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Seven lives were lost in Dryden house fires over four months, with the latest incident on July 6 on Lake Road claiming Kayla Wood, Dennis Davis, and their two dogs while emergency crews worked long shifts amid deep community grief.

Local theater producer Sarah Plotkin and Fall Creek Brass Band present Brassquatch, a musical debut reading at the Hangar (downtown) on July 27 and Aug.

3. The sold-out show revealed new sides of the group and will set the stage for a planned world premiere.

Thirteen early-career professors from Cornell were awarded NSF Faculty Early Career Development Awards and will each receive at least $400,000 over five years to fund research in areas such as ribosomes, