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December 8, 2023 By Louis DiPietro Some 50 projects from nearly 200 Cornell students filled Duffield Hall atrium on Monday, December 4, for the Department of Information Science’s customary end-of-semester poster session. Each project leveraged human-computer interaction (HCI) concepts to build prototypes – mostly mobile apps – that solve common student...

November 17, 2023 By Imani Finkley The Alumni Roundtable, hosted by the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) within the Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science, gave current students the chance to participate in engaging conversations with alumni and peers. At the event, held Sept. 21 in Willard Straight Hall Memorial...

May 8, 2024 Two students who volunteered their time and expertise to help tutor fellow students this semester have each received the Student Impact Award from the Department of Statistics and Data Science (SDS). Ishani Chopra and Robert Feldstein were both recognized for serving as peer tutors throughout the spring semester to several students taking...

Danny Kim ’90 began computer programming in elementary school in the 1980s and his prowess continues today as founder and CTO of FullArmor, Inc., where he is responsible for the company’s strategic technology direction and architecture. FullArmor counts more than 30 of the Fortune 50 among its customers including Walmart, Boeing and Bank of America. The...

It was a beautiful sunny day on July 15, when 45 high school students gathered on Jessup field to launch a weather balloon that would collect atmospheric data as it flew through the sky. Sarah Dean , assistant professor of computer science in the Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science, organized the launch as part of a week-long...

While some students were writing their last final exam, others were playing theirs – demoing their video games for friends, family and gamers at the Game Design Initiative at Cornell’s (GDIAC) 2025 Games Showcase, held May 17, 1-4 p.m. in the Physical Sciences building. More than 475 people attended the event to try out the new games and vote for their...

Each year, the Computing Research Association (CRA) selects four undergraduates who show outstanding research potential in computing research for its Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Award (URA). This year, 15 Cornell students were recognized as honorable mentions, and one was selected as a finalist. The URA is given to students in recognition of their...

At Weill Cornell Medical College, students have a new tool for polishing their bedside manner and making a diagnosis: an artificial intelligence-powered virtual patient that simulates the doctor-patient interaction. The simulator, called MedSimAI, has a text-based chat function and a voice conversation mode that approximates a telehealth visit. It gives...