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Duffield Engineering SPROUT Awards for emerging research reach new high
June 26, 2026
The 16 grants are the most the SPROUT program has awarded in a single cycle and support a broad range of promising projects in AI, medicine, semiconductors, sustainability and more.
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Provost Bala highlights higher ed’s role in shaping AI for the public good
June 24, 2026
Provost Kavita Bala explains how higher ed’s nonprofit status gives it a unique position in the development of AI.
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How Cornell Recovered $100,000 in Unidentified Payments With AI
June 24, 2026
This is the story of how a two-semester collaboration between the Cornell AI Innovation Hub, graduate students, and the Treasury team transformed a time‑consuming, manual investigation process into a tool that helps staff complete the work more efficiently.
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Smart drones, safe skies: Student’s system tests, coordinates drone fleets
June 23, 2026
Doctoral student’s project devises an autonomous airspace coordination system built around a real-time simulation and validation technology.
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Cornell summit sets the bar for responsible data science and AI in veterinary medicine
June 22, 2026
Like many other disciplines, AI is moving fast in veterinary medicine and animal health, but the data infrastructure hasn’t kept pace.
Fortunately, Cornell is picking up the slack. The Building Benchmarks for AI-Driven Veterinary Innovation, funded by the Cornell AI Initiative and part of the Thought Summits series, gathered experts across fields to spark solutions in this emerging area.
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Undergrads’ weed-killing robot wins top prize
June 22, 2026
A team of Cornell students bested the competition with their invention: an autonomous robot that kills weeds with electricity.
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ILR School dean to help NYS shape, protect the AI workforce
June 16, 2026
Alexander Colvin, Ph.D. ’99, will serve on a blue-ribbon commission charged with developing recommendations on how New York state can protect workers’ economic security while harnessing the economic benefits of AI.
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Alumni college leaders explore the future of higher ed
June 10, 2026
The panelists considered three key issues facing colleges and universities: rapidly advancing technology; an altered relationship with the federal government; and an erosion of public trust in higher education.
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Amazon partnership establishes Cornell AI security initiative
June 10, 2026
Cornell computer scientists will lead the development of safety protocols to shore up AI agents and the code they produce.