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New CoPAIR program connects Cornell researchers with AI tools, training and community

The new Communities of Practice for AI-enabled Research (CoPAIR) program gives researchers access to emerging AI tools, hands-on training and collaborative communities where they can share best practices, develop disciplinary norms for appropriate AI use and non-use, and evaluate new tools for research.

‘A seat at the table’: Cornell expands access to multiple AI tools for faculty, staff, students

Most faculty, staff and students will have free access to a range of AI platforms – an effort to level the playing field, spur exploration and reduce the costs and vulnerabilities of individual consumer licenses.

Cute robots, historical chatbots: AI in the classroom grows more sophisticated

Instructors across Cornell are working to strike a balance in the classroom – using AI as a teaching tool but also making choices to prevent its use and preserve the learning experience.

Any student, any major: ‘Everyday AI’ course to launch spring 2027

In spring 2027, Cornell Bowers will launch a new course that is open to all entitled, “Everyday AI: Learning to use AI effectively and responsibly.”

Who is Elias the lighthouse keeper? AI fiction tells the same old story

For AI agents instructed to write fiction, that tale usually involves lighthouses and a keeper named Elias, according to new Cornell research.

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Campaign closes with record support for students and research

August 27, 2026

Cornell’s To Do the Greatest Good campaign surpassed its goal of raising more than $5 billion and engaging more than 200,000 alumni – achievements that will enhance opportunities for students and accelerate critical faculty research.

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How Much of a Problem Is AI’s Water Use?

August 27, 2026

Fengqi You, energy systems expert at Cornell University, discusses methods to reduce AI data centers’ water use.

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Two Undergrads Are Using AI to Help Students Learn Calc and More

August 27, 2026

The Class of ’26 computer science majors are currently on leave to continue building their successful startup, MathGPT.

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‘Hitting dead ends and rethinking everything’ – BURE summer scholars explore research life

August 26, 2026

This summer, 60 undergraduates participated in the Bowers Undergraduate Research Experience, a 10-week, paid program where undergraduate students do real-world research alongside Bowers faculty.

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Cornell CAT awards support seven new biotechnology partnerships

August 26, 2026

Seven Cornell research teams have received Center for Advanced Technology grants to advance early-stage life science technologies through collaborations with biotechnology companies across New York state.

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Is there an AI bubble? No, but some tech companies show signs

August 25, 2026

The AI sector is not in a bubble market, but the prices of some individual AI companies behave with the price variability and exuberance characteristic of a bubble, according to new Cornell research.

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Research Matters returns, following ideas from the lab to real life

August 25, 2026

The second season of Research Matters, a Cornell video podcast, drops today, with a way-too-relevant episode on why we don’t always do the things we know we should.

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Is there an AI bubble? No, but some tech companies show signs

August 25, 2026

The AI sector is not in a bubble market, but the prices of some individual AI companies behave with the price variability and exuberance characteristic of a bubble, according to new Cornell research.

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Where the Beam Points Next: Autonomous Experiments Take Shape at CHESS

August 25, 2026

An X-ray experiment at Cornell recently did something unusual: It decided for itself where to take its next measurement.

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