New grad housing is living lab for heat pump study
At the Maplewood Apartments project, now under construction, Cornell engineering students will deploy heat-pump monitors to study the system viability in a severe winter climate. Read more
At the Maplewood Apartments project, now under construction, Cornell engineering students will deploy heat-pump monitors to study the system viability in a severe winter climate. Read more
Thirty-three teams entered the Cornell Engineering Innovation Award Competition; prizes were awarded in three categories. Read more
The launch of its Undergraduate Research Experience proved to be a highlight of the Cornell Institute of Host-Microbe Interactions' inaugural year. Read more
Cornell delegates to the Clinton Global Initiative University presented their commitments to action at a pitch competition Jan. 31. Read more
The owners of long-haired dogs have an unsavory problem that is not widely discussed, because, frankly, it’s kind of gross: Small clumps of feces get stuck in their dogs’ fur after the dogs defecate. A team of students came up with a simple, innovative solution at the 2018 Cornell Animal Health Hackathon: HygenaPet, a $10 spray of beeswax and carnauba wax that owners can spritz on their dogs’ backsides, making the poop slide right off the fur. The HygenaPet team bounded away with the grand prize at the hackathon, which took place Jan. 26-28. “The benefits [of HygenaPet] are really great,” said... Read more
Graduate teaching assistants Stepfanie Aguillon and Aravind Natarajan were honored with the 2017-18 Cornelia Ye Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award Jan. 22. Read more
An international research group led by Cornell University has found that plastic trash – ubiquitous throughout the world’s oceans – intensifies disease for coral, adding to reef peril. Read more
Niraj Shah ’95 and Steve Conine ’95, founders of Wayfair, have been named 2018 Cornell Entrepreneurs of the Year. Read more
Development and testing by engineering professor Larry Bonassar and his group helped a New England biomedical firm land an $87 million contract to distribute their product in Japan. Read more
Engineers have demonstrated a new method to remotely vaporize electronics, giving devices and data the ability to vanish. Read more