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Pioneering plant geneticist and agronomist whose work revolutionised farming and brought self-sufficiency in food production to India

I much enjoyed this panel, introduced by Cornell President Martha Pollack and moderated by Cornell Dean of Faculty Eve De Rosa; you can watch it here. My fellow panelist (with whom I largely agreed), Jameel Jaffer, is a former deputy legal director at the American Civil Liberties Union and director…

Can Caroline, New York, resist the imposition of its first-ever zoning code?

Five Karnataka students, incl. three from Mysuru, receive scholarships to attend Cornell Univ. Int'l Summer Debate camp. Avni Baliga & Gowri S. Nayak recognised as best-transformed debaters. 46 students from Mysuru, Bengaluru, Mangaluru, & Udupi participated in 5-day workshop hosted by VIIS. VIIS offers customised courses to universities & facilitates…

An encouraging sign for the future of American higher education has been the emergence of local faculty groups organizing themselves to advance free speech principles at their particular institution. The latest is the Cornell Free Speech Alliance at Cornell University. Of particular interest is their new report on policy recommendations…

A team of researchers from Cornell have managed to train AI to retrieve data with 95% accuracy by recording keystroke audio.

With the Supreme Court striking down the use of affirmative action in higher education last month, New York colleges have come under pressure to reconsider giving priority to the children of alumni in admissions decisions.

In the wake of a Supreme Court decision that removes race from the admissions process, colleges are coming under renewed pressure to put an end to legacy preferences, the practice of favoring applicants with family ties to alumni

A New Orleans student who had his choice among 149 colleges and universities making scholarship offers that totaled more than $10 million has made his decision: Dennis “Maliq” Barnes, a senior at the International High School of New Orleans, said Friday he will attend Cornell University