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Model Helps Scientists Build Better Protein-Degrading Therapies
September 1, 2026
A team of Weill Cornell Medicine investigators has developed a computer model that will help scientists more efficiently develop protein-destroying therapies, a newer type of treatment that is particularly promising for cancer. The study was published July 13 in Nature Communications.
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What happened when we put AI to work?
August 28, 2026
Thirty participants from 23 units across eight colleges gathered in early August to explore what an AI-enabled future of software development might look like at Cornell. They expected to share tools, compare approaches, and test new ideas. Instead, many left talking about something else entirely: people.
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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.