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Geoffrey Coates, a chemistry and chemical biology professor in Cornell’s College of Arts and Sciences, won the Balzan Prize for advancing sustainable polymers, The honor recognizes his developments of high-performance degradable and recyclable materials while supporting future research.
Twenty new faculty have joined the College of Arts & Sciences this year, strengthening departments and programs with their wide-ranging expertise and filling numerous leadership roles for the College and university.
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences, part of the NIH, has awarded Cornell University a $2.5 million, five-year renewal of its Chemistry–Biology Interface (CBI) Predoctoral Training Program.
Two researchers in Cornell’s College of Arts and Sciences are among 13 from Cornell to receive National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Awards. Yunan Yang works on mathematical and computational methods for solving inverse problems, and Yao Yang studies chemical catalysis.
Factorial Energy reached a $1.3 billion valuation after going public, a Cornell University startup founded by Siyu Huang, Alex Yu and chemistry professor Héctor D. Abruña. Its solid-state batteries power next-generation EV partnerships and expansion.
Cornell College of Arts and Sciences undergraduates are among the 2026 Jiang Fellows completing global startup internships. This Cornell Duffield College of Engineering program is open to all juniors at Cornell interested in entrepreneurship.
Cornell University chemist Youn Jue Bae found light-generated excitons exert nonlinear spin torque in magnetic semiconductor CrSBr. The Nature Materials study shows excitons actively control magnetic motion, enabling optospintronic and spintronic devices.
Cornell doctoral students, including some based in the College of Arts and Sciences, engaged in legislative opportunities in Washington, D.C. this spring. Some students attended an American Association for the Advancement of Science workshop, others a Cornell-organized Advocacy Day.
Graduate students and alumni of Cornell’s College of Arts and Sciences have benefited from Cornell University’s Graduate Teaching Fellows program, which trains future faculty through workshops, institutes and mentorship. The program marks 15 years this spring.
Researchers from Cornell’s College of Arts and Sciences – Jeremy Baskin, Brian Crane and Andrew Grimson – are involved in various collaborative projects receiving 2026 multidisciplinary seed grants from the Cornell Center for Immunology to advance immune research.
Several Cornell College of Arts and Sciences graduate students and one faculty member from the college were honored with 2026 Graduate Excellence and Impact Awards. Presented May 13, the awards honor leadership, service and mentorship.
Jason Wu, a doctoral candidate in chemistry and chemical biology in Cornell's College of Arts and Sciences, develops sustainable reactions that improve pharmaceutical synthesis. His research advances nonmetal catalysis, expands medicinal chemical space, and highlights leadership and inclusive scholarship.
Ten Cornell doctoral candidates have been inducted into the Cornell chapter of the Edward Alexander Bouchet Graduate Honor Society. Inductees from the College of Arts and Sciences are doctoral candidates Aleesha George and Jason Wu (chemistry and chemical biology) and Chelsea McNutt (history).
Cornell student and Arts & Sciences Ambassador Leah Condon talks about choosing to double-major in psychology as a result of taking a first-year writing seminar on female pain.
Two Students Awarded Prestigious Goldwater Scholarship
A collaboration with Cornell is bringing relief to Vieques, a Puerto Rican island that still has unreliable power nine years after Hurricane Maria.
Cornell admits the Class of 2030 emphasizing real-world impact, enrolling 5,776 students from 102 countries. At Cornell University, the diverse cohort reflects the land-grant mission and applied learning goals across multiple colleges.
Cornell University researchers Héctor D. Abruña and David Muller developed a nickel‑carbon catalyst that delivers high hydrogen oxidation performance in alkaline fuel cells, surpassing U.S. DOE power density targets. Published in PNAS, this breakthrough demonstrates a durable, low‑cost, precious‑metal‑free path to scalable clean‑energy fuel cell technology.
Cornell researchers have uncovered a built-in molecular “gate” that controls the production of the molecule nitric oxide, a crucial signaling molecule throughout biology that in humans helps regulate blood pressure, brain signaling, and immune defenses. But when levels go unchecked, it can damage cells and disrupt normal signaling.
Researchers discovered electron transfer in electroactive bacteria is mediated by CymA proteins’ ability to synchronize and form a biomolecular condensate in the cell’s inner membrane.
Bayu Ahmad, a doctoral candidate in chemistry and chemical biology, studies the use of organic chemistry for sustainable applications under the guidance of Phillip Milner at Cornell.
Cornell researchers have discovered a new way cells regulate how they respond to stress.
Cornell researchers interested in diverse topics ranging from peptide engineering and cellular metabolites to quantum physics and sustainable computing are among the newest cohort selected by the Eric and Wendy Schmidt AI in Science Postdoctoral Fellows program.