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Tuskegee University Joins Cornell’s Center for Research on Programmable Plant Systems (CROPPS)
Tuskegee University's College of Agriculture, Environment and Nutrition Sciences has become the latest partner of the Center for Research on Programmable Plant Systems (CROPPS), a Science and Technology Center funded by the U.S. National…
Big Red Buddies Co-Presidents from Cornell University Recognized with Campus-Community Leadership…
Through their work with the Big Red Buddies program, Alexa Plancher ’24 and Angelina Tang ’24 hoped to fill a need they saw in their shared community.
“Ithaca is a beautiful place filled with lovely people, and we as college students…
Cornell University’s Bowers CIS Leads Efforts in Ethical AI through Research and Education
From platforms that screen mortgage applications and résumés to predicting the likelihood defendants will re-offend, AI systems and the algorithms behind them are relied on to make quick and efficient decisions in areas with major…
Cornell University Honors Eighteen Individuals for Inclusive Excellence with Prestigious Awards
The Graduate School Office of Inclusion and Student Engagement and the Graduate and Professional Student Diversity Council presented the 2024 Distinguished Awards at the Graduate Diversity and Inclusion Awards and Recognition Celebration on…
Study Reveals Adults from Challenging Childhoods Lack Adequate Mental Health Support
While 20% of California adults said they had four or more adverse childhood experiences, nearly 40% of that group reported an unmet mental health need in the last year, according to a new study by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.…
UCLA Selected to Lead Center of Excellence for Heat Resilient Communities
Rising temperatures and more frequent, prolonged heat waves present a growing and inequitable threat to the health, economies, and security of communities everywhere, yet heat governance remains underdeveloped.
The UCLA Luskin Center for…
Gert-Jan “GJ” de Vreede Appointed Dean of Stevens Institute of Technology School of…
Stevens Institute of Technology has named Gert-Jan "GJ" de Vreede as dean of its School of Business, effective September 1, 2024. De Vreede will also serve on Stevens faculty, effective August 1. De Vreede succeeds Gregory Prastacos, who is…
Stevens Leaders Honored Among New Jersey’s Most Influential Figures in Higher Education
Stevens Institute of Technology's leadership is being recognized among the most impactful figures shaping the future of higher education in New Jersey. President Nariman Farvardin was named to ROI-NJ's Top 10 Higher Education Influencers …
Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Newly Discovered Earth-Sized Planet Potentially…
Astronomers at MIT, the University of Liège, and elsewhere have discovered a new planet orbiting a small cold star, a mere 55 light years away. The nearby planet is similar to Earth in its size and rocky composition, though that’s where…
Innovative Use of Repurposed Beer Yeast Could Provide Cost-Effective Lead Removal from Water
Every year, beer breweries generate and discard thousands of tons of surplus yeast. Researchers from MIT and Georgia Tech have now come up with a way to repurpose that yeast to absorb lead from contaminated water.
Through a process…