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Byline: Patricia Waldron

Several people gathered around a table with computer games
Provided Cornell Bowers students play the games they brought to life at the 2025 GDIAC showcase.
Computer science

Students got game at annual video game showcase

Cornell Bowers CIS

The showcase was the final exam for students in Cornell’s game design courses

Antibiotic resistant bacteria in film.
Molecular biology and genetics

New method explores dormancy in TB, other organisms

Cornell Chronicle

A new computational method developed by researchers at Cornell sheds light on how going dormant – sometimes for multiple generations – has affected the evolution of the tuberculosis bacterium and other organisms that can temporarily drop out of the gene pool.

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Department of Pathology, Government Medical College, Kozikode/Dr. Roshan Nasimudeen Keratinocytes in spinous layer of epidermis.
Mathematics

Statistical machine learning can find unknown factors behind disease

Cornell Chronicle

The study builds on a foundation of theoretical work conducted by co-authors including Marten Wegkamp, professor of mathematics.

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Cornell Bowers CIS

Technology Repair Fair helps people doctor their devices, not dump them

Cornell Bowers CIS

Volunteers saved 10 desktop computers, seven laptops, 14 monitors, countless cords and chargers, and one electronic cat toy from becoming e-waste at the first Technology Repair Fair.

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Provided Gloire Rubambiza installs moisture sensors at the Cornell Orchards.
Science and Technology Studies

Researchers consider invisible hurdles in digital ag design

Cornell Chronicle

Enabling farmers to tinker with their own systems and involving them early in the design process could better translate technology from the lab to the field.