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Pollack thanks staff for advancing Cornell’s mission

In her annual Address to Staff on Jan. 11 – Ezra Cornell’s 216th birthday – President Martha E. Pollack highlighted achievements that are helping to sustain and re-imagine the university’s founding “… any person … any study” vision. Read more

Cornell light sail to deploy on International Space Station

A light sail, which uses the momentum of sunlight to travel through space and could one day propel small spacecraft through interstellar realms, is headed to the International Space Station for testing on behalf of Cornell’s Space Systems Design Studio. Read more

Shaoyi Jiang elected to National Academy of Inventors

Shaoyi Jiang, Ph.D. ’93, the Robert Langer ’70 Family and Friends Professor in Cornell’s Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering, has been elected a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors for his pioneering work with zwitterionic materials. Read more