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Learning. Discovery. Engagement. Join the #Cornell conversation.
Ithaca, New York
Joined November 2008
Three Cornell scholars were inducted this weekend into the American Academy of Arts & Sciences in Boston: Kavita Bala, Anurag Agrawal, and M. Virginia Pascual. Their work in AI, ecology, and medicine reflects the impact of Cornell research. @WeillCornell @Cornell_Bowers
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This year’s @WeCornellians’ custom pumpkin-carving design is gourd-eously self-reverential, paying homage to the famed 1997 prank that saw a pumpkin mysteriously appear atop McGraw Tower during the Halloween season—and remain there for 158 days. Now, this classic piece of
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A @CornellEng doctoral student has developed an open-source software package that could transform how engineers design floating offshore structures for renewable energy and other ocean applications. Kapil Khanal, a doctoral student in the field of systems engineering, is lead
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Cornell researchers have built a programmable optical chip that can change the color of light by merging photons, without requiring a new chip for new colors. This form of nonlinear photonics could potentially be used for classical and quantum communications networks,
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On October 16, celebrate the International Spirit of Zinck’s Night with your fellow Cornellians! Theodore Zinck was an Ithaca saloon owner whose pub, the Hotel Brunswick, was a popular haunt for Cornellians in the 1890s. When he died in 1903, a series of bars on and around
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When a mysterious disease ravages a neighboring town, freezing its inhabitants to stone, the entire planet’s fate hangs in the balance! After all this time, we're proud to say that you can NOW pre-order your PHYSICAL copy of STAR OCEAN First Departure R!
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🚨 Funding Opportunity 🚨The Engaged Opportunity Grant is here to support faculty, staff and select community partners support looking to create and sustain campus-community partnerships that create positive change! Apply today: https://t.co/rGao7osVxv
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🌼 Fall mums aren’t just pretty—they’re a powerhouse crop for Long Island growers! At @Cornell LIHREC, researchers are teaming up with growers to test top varieties, tackle pests, and boost sustainability. Better mums = longer-lasting decor + stronger local ag.
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Today, about 25 staff members from the New York State Inspector General’s Office @NewYorkStateIG joined the Cornell Botanic Gardens team to plant red maple saplings as part of New York’s goal to plant 25 million trees by 2033. Working in two groups, volunteers planted the young
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Several months after a 60-pound pumpkin mysteriously appeared on October 8, 1997, on the peak of the 173-foot McGraw Tower, Lee Kass Ph.D. '75 was inspired to write a poem while conducting research in Kroch Library on Jan. 20, 1998. Exactly how the pumpkin was placed on top of
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On this day in 1997, a pumpkin mysteriously appeared atop McGraw Tower.
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A Cornell University new discovery about how cutting onions ejects pungent aerosols up to two-thirds of a meter into the air has led to practical advice for reducing the spray: Cut onions slowly with a sharpened blade or coat an onion in oil before cutting. Read more at
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Congratulations to Michel H. Devoret, a Cornell @ADWHITEPAL, on receiving this year's Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on "the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit."
BREAKING NEWS The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2025 #NobelPrize in Physics to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis “for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit.”
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Electron microscopy is an exceptional tool for peering deep into the structure of isolated molecules. But when it comes to imaging thicker biological samples to understand how those molecules function in their cellular environments, the technology gets a little murky.
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CrowdHealth fam of 4 paid $515 in October of '24. CrowdHealth fam of 4 paid $475 in October of '25. 8% REDUCTION in healthcare costs. Fund humans, not health insurance.
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Birds across continents share strikingly similar learned calls to warn of parasitic threats sharing an innate vocalization across species. 🐦⬛🎶 New Cornell research explores how natural selection shapes vocal communication. 🌎 Read more: https://t.co/VsICtiaxJT
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Food systems make up roughly 30% of total greenhouse gas emissions globally. But transforming them could cut these emissions by more than half, according to a report released Oct. 3 from a commission of global experts from more than 35 countries across six continents. A team of
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At the “root” of the U.S. apple industry sits the rootstock program at Cornell AgriTech. Seventy million trees have been planted on Cornell apple rootstock. The three newest rootstocks are Geneva 257, Geneva 484 and Geneva 66. Between 5 million and 7 million trees a year are
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BREAKING: Jupiter is launching its own stablecoin 🥳 Built in partnership with @ethena_labs, engineered to connect the Jupiverse. $JupUSD, going live in Q4.
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