- Oct 23, 2025
- by Tom Fleischman, Cornell Chronicle
- Sustainability + Society, Technology + Human Thriving
Reusable nanofiber membrane filters water sustainably
A Cornell research group has developed a cyclodextrin-based fibrous membrane that in lab testing removed approximately 90% of aqueous triclosan, an antibacterial agent that poses a threat to aquatic organisms.
- Feb 25, 2026
- by Tom Fleischman, Cornell Chronicle
- Holistic Human Health, Technology + Human Thriving
EdemaFlex: soft-robotic glove for swelling relief
EdemaFlex, a new glove with more than three dozen actuators across all five fingers and the palm, developed by Cornell researchers, aims to reduce swelling for people suffering from edema.
- Sep 11, 2025
- by Kaitlyn Serrao, Media Relations
- Community Engagement, Holistic Human Health, Social Impact + Justice
Net gain: Teens revitalize basketball court as gathering place
Upstate youth are learning advocacy and leadership skills with help from faculty and Cornell Cooperative Extension in Jefferson County.
- Nov 5, 2025
- by James Dean, Cornell Chronicle
- Community Engagement, Holistic Human Health, Social Impact + Justice, Student Life
Certification promotes being ‘age friendly’ as good business
Assisted by Cornell faculty and students, Tompkins County has launched a program to recognize businesses for efforts to welcome patrons across the age spectrum.
- Jul 30 ,2026
- by Jaden Jaynes Demarest
- Human Centered Design
- Jill Stuart Gallery, Human Ecology Building
Without Saying
How do you communicate? How do you receive information? Through the English and ASL alphabets, insects interacting with one another, and humans performing knowledge-based tasks, we see a variety of options. Here, communication becomes something we see, feel, and embody, without saying a word.
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- by So-Yeon Yoon
- Human Centered Design
- Martha Van Rensselaer Hall, 1250 Gallery
Personhood (2026)
As high-fidelity AI agents increasingly populate our digital lives through generative avatars, synthetic voices, and algorithmic personalities, we find ourselves coexisting with digital entities that mimic us, without fully being us. Personhood (2026) asks: what does it mean to be human in spaces we now share with simulations of humanity?
Personhood (2026) relies on state-based branching animation trees formed via AI animations that interpolate strategically between pivotal keyframes. At every given moment, the artwork “decides”
- Dec 1, 2025
- by Tom Fleischman, Cornell Chronicle
- Sustainability + Society, Technology + Human Thriving, Student Life
Bird-of-paradise inspires darkest fabric ever made
The color “ultrablack” has a variety of uses, including in cameras, solar panels and telescopes, but it’s difficult to produce and can appear less black when viewed at an angle. A Cornell lab has devised a simple method for making the elusive color.