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1 week ago in Education, Local Photo: Saga Communications ITHACA, N.Y. (WHCU) – A generous gift from a former graduate will help Cornell University grow its School of Computing and Information Science. Thanks to a nine-figure commitment, the Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science will be able to construct a new building for the college’s faculty, accommodating much needed growth in the department. Half of all Cornell undergrads take at least one class from the school and enrollment in its programs is increasing at a pace unmatch...

May 12, 2021 In India today, dozens of phone numbers are available for people who are having a severe mental health emergency. Oftentimes, however, callers experience difficulty in getting connected with someone who will listen to them; sometimes the phone will just ring and ring. “People think that technology is the solution – that if you place technology somewhere, that’s going to do wonders,” said Aditya Vashistha, assistant professor in the Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science. “People thought, ‘Hey, let’s just put up helplines’ and it’s goi...

May 7, 2021 New Cornell-led research finds “little to no evidence” of a link between a person’s normal blood levels of vitamin D and risk of getting COVID-19, or the severity of an infection, in the most comprehensive study of its kind to date. Multiple studies had suggested an association between vitamin D and COVID-19 risk, raising hopes that vitamin D supplements might help to prevent or minimize infections – speculation that has received widespread media attention and boosted consumer interest. The new study, however, which analyzed a publicly available genomic data bank and 38 di...

Cornell University announced April 15 that 12 of their faculty members, including Indian American assistant professors Rachit Agarwal and Eshan Chattopadhyay, were honored with the National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development, or CAREER, award. Over the next five years, each will receive approximately $400,000 to $500,000 from the program, which supports early-career faculty “who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education and to lead advances in the mission of their department or organization,” according to the NSF website. Agarwal ...

April 15, 2021 Researchers studying a range of topics including new feature detection tools for signal processing, computational de-randomization and machine learning applications for health care and infrastructure are among the 12 Cornell faculty members who have recently received National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Awards. Over the next five years, each will receive approximately $400,000 to $500,000 from the program, which supports early-career faculty “who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education and to lead advances in the ...