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Three students in the Pre-Freshman Summer Program near the Physical Science Building.
Jason Koski Pre-Freshman Summer Program students Canyon Cross, Delia Ferry and Lukman Moyosore catch up after class near the Physical Science Building.
Student resources

Summer program preps new students for Cornell

A&S Communications

Participating in Cornell’s Prefreshman Summer Program (PSP) helped students get ready for classes.

Student support

Chemistry summer program = research + confidence

A&S Communications

… Chemistry and Chemical Biology … interested in medicine, but she was unsure of her skills in chemistry, a core area that pre-med students must study. … Chemistry summer program = research + confidence …

Graduate student research

Student spotlight: Hannah Cole

Cornell University Graduate School

Hannah Cole chose to pursue further study at Cornell due to the freedom to explore interdisciplinary interests through the comparative literature program as well as its faculty.

Educational excellence

$2M grant to fund assessment of biology education

A&S Communications

Funding for the five-year project derived from the NSF’s Vision and Change Program.

man and woman talking
Rachel Philipson Trence as "Slightly" with Clarissa Ramos as "Wendy" in "Lost Girl" by Kimberly Belflower, produced in the Hangar Theatre Wedge series.
Summer experience grants

From the stage to the campaign trail, grants fund summer experiences

A&S Communications

Summer experiences for 151 students in the College of Arts & Sciences were supported by Summer Experience Grants. The grants, which come from alumni donations and a grant from the Student Assembly, help students who have unpaid or minimally-paid positions to pay for summer living expenses.

Veterans

Boots in the books: Veterans succeed at academic prep camp

Cornell Chronicle

Sixteen military veterans participated in a virtual academic boot camp at Cornell July 26 to Aug. 6. The university partnered with the Warrior-Scholar Project for the seventh consecutive year to help recent or soon-to-be military veterans transition into higher education.

Oumar Ba
2021 New Faculty

New Faculty: Oumar Ba

A&S Communications

Oumar Ba, Assistant Professor, Department of Government

a black lattice
Fibonacci., CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons A moiré pattern, formed by two sets of parallel lines.
Physics

Researchers receive $5.4M to advance quantum science

Cornell Chronicle

“I’m excited to push magnetic materials into the quantum limit to enable new ways to make quantum devices."

Student experiences

Helping shorebirds, refugees through summer work

A&S Communications

Serve in Place Fund grants from the Office of Engagement Initiatives support students doing community-based research or learning projects.

Mathematics

Computing with rational functions

Cornell Research

Rational functions are a mainstay of computational mathematics. As a result of recent breakthroughs, however, rational functions are now poised to become a central computational mathematics tool

Chemistry & Chemical Biology

Polymer enables tougher recyclable thermoplastics

Cornell Chronicle

The resulting thermoplastic is strong and flexible enough to be used for large-scale applications such as packaging products.

In memoriam

Mathematician James H. Bramble dies at 90

Cornell Chronicle

James H. Bramble, professor emeritus of mathematics in the College of Arts and Sciences, died July 20 at his home in Austin, Texas. He was 90.

Milstein Program in Technology & Humanity

NYC summer shapes Milstein students’ thoughts about future

A&S Communications

Sophomore students in the Milstein Program in Technology and Humanity spent their first summer in person at Cornell Tech.

Physics

New technique illuminates DNA helix

A&S Communications

Cornell researchers have identified a new way to measure DNA torsional stiffness – how much resistance the helix offers when twisted – information that can potentially shed light on how cells work.

Astronomy

Dragonfly mission to Titan announces big science goals

A&S Communications

NASA’s Dragonfly mission, which will send a rotorcraft relocatable lander to Titan’s surface in the mid-2030s, will be the first mission to explore the surface of Titan, and it has big goals.