Faculty win Bezos grants to use AI for environmental challenges

Cornell has won three of 15 major grants from the Bezos Earth Fund, awarded to leverage artificial intelligence in the fight against climate change and environmental challenges.

Lorin Warnick to end term as veterinary college dean

Dr. Lorin D. Warnick, Ph.D. ’94, the Austin O. Hooey Dean of Veterinary Medicine, has announced he will step down following the completion of his second term on June 30, 2026. Provost Kavita Bala has started a search for Warnick’s successor. 

Library exhibit to showcase plant-human communication

Examples of innovations in plant-human communication are part of a new Cornell University Library exhibit, “Hello, Human! The Emerging Science of Plant Communication and Smart Agriculture,” opening Nov. 6 at Mann Library gallery.

How federal funding cuts are impacting each NYS county

An interactive mapping tool developed by ILR School researchers enables policymakers and the public to see how billions in reduced federal funding are affecting jobs and spending across New York.

Kotlikoff inaugurated as Cornell’s 15th president

The official inauguration followed a dinner for trustees, council members and guests in Barton Hall as part of the Trustee-Council Annual Meeting schedule. 

New digital collections preserve, examine Cornell history

Newly published digital collections at Cornell University Library explore areas of Cornell history. Freely accessible online, the three new collections were digitized from materials held in Cornell University Library’s Rare and Manuscript Collections.

Which discipline should survive the end of the world?

Five professors from across campus will advocate that their discipline is the most important to save for the future in the annual Apocalypse Debate, sponsored by Logos, the undergraduate philosophy journal and club.

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Kotlikoff: Education is key to a better future

We are living in “an enormously consequential time for our university, for all of higher education and for our country,” President Michael I. Kotlikoff said in the annual State of the University address, Oct. 24 in Call Auditorium.

Professor Thomas Ristenpart wins Test of Time Award for privacy research

His award-winning paper was among the first to show how machine learning models can inadvertently leak sensitive information.

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