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AI4AI Fall Retreat
Tues. Oct. 27, 2026 @ Cornell Tech, NYC
The AI4AI Fall Retreat is a one-day convening of researchers and industry partners advancing the Assured Integrity for AI-Based Software (AI4AI) initiative. Bringing together collaborators from Cornell and across industry, the retreat focuses on sharing research progress, shaping emerging priorities, and accelerating real-world impact in AI security. The event is designed to foster deeper collaboration between academia and practice, with an emphasis on advancing trustworthy, secure AI systems and translating research into tools and approaches that benefit the broader community.
New program turns minor cheating violations into a learning opportunity
An initiative to handle minor academic integrity violations in classes is rolling out to the entire university in the fall semester after a successful two-and-a-half-year pilot.
Laying the Groundwork for AI at CALS
Putting people first builds thoughtful AI adoption in CALS.
AI plus chemistry can expand battery electrolyte design
Artificial intelligence is aiding the search for better battery materials while using a creative approach to chemistry to expand the design space for electrolytes, unlocking new possibilities for safer, higher-performing energy storage.
Tree-focused tech aims to bring more shade to vulnerable New Yorkers
Announced Aug. 5 at Cornell Tech, a research partnership will help neighborhoods in Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx identify where new trees are needed most to improve public health.
Cornell Tech appoints new Associate Deans for research and education
Cornell Tech has appointed two longtime faculty leaders to new academic leadership roles.
Thirteen early-career professors win NSF development awards
Researchers studying ribosomes, AI and quantum computing are among 13 early-career professors from Cornell who’ve recently been awarded National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Awards.
Strike a pose: Creating more realistic multi-person images
A Cornell research group has devised a way to generate an image of multiple people, incorporating the poses of all individuals to inform the image generation and make the scene more believable and accurate.
2026 LinkedIn grant recipients to drive innovation in GenAI, LLMs
LinkedIn and the Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science announce the fifth and final group of researchers to receive grants from their strategic partnership.
Soil carbon effectively measured by new, efficient AI model
A new model offers a proof-of-principle for how AI might be used to shed light on obscure biological processes.
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