We are pleased to announce that @Cornell @CornellBPP has named President Guðni Th. Jóhannesson of Iceland @PresidentISL as a 2026 Messenger Lecturer: the University’s highest honor recognizing scholarship and public impact. We will deliver a series of public lectures this March.

Third-period goals by Gio DiGiulian and Jonathan Castagna help break a 1-1 tie, aiding No. 17 @CornellMHockey to a 3-1 victory over Harvard at the Bright-Landry Hockey Center. Alexis Cournoyer made 30 saves in the victory for the Big Red. #YellCornell

🚨 RACE DAY! 🚨 @CornellSailing 🆚 ICSA Singlehanded Championship 🏟 Elizabeth River in Norfolk, Va. ⏰ 9 a.m. 📰 bit.ly/47tws5u 📈 bit.ly/4hHnl68 #YellCornell 🐻

Investigators at @WeillCornell have developed a versatile, nontoxic technology for controlling the activity of any gene in a cell. The tool potentially could be adopted throughout biomedical research, including in the development of gene therapies. news.cornell.edu/stories/202…

An agreement has been formally finalized with the @WhiteHouse, @TheJusticeDept, and @USEdGov. Read the full statement: statements.cornell.edu/2025/…

Happy birthday to our co-founder and first president, A.D. White!

New heroes portrait of @Cornell mathematician @stevenstrogatz for @theNASEM. Steven Strogatz has a way of finding rhythm in places most people overlook. In his office at Malott Hall at Cornell, and later in the Space Sciences Building at the SPIF, that rhythm came alive in a simple but elegant experiment. Two small metronomes ticked on a shared platform, gradually aligning their beats as if discovering a shared pulse. Strogatz leaned in, smiling as the synchronization unfolded. The moment captured both his joy and his curiosity, the twin forces that have guided his life in mathematics. For decades, Strogatz has explored the hidden order beneath the world’s apparent chaos. His work has spanned from the synchrony of fireflies flashing in unison to the oscillations of the human heart. He has revealed how patterns emerge naturally when systems, whether biological, physical, or social, interact in just the right way. His research on coupled oscillators, complex networks, and nonlinear dynamics has reshaped how scientists think about everything from brain function to the spread of ideas. At Cornell, Strogatz is known as a gifted communicator who bridges the gap between advanced mathematics and everyday experience. His lectures attract students from across the university. In books such as Sync, The Joy of x, and Infinite Powers, he writes with clarity and wonder, turning abstract ideas into stories that feel alive. His voice carries the same enthusiasm whether he is explaining calculus or describing the geometry of friendship. What sets him apart is not only his command of mathematics but his warmth and wit. He listens as carefully as he speaks, often finding metaphors in the natural world or in a casual conversation with a colleague. His humor disarms. His curiosity invites. Watching him adjust the metronomes, eyes bright behind his glasses, it is easy to understand why students and collaborators describe him as both rigorous and kind. Beneath it all is a belief that mathematics is not separate from life but a language that reveals its beauty. The dance of the metronomes, the firing of neurons, the movement of planets, and the laughter shared across a classroom all express a single truth about connection and harmony. In person, Strogatz radiates calm delight in the act of discovery. The photograph from that afternoon shows him resting on his arms, thoughtful, as the metronomes begin to fall into sync before him. It is a quiet moment that suggests something larger, a glimpse of the universal tendency toward order and the human impulse to understand it. @QuantaMagazine @theNASciences

TBT: Two weeks ago was a wonderful celebration of the 2025 Dreyfus Prize winner Héctor Abruña of @Cornell, @CornellChem, @CornellCAS 📸: Chris Kitchen Photography

This is the land grant in action! NYS dairy is having an incredible moment, a reflection of outstanding partnerships, research and innovation @CornellCALS cals.cornell.edu/news/2025/1…

David Mimno prof./chair of Info Sci, + Jadon Geathers, a PhD student in Info Sci, joined Steve Jackson, vice provost for Academic Innovation @Cornell + prof. of Info Sci on the panel moderated by Claire Cardie, Prof. of CS + Info Sci @Cornell_Bowers - stat.cornell.edu/news-storie…

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“Even after successful TB treatment, we found that there is still a metabolic scar in these patients,” Kagemann said. “This prompted us to want to try nutrition interventions in future studies.” (4/5)

The findings, led by postdoctoral fellow Catherine Kagemann, arrive just as the World Health Organization released sweeping new guidelines in October. The guidelines urge countries to integrate nutritional assessment and support into all tuberculosis programs, a major shift in global TB policy (3/5).

The research, conducted in India, explores how the body’s metabolism shifts throughout treatment for TB and suggests that malnutrition could directly affect how well patients respond to therapy (2/5).

A new study from a team at the Cornell Joan Klein Jacobs Center for Precision Nutrition and Health in @CornellCHE contributes to the growing evidence that nutrition should be treated as a core part of tuberculosis care – not an afterthought (1/5).

🌍 @Cornell is heading to Belém, Brazil, for #COP30, the @UN Climate Conference of the Parties. Our delegation of faculty & students will share their expertise to advance equitable, science-based climate solutions 🌿 Discover more: atkinson.cornell.edu/project…

Three first-place finishes may have earned the Baja Racing team the designation “Iron Team,” but its members credit the students who came before them for their success. “We succeeded on the back of giants,” said team leader Casey Savage ’25, a mechanical engineering major in @CornellEng. “It’s all a testament to how well we pass information down, and how much care is taken to build on the prior years.” One of 36 Student Project Teams in Cornell Engineering, Baja Racing is a group of approximately 60 undergraduates who build an off-road car from the wheels up every year. They compete against other collegiate Baja teams in tests of speed, power, endurance and maneuverability. Judges also evaluate design and business presentations. Last year’s team earned first-place overall at competitions in Arizona, Maryland and South Carolina, making them the first Iron Team at Cornell since 2014. The previous year’s team finished second place overall. “It was one of the most rewarding experiences I have had,” Savage said. “The cars keep getting better and better and better.” More at news.cornell.edu/stories/202….

We're teaming up again with Cornell Dining to host a Thanksgiving meal for Cornellians and community members on Nov. 27! Buy your ticket in advance, or volunteer to receive a free meal. events.cornell.edu/event/cel…

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From last year’s hackathon, she said, three of the teams received support for applying to the Dairy Runway Program, with one being accepted into the current cohort. Graduate students have now reconsidered their career plans, applying for and receiving Cornell entrepreneurial assistantships to support forming their own food startups. And one student has joined an ice cream startup directly related to the product innovation skills she learned at the hackathon. “I believe that this is the first time that any of the hackathons have taken this quasi-structured approach, offering students next step entrepreneurship exploratory pathway opportunities,” Aneja said.