4.7 million defense department grant. Read more
Weber-Shirk to transition full-time to AguaClara mission
Monroe Weber-Shirk, senior lecturer in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, will be transitioning to full-time work on AguaClara’s mission of safe water for Majority World communities. Read more
What are the health impacts of the Sahara dust storm?
What are the health implications of the Saharan dust storm moving across the U.S.? In the New York Post, Professor Max Zhang warns that during the voyage over, particles pick up pollutants, making the dust more toxic to those breathing it in. Concentration and dust size are also important factors. Read more
Researchers control elusive spin fluctuations in 2D magnets
A Cornell team developed a new imaging technique that is fast and sensitive enough to observe critical spin fluctuations – which are highly correlated electron spin patterns – in two-dimensional magnets. Read more
Summer program aims to lower barriers for CS majors
A new summer program, held virtually from June 1-22, aimed to boost the numbers of computer science majors from underrepresented backgrounds. Read more
Cornell earns STARS platinum sustainability rating
Cornell has earned a platinum sustainability rating – the top status – from an international group that tracks environmental stewardship for over 1,000 college campuses. Read more