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Weill Cornell Launches AI to Advance Medicine Program
February 19, 2026
In an effort to unify the rapidly expanding set of academic activities investigating artificial intelligence (AI), Weill Cornell Medicine is launching a new AI to Advance Medicine initiative. Encompassing a Dean’s Lecture Series and Dean’s Grant Program, the initiative aims to provide the institutional infrastructure and services needed to support AI use safely and effectively among faculty, staff and students. Additionally, a new website will spotlight the latest AI initiatives improving patient care, advancing biomedical discovery and educating future physicians—ensuring innovation remains ethical, equitable and human-centered.
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AI reveals chemistry behind high-performance battery electrolytes
February 19, 2026
A new artificial intelligence framework developed at Cornell can accurately predict the performance of battery electrolytes while revealing the chemical principles that govern them, providing engineers with a new tool for designing better batteries.
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CALL FOR PROPOSALS: Thought Summits on Data Science and AI
February 18, 2026
Cornell’s Center for Data Science for Enterprise and Society and Cornell’s Artificial Intelligence Initiative are sponsoring a Call for Proposals for THOUGHT SUMMITS, a Cornell forum aimed at identifying and developing inter- and intra- institutional collaborations in the novel areas of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence.
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Cornell Tech names Chief of Health Innovation, launches Health Tech Hub Advisory Committee
February 16, 2026
Cornell Tech has appointed Tanzeem Choudhury as its Chief of Health Innovation and has formed a new Health Tech Hub Advisory Committee composed of leaders from across the healthcare industry.
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Cornell researchers win prize for insight into conspiracy belief
February 12, 2026
An article about AI combatting conspiracy theories, co-authored by Cornell psychology researchers Gordon Pennycook and David Rand with a collaborator, has won the 2026 Newcomb Cleveland Prize from the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). The association’s oldest award, the prize is given to the authors of an outstanding research article published in the journal Science.
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Building a farm data and analytics platform that keeps things private
February 12, 2026
The Cornell Agricultural Systems Testbed and Demonstration Site is working with the Weatherspoon lab in computer science to create a data pipeline and analytics platform that will allow farmers to aggregate their data for informed decision-making. At the same time, the researchers are ensuring that every farmer’s data will be kept private.
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Robotic medical crash cart eases workload for healthcare teams
February 10, 2026
Researchers have unveiled a robotic crash cart that uses verbal and visual cues to help healthcare teams access the right tools — fast.
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11 new researchers become Eric and Wendy Schmidt AI in Science Postdoctoral Fellows
February 6, 2026
The new cohort will investigate the use of AI to advance exploration in science, technology and engineering.
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Generative AI critical literacy pilot launched this spring
February 3, 2026
Since ChatGPT burst onto the scene, higher education has been grappling with the impact of Generative AI on research, teaching, learning, and work. In the Spring of 2025, Cornell University Library and the Center for Teaching Innovation began discussions around how to address AI literacy, which is the understanding, use, and critical evaluation of artificial intelligence.