Andy Ruina explains how bicycles balance themselves Cornell University 2011-07-12 | Most bicycles will stay upright as long as they're moving, even without a rider. Andy Ruina, Cornell professor of mechanics, describes recent research showing that the accepted wisdom about how bicycles balance themselves doesn't tell the whole story.
Cornell Homecoming weekend 2023! Cornell University 2023-10-03 | Blue skies, football, fireworks, and an abundance of Big Red spirit made for an incredible #CornellHomecoming 2023. 🏈🎇🐻 What was your favorite part of the weekend?
Big Red pride for Cornell Homecoming Spirit Week Cornell University 2023-09-27 | A perfect fall evening and a touch of Big Red pride. Excitement is in the air as #CornellHomecoming approaches this weekend! 🐻🏈 Cornellians kicked off the anticipation with a vibrant chalk challenge during Spirit Week.
Can you cool a particle accelerator using only lake water? Cornell University 2023-09-25 | For decades, the Wilson Laboratory, which houses the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source, has relied on four immense cooling towers that evaporate 10,000 gallons of water daily to reduce the temperature of the nearly 650 electromagnets that line a half-mile-long ring buried 40 feet below east campus. Those towers are now obsolete because the lab has tapped into the university’s Lake Source Cooling system, which draws cold water from the depths of Cayuga Lake to remove heat from the district chilled water loop that cools the majority of Cornell facilities.
Bryanne Sarfo ’26: A Cornell Story Cornell University 2023-08-30 | Bryanne Sarfo ’26, a 2023 High Road fellow, channeled her passion for people and community engagement into work on policy and legislation in New York City this summer. This is her Cornell Story.
In Amish-Chinese partnership, shiitake mushrooms are the main ingredient. Cornell University 2023-08-28 | With Cornell’s help, an Amish farmer found financial stability growing shiitake mushrooms while an entrepreneur and a chef, both from China, launched a sauce made with the fungi.
Young African Leaders find inspiration, confidence at Cornell. Cornell University 2023-08-04 | 25 Mandela Washington Fellows attended a six-week leadership training program at Cornell hosted by the Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy and the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies.
Art meets science through soil paintings Cornell University 2023-08-04 | Kirsten Kurtz, a research support specialist and manager of the Cornell Soil Health Lab, has combined her love of art and science by creating paintings made entirely of pigments derived from soil. She discovered and honed her technique of mixing various dried soils with a gesso binder while working on her senior thesis to complete a B.A. in Visual Arts. Kirsten is among a small group of artists worldwide creating works whose pigments are derived entirely from soil. This genre has ancient roots, stretching back millennia to paintings on cave walls. She received her Master of Sciences from the Graduate Field of Natural Resources and the Environment at Cornell University in 2021.
How can upcycling polyester help to curb textile waste? Cornell University 2023-07-18 | Juan Hinestroza, the Rebecca Q. Morgan ’60 Professor of Fiber Science and Apparel Design, and a multidisciplinary team of Cornell chemists and engineers have created a way to break down old polyester clothing and reuse some of its compounds to make a variety of new products - and to disrupt the cycle of textile waste proliferation.
Happy National Ice Cream Day! Cornell University 2023-07-16 | Here’s the scoop on how our very own Cornell Dairy Ice Cream is made! This premium treat is produced by Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences on campus at the Cornell Dairy Bar and Cornell Dining’s Residential Dining Rooms! What’s your favorite flavor?
Trisha Beher 25: A Cornell Story Cornell University 2023-07-06 | Trisha Beher ’25 balances being an activist, an entrepreneur, a harpist and more, and her passion for empowerment and leadership brings communities together. This is her Cornell Story.
Students reflect on acquisition of historic caftan Cornell University 2023-06-14 | The majestic robe owned by the iconic fashion editor André Leon Talley is the latest of several acquisitions that further diversify the Cornell Fashion + Textile Collection.
Historic caftan augments a diverse fashion collection Cornell University 2023-06-14 | The majestic garment owned by the iconic fashion editor André Leon Talley and made by Nigerian designer Patience Torlowei is the latest of several acquisitions that further diversify the Cornell Fashion + Textile Collection.
Cornell expert discusses poor air quality and broader impact Cornell University 2023-06-07 | New York and surrounding states are experiencing some of the worst outdoor air quality in the world this week. Alistair Hayden, assistant professor of practice of Public and Ecosystem Health at the College of Veterinary Medicine, discusses the health impacts of wildfire smoke and how to protect yourself.
Congratulations #Cornell2023 Cornell University 2023-06-06 | As #Cornell2023 embarks on their post-graduate chapters, we wish our newest alums a refreshing summer and the confidence to pursue whatever lies ahead.
New York FarmNet cultivates stability for farming families. Cornell University 2023-05-18 | Fred Lee was facing difficult times running his family’s Long Island farm. A call to New York FarmNet, and its free, confidential consultants, helped get him and the farm back on track.
