Twenty-three Receive Awards Recognizing Excellence and Impact
The Graduate School Office of Inclusion and Student Engagement presented the 2026 Graduate Excellence and Impact Awards at the annual awards celebration on May 13 in G10 Biotech.
Admitted Class of 2030 seeks real-world impact
Cornell admits the Class of 2030 emphasizing real-world impact, enrolling 5,776 students from 102 countries. At Cornell University, the diverse cohort reflects the land-grant mission and applied learning goals across multiple colleges.
Five from Cornell named 2026 Sloan Research Fellows
Five Cornell faculty members are among 126 early-career researchers across North America who have won 2026 Sloan Research Fellowships from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
In lab mice rehomed to fields, anxiety is reversed
When postdoctoral researcher Matthew Zipple releases lab mice into a large, enclosed field just off Cornell’s campus, something remarkable happens.
Brain stimulation during sleep boosts weak memories in mice
The mice could remember new experiences that would normally be forgotten – a finding with important implications for treating Alzheimer’s disease.
Professor emeritus Howard Howland, expert on eyes, dies at 92
Howard Howland, Ph.D. ’68, a neurophysiologist who studied the eyes of humans and animals, died Oct. 26 in Ithaca. He was 92.
Neurotech symposium explores how brain circuits drive behavior
The event was an example of Cornell’s interdisciplinary commitment to advancing the frontiers of neurotechnology.
Neural implant smaller than salt grain wirelessly tracks brain
Cornell researchers and collaborators have developed a neural implant so small that it can rest on a grain of salt, yet it can wirelessly transmit brain activity data in a living animal for more than a year.
Zhao wins Simons Foundation Fellows-to-Faculty award
Zhao researches the neural mechanisms of parrot vocalizations in the Goldberg lab.
Neuroscientist Azahara Oliva receives Packard Fellowship
The unrestricted fellowship funds enable Oliva and the 19 other fellows named this year to “test novel ideas and lead research that drives real-world impact.”
2025 Nexus Scholars talk about academic growth, transformation
Ten students who participated in this summer's Nexus Scholars Program share their stories..
Neurobiology professor named Pew Scholar
Antonio Fernandez-Ruiz, assistant professor and Nancy and Peter Meinig Family Investigator in the Life Sciences in the Department of Neurobiology and Behavior in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been awarded a biomedical sciences grant from the Pew Charitable Trusts.
A&S honors 13 faculty with endowed professorships
The professorships are made possible because of gifts from alumni, parents and friends.
New $1.5M graduate research fellowship honors former director of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology
A new $1.5 million gift from philanthropist K. Lisa Yang ’74 has established the Charles Walcott Graduate Research Fellowship in Conservation Bioacoustics to fund graduate research at the Lab of Ornithology.
Seventeen Receive Awards Recognizing Inclusive Excellence
Awardees were recognized for the significant impacts they have made to advance access, engagement and belonging through their service and leadership.
Your January 2025 reads
This month’s featured titles – most by A&S authors – include a work of nonfiction about honeybees, a kids’ picture book, and a novel set in rural Nova Scotia.
Neuroscientist Antonio Fernandez-Ruiz wins Scialog Award
“This project sits at the cross-roads of neuroscience, ethology and artificial intelligence."
Mice use their tongues to ‘see’ tactile targets
Cornell scientists have identified the neural pathway mice use to direct the tongue to tactile targets.
Small wins in early life lead to inequality in adulthood
Lucky breaks in a male mouse’s youth can lead to large advantages in adulthood, especially in groups that compete for food, territory and mates.
Pupil size in sleep reveals how memories are sorted and preserved
The eyes may be the window to the soul, but the pupil is key to understanding how, and when, the brain forms strong, long-lasting memories, Cornell researchers have found.
New book explains mysteries behind bee behavior
"The take-home message from my book is that these small creatures are extremely intelligent. They may well be the most intelligent of all the insects."
Researchers assess whether animals feel emotion
An interdisciplinary group of animal behavior researchers from the fields of biology, psychology, anthropology and philosophy were included in the survey. Klarman Fellow Matthew Zipple is first author.
University celebrates top faculty for outstanding teaching, mentoring
Eleven teaching faculty from across the university have been awarded Cornell’s highest honors for graduate and undergraduate teaching, Interim President Michael I. Kotlikoff announced Oct. 22.
Psychedelics excite cells in hippocampus to reduce anxiety
A classic psychedelic was found to activate a cell type in the brain of mice and rats that silences other neighboring neurons, providing insight into how such drugs reduce anxiety.
New Faculty: Weinan Sun
Weinan Sun, Neurobiology and Behavior
From portfolios to pizza, fall A&S career events explore diverse fields
"Cornell alumni are generous with their time and efforts to assist students, to answer questions from students, or connect them to people and places."
New A&S dean relishes ‘life in a university’
Peter John Loewen says he's excited to support faculty in their research, meet students and showcase the value of a liberal arts education.
Sleep resets neurons for new memories the next day
The study answers how people can keep learning new things for a lifetime without using up all of their neurons.
Mothers’ care is central factor in animal, human longevity
The relationship between mother and child offers clues to the mystery of why humans live longer lives than expected for their size – and sheds new light on what it means to be human.
Peter Loewen named dean of Arts and Sciences
Coming from the University of Toronto, where he was the director of the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, Loewen began his five-year appointment as the Harold Tanner Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Aug. 1.
Mothers live longer as child mortality declines
The dramatic decline in childhood mortality during the 20th century has added a full year to women’s lives, according to a new study.
