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Watch Prof. Lawrence Bonassar on "Moonshots for the 21st Century" on CNN's "Fareed Zakaria GPS" on Sunday, Sept 6 at 10am and 1pm ET. Read more

Michael Willis, Cornell earth and atmospheric sciences research associate, has been named to the ArcticDEM scientific team that will – for the first time – create high-resolution topographical Arctic maps. Read more

Julian Smith, professor emeritus, passed away on Aug. 30, 2015, at the age of 96. Smith retired in 1986 after 40 years of service to Cornell Engineering, including as a faculty member and director of what was then the School of Chemical Engineering. Read more

A team of Cornell chemical engineers and New England Biolabs scientists have devised a method for churning out complex proteins, including many of today's blockbuster, life-saving antibody drugs, in as little as a week. Read more

A virtual reality theme park ride and video game created by Cornell engineering students places the gamer on the “Star Wars” planet of Tatooine, dodging obstacles and picking up points in a pod racer. Read more

Twelve Cornell women assistant professors have been awarded research grants by the Affinito-Stewart Grants Program to advance research necessary to obtain tenure. Read more

Fifty-two high school junior and senior girls spent a week at the CURIE Academy at Cornell to examine engineering as a possible career, and to do some real engineering on their own. Read more

Computer scientists are among those joining a growing chorus of experts eager to harness the future of artificial intelligence research, while remaining responsibly vigilant to its potential pitfalls. Read more

Chris Schaffer, professor of Biomedical Engineering, was in New York’s Capital Region on Aug. 18 to advocate for more federal funding of the BRAIN Initiative Read more

Messages in the online game Diplomacy reveal linguistic patterns that predict back-stabbing, according to a team of researchers at Cornell, the University of Maryland and the University of Colorado. Read more