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Researchers from five colleges have received awards to support work on sustainable energy systems. Read more

Linda Nozick, director of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Cornell, helps professionals navigate risk in the Risk Analysis certificate program. Read more

Cornell researchers built miniature VR headsets to immerse mice more deeply in virtual environments that can help reveal the neural activity that informs spatial navigation and memory function and generate new insights into disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease and its potential treatments. Read more

Cornell researchers have engineered a nanoporous carbon with the highest surface area ever reported, a breakthrough that is already proving beneficial for carbon-dioxide capture and energy storage technologies. Read more

The warming of lakes in the Adirondacks, the death of long-time benefactor and alumnus Ratan Tata ’59, B.Arch. ’62, and the retirement of Martha E. Pollack as president were among the most-viewed Chronicle stories of 2024. Read more

The Brooks Tech Policy Institute has received $3 million from the Department of Defense to establish the U.S. Semiconductor Research Hub, which will assess and improve the resilience of the global network of semiconductor infrastructure. Read more

The Graduate School welcomed 50 new Dean’s Scholars. The program honors students for their commitment to academic excellence and advancing diversity, access, equity, inclusion and belonging. Read more

Tiny plastic pieces are everywhere from the polar ice sheets to the deepest ocean canyons. Researchers at Cornell’s School of Civil and Environmental Engineering are revealing how they got there. Read more

Pioneering advances in quantum computing, sustainable biotechnology, advanced manufacturing and biomedical innovation have earned six faculty members Research Excellence Awards, the highest research honor given annually by Cornell Engineering. Read more

Straining the atomic arrangement of potassium niobate could tune the material with exquisite control and drive environmentally friendly advancements in consumer electronics, medical devices and quantum computing, according to new research. Read more