For its work supporting international scholars whose work puts them at risk in their home countries, Cornell has been awarded the Institute of International Education’s Centennial Medal, which celebrates the achievements and leadership of individuals and institutions that have made important contributions to international education.

A new business, Crossroads, funds a health clinic and primary school in rural Nigeria, offers economic opportunities to Nigerian artisans and trains Cornell student-entrepreneurs.

Students were tasked with addressing one of four challenges: creating new dairy products, coming up with more efficient food manufacturing processes, lessening the problem of food waste or creating products to increase knowledge and the use of honey and other bee-pollinated products.

Ecologist, MacArthur “genius grant” winner and bestselling author Robin Wall Kimmerer, who has written about Indigenous people’s relationship with the land, will visit campus on Nov. 1

The 2023 research-to-impact projects aim to accelerate collaborative approaches needed  to combat the climate crisis through practical science. 

The 18 students in the College of Engineering's Kessler Fellows program recently completed funded summer internships at a startup of their choice. Four interns went into depth about their experiences.

Plant pathogens can hitch rides on dust and remain viable, with the potential for traveling across the planet to infect areas far afield, a finding with important implications for global food security and for predicting future outbreaks.

The hackathons, run by Entrepreneurship at Cornell, are open to undergraduate and graduate students from any field and major and take place from Friday evenings through Sunday afternoon.

N.K. Jemisin, award-winning fantasy author and critic, spoke at the Bartels World Affairs Lecture about building worlds, which is a perfect kick off to Cornell's new Global Grand Challenge: The Future. 

A Cornell-led project team—with Global Hubs partners in India, the UK, Ghana, and Singapore—has received a two-year $250,000 design grant from the National Science Foundation to bring more comfortable days and nights to homes everywhere.