Technology Repair Fair helps people doctor their devices, not dump them
The Technology Repair Fair helped visitors repair, reuse, or recycle their old devices, while bringing attention to the environmental impacts of computing. Read more
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Student entrepreneurs pitch ideas at Cornell Tech event
The pitch competition also gave the 26 teams in eLab a chance to meet alumni, students and venture capitalists. Read more
Lewis Lab investigates intriguing role of osteocytes in bone health
A special type of cell, called an osteocyte, may hold the key to some of the mysteries of osteoporosis. A research group led by Karl Lewis, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, is studying osteocytes in unique new ways. Read more
Partnership raises awareness of childhood abuse and neglect in Vietnam
This summer, a team of students from VinUni and Cornell contributed to the Vietnam Adverse Childhood Experience Pathfinder project, which addresses pressing issues for young people in Vietnam. Read more
Service to science: Two veterans find purpose in neuroscience
After service in the military, Chris Brunkhorst and Caleb Jones sought new outlets to channel their discipline and their commitment to helping others – and they both found it in neuroscience. Read more
Student groups earn Cornell honors for local partnerships
To underscore how local partnerships improve Cornell, Ithaca and Tompkins County, the university presented the 13th annual Cornell Town-Gown Awards to three student-community collaborations. Read more
Student project adds whimsy to downtown parking
An interdisciplinary team of students designed a new signage system for a downtown Ithaca parking garage that employs colors and animal imagery to help drivers. Read more
Peer-to-peer course improves student-athletes’ financial literacy
In a new Cornell Law School practicum and pilot program funded by the NCAA, students give athletes the skills to manage their finances while in school and when they graduate. Read more
Hwa Chung Torng, engineer who advanced CPUs, dies at 90
Hwa Chung “H.C.” Torng, M.S. ’58, Ph.D. ’60, professor emeritus of electrical and computer engineering, who invented a mechanism that helped advance high-speed computer processing, died March 31 at the John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek, California. He was 90. Read more
Honey-based beverage grabs grand prize at food hackathon
Students were tasked with addressing one of four challenges: creating new dairy products, coming up with more efficient food manufacturing processes, lessening the problem of food waste or creating products to increase knowledge and the use of honey and other bee-pollinated products. Read more