Akwe:kon Healing and Honoring Medicinal Garden helps connect Native students to the land. Cornell University 2023-05-17 | Native students at Cornell collaborate with Cornell Botanic Gardens and students from its Learning by Leading program to create a healing and honoring medicinal garden in front of Akwe:kon, the nation's first university residence hall established to celebrate American Indian culture and heritage.
Grace Elmore 25: A Cornell Story Cornell University 2023-04-20 | Grace Elmore ’25 makes every corner of campus — from Schoellkopf Field to the Johnson Museum and everywhere between — a home for her creative spirit and compassion for others. This is her Cornell Story.
Massive Caribbean sea urchin die-off caused by parasite Cornell University 2023-04-19 | In a study lead by Cornell microbiology professor Ian Hewson, scientists have discovered that a parasite is behind a severe die-off of long-spined sea urchins across the Caribbean Sea, which has had devastating consequences for coral reefs and surrounding marine ecosystems.Learn more: https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2023/04/massive-caribbean-sea-urchin-die-caused-parasite
Eli Newell 24: A Cornell Story Cornell University 2023-04-13 | A class on international agriculture set Eli Newell ’24 on a path to solving problems in agricultural productivity and environmental protection. Now, his work is having an impact in Ithaca and beyond. This is his Cornell story.
Baking Blondies—Dorm Style! Cornell University 2023-04-10 | TikTok star and Food Network competitor Matthew Merril ’26 whips up a simple, tasty dessert in a student kitchen at Ruth Bader Ginsburg Hall.
Devin Schneider ’23: A Cornell Story Cornell University 2023-04-06 | Devin Schneider ’23 flexes her creative and collaborative abilities as president of the Cornell Fashion Collective, innovating and inspiring through the collective’s runway show. This is her Cornell story.
Smith Charles 23: A Cornell Story Cornell University 2023-04-04 | Smith Charles ’23 takes on challenges both as an engineer and as captain of the Track and Field team, from solving problems in the Maker Club to leading teammates in competition. This is his Cornell story.
Thats a wrap! 🐉💚🎊 Cornell University 2023-04-03 | That's a wrap for Dragon Day 2023 at Cornell University!
Congrats Cornell Class of 2027! Cornell University 2023-03-30 | Welcome, #Cornell2027 🎈🎉You will join a Big Red community of scholars, artists, scientists and leaders. We cannot wait to see you on campus this fall! #Cornell
New wine grape variety may be the answer to your prayers. Cornell University 2023-03-28 | After decades of testing, Cornell grape breeder Bruce Reisch has released a high-quality white wine grape that is also disease resistant.
Do we finally have an answer to the question ‘what is Oumuamua’? Cornell University 2023-03-27 | In a paper published March 22 in Nature, Darryl Seligman, a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Astronomy in the College of Arts and Sciences, and a National Science Foundation postdoctoral fellow, and first author Jennifer Bergner, an assistant professor of chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley, argue that hydrogen gas released by warming of amorphous water ice likely drove Oumuamua’s nongravitational acceleration, or acceleration beyond the sun’s influence.
Newman Laboratory Celebrates 75 years of particle physics research Cornell University 2023-03-22 | Faculty in the department of Physics address the impact Newman Lab research has had on the field of particle physics.
On the Ice with Olympian Karen Chen 25 Cornell University 2023-03-21 | Between classes and coursework, Olympic silver medalist Karen Chen ’25 finds comfort on the ice. 🎒⛸️While she is taking a break from competing this year, Chen makes sure she schedules in time to lace up her skates, practice, and decompress at Lynah rink. #shorts
Cornell Fashion Collective: Spring 2023 Runway Show Cornell University 2023-03-15 | The Cornell Fashion Collective’s 39th Annual Spring Runway Show - "In Retrospective Forethought" - examined past and future fashion trends. This is the first time the was held in Barton Hall since before the COVID-19 pandemic. First level designers explored the history of fashion, and second level designers gave a nod to its future. The show concluded with the individual collections of third and fourth level designers. The start-to-finish design process in this coverage is highlighted thanks to Level 4 designer Nadine El Nesr (’23) and her collection ‘The Day is a Dream, The Night is Real.’
Can the study of bones and seashells shed light on breast cancer research? Cornell University 2023-02-22 | An interdisciplinary project is looking at calcium mineral deposits (called microcalcifications) associated with breast cancer and using materials science approaches to “fingerprint” the calcifications to look for clues about their pathology. They found that pathological breast calcification signatures reflect the tumor microenvironment and correlate with cancer severity.
Cornell art students transform gallery into Cave Painting Cornell University 2023-02-16 | “The challenge is to spend as much time drawing as humanely possible.”Over the span of five days, Oliver Stern ’24 and Tim Green ‘ 24, students at Cornell AAP, transformed a Tjaden gallery into a performance and installation called Cave Painting 2.“The prospect of something that develops over the course of time that you maybe want to come and see every day was far more exciting to us rather than kind if something one and done,” reflects Tim Green.
Underwater robot helps explain Antarctic glacier’s retreat Cornell University 2023-02-15 | Britney Schmidt and collaborators are publishing two papers in Nature on February 15, 2023 related to melting rates, and how melting occurs, at Thwaites Glacier – the hottest glacier in Antarctica. The papers rely on first-of-their-kind observations taken by Icefin, a remotely operated vehicle developed by the team. Schmidt is an associate professor of astronomy and earth and atmospheric sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences and Cornell Engineering.Field footage of Icefin has been contributed by the Icefin team, funded by NASA and NSF. Field work in Antarctica was supported by the United States Antarctic Program, the British Antarctic Survey, and Antarctica New Zealand. Icefin field footage provided by Britney Schmidt, Matt Meister, Daniel Dichek, Anthony Spears, Enrica Quartini and Andrew Mullen. Additional field footage provided by British Antarctic Survey. For more see @icefinrobot or visit schmidt.astro.cornell.edu/icefin.
Cornell students help raise and train future service dogs Cornell University 2023-02-06 | Two Cornell veterinary students on the joys and challenges of raising Guiding Eyes puppies.
Bugging Out with J.C. Dombrowski 🔎🪲 Cornell University 2023-01-31 | The TikTok star and science popularizer takes viewers inside the Cornell Insect Collection.Read about more J.C. in this Cornellians feature: https://alumni.cornell.edu/cornellians/dombrowski-tiktok/
The Wardrobe helps students dress for success Cornell University 2023-01-20 | The Wardrobe student group provides free professional clothing for students through free pop-up events and rental services, so any student can pursue any opportunity.
2022: A Year of Connection Cornell University 2022-12-21 | For Cornellians in Ithaca and around the world, 2022 was a year full of ideas, learning, and connections. This year we explored our passions and celebrated our community with curiosity, innovation, and creativity.
Cube Crazy: Engineering students compete in robotics final 🤖💻 Cornell University 2022-12-08 | Fifty-three student teams in the College of Engineering vied for the chance to beat corporate sponsor, ASML in the annual Mechatronics robotics competition.
“Seeing Sage, Through an Artist’s Eye” Cornell University 2022-12-02 | Watch as Grace Elmore ’25 captures Cornell’s iconic chapel in her distinctive style.
Miss Minnie: On the Hoof! 🐴❤️ Cornell University 2022-11-30 | Glammed up for the occasion, CVM’s beloved miniature horse brings joy to the Arts Quad.
Reuniting families fractured by the opioid crisis Cornell University 2022-11-22 | Cornell researchers and parent educators are identifying how the opioid crisis has ravaged New York state families and the solutions that help parents and children reunify.
Breaking barriers: Peer outreach boosts student veterans Cornell University 2022-11-10 | The number of undergraduate veterans enrolled at Cornell has nearly quadrupled over the past five years, thanks in part to outreach by a team of student veteran peer counselors.
Students Birding Career Takes Wing 🐦 Cornell University 2022-11-03 | Isaiah Scott ’25 loves sharing his passion for our feathered friends—from leading tours for his fellow Cornellians to captivating his thousands of Instagram followers.
Cornells telescope provides starry sights for 100 years 🌌🔭 Cornell University 2022-10-25 | The Irving Porter Church Telescope, located in Fuertes Observatory on Cornell's campus, turned 100 this month. The telescope is one of only a handful in the world that are still operated much like they were in the early years of the 20th century, using a weight-driven clockwork mechanism to track the sky as the Earth rotates on its axis.
New Digital Twins course connects architecture and computer science Cornell University 2022-10-20 | This semester, Don Greenberg from the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning has launched a new undergraduate and graduate course, "Design in the Age of Digital Twins” for students in both architecture and computer science, who will learn and apply emerging digital visualization tools and software for designing the built environment.
‘Terrifying Touchdown’ Pumpkin Tutorial Cornell University 2022-10-20 | Learn varsity-level pumpkin carving, as Alexandra Bond ’12 shows you how to make an unBEARably scary Halloween decoration!
Algorithms predict sports teams’ moves with 80% accuracy. Cornell University 2022-10-05 | Algorithms developed in Cornell’s Laboratory for Intelligent Systems and Controls can predict the in-game actions of volleyball players with more than 80% accuracy, and now the lab is collaborating with the Big Red hockey team to expand the research project’s applications. The algorithms are unique in that they take a holistic approach to action anticipation, combining visual data–for example, where an athlete is located on the court–with information that is more implicit, like an athlete’s specific role on the team.
Cornell, on the One Hand Cornell University 2022-10-04 | What does Cornell mean to you in 5 words or less? ❤️ 🐾 💭
Cornell researchers help keep avian flu at bay in New York Cornell University 2022-09-28 | Faculty and staff at Cornell’s Animal Health Diagnostic Center have helped prevent the spread of H5N1, a deadly strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza, in New York state. Their testing and outreach methods have been key to keeping the number of cases in the state remarkably low.Learn more: https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2022/09/birds-battling-threat-avian-influenza
