As the first class of Nexus Scholars, funded entirely through philanthropy, 50 undergrads in the College of Arts and Sciences will take part in paid research projects in Ithaca this summer with faculty from throughout the college.
A Cornell-led project found a way to tune the speed and increase the range of energy flow in organic semiconductors, an approach that could eventually lead to more efficient solar cells, sensors and LEDs.
Over the next 10 years, the nation’s top planetary scientists are proposing exploratory voyages to the frigid, distant solar-system planet Uranus and the icy Saturnian moon Enceladus.
As a student at Cornell and president of the Cornell Undergraduate Veterans Association, Roland Molina ’22 has dedicated himself to advocating for student veterans and strengthening the veteran community on campus.
A sophomore and a two juniors have won Goldwater Scholarships, the top undergraduate award for students pursuing careers in mathematics, the natural sciences and engineering.
A new sociology study has found that girls raised by Jewish parents are 23% more likely to graduate college than girls with a non-Jewish upbringing, even after accounting for their parents’ socioeconomic status.
