Spotlights

A multidisciplinary team at Cornell is pioneering biomining, a method of using microbes to sustainably mine rare-earth elements. Read more

Whether or not to bring tens-of-thousands of faculty and students back to campus amid a deadly pandemic was a decision that could not be left to sheer judgement. It needed data science. Read more

From Cornell’s Sibley School to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab, Laura Jones-Wilson, Ph.D. ’12, is at the forefront of today’s space exploration. Read more

Patrick Kastner did not come to Ithaca intending to earn a Ph.D. at Cornell. When he arrived in September 2017 it was as a Visiting Scientist in the lab of Assistant Professor Timur Dogan of the... Read more

New technology and increasing improvements to design and installation have made electric heat pumps one of the most efficient and cost-effective alternatives to traditional gas heating systems. Heat... Read more

Some students with a four-year undergraduate degree in materials science decide to jump right into the world of work. Others know that they would like to explore further research and the possibility... Read more

Like many civically minded undergraduates, Connor Bayne ’21, mechanical engineering major in the Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, plans to enter the renewable energy industry... Read more

Anne Chow ’88, M.Eng. ’89, MBA ’90, chief executive officer of AT&T Business, will give the inaugural Mei-Wei ’72 and Amy Cheng Distinguished Lecture. Read more

Dean Lynden Archer discusses research, entrepreneurship, and opportunity for C&EN's Trailblazer profile series. Read more

Michael Zakoworotny ’21, mechanical engineering major in the Cornell Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, found engineering as an outlet for his curiosity early on – inspired to... Read more