Director of postdoctoral studies receives NPA 2025 Distinguished Service Award

Cornell’s Director of Postdoctoral Studies, Christine Holmes, was awarded the 2025 Distinguished Service Award by the National Postdoc Association (NPA) at their annual conference in March.

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Students help city of Ithaca earn LEED Gold certification

A Cornell University Sustainable Design student team worked with an array of municipal departments to assemble the extensive data needed to demonstrate that the city of Ithaca met the stringent requirements for LEED certification.

MLB’s international Latino players, coaches face challenges despite diversity efforts

Using Major League Baseball as a case study, Cornell research highlights potential shortcomings in diversity metrics that could obscure inequities in sports and other organizations.

Nice flex: AI-powered smart clothing logs posture, exercises

Researchers at Cornell have developed a new type of smart clothing that can track a person’s posture and exercise routine but looks, wears – and washes – just like a regular shirt.

Supersonic speed limit for strong metal bonding revealed

Cornell scientists launched aluminum particles, each about 20 micrometers in diameter, onto an aluminum surface at speeds of up to 1,337 meters per second – well beyond the speed of sound – and used high-speed cameras to record the impacts.

Avian influenza discovered in NYS bobcats

Researchers tracked 16 live bobcats in the state and found widespread exposure to avian flu, with evidence of bobcats surviving but also succumbing to the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain. 

Framework offers systems-level analysis of cancer mutations

A study from Cornell researchers could enable a quantum leap forward in identifying and deciphering cancer-driving genetic mutations, the first step in developing effective therapeutics.

Three FFAR students visit Congress

Three doctoral students supported by the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR) Fellowship Program visited Washington, D.C. to advocate for agricultural science and learn about policymaking.

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BBS Ph.D. candidate wins 2025 3MT competition

Sydney Womack won Cornell’s Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition. 3MT challenges graduate students to present their thesis research compellingly to general audiences in just three minutes.

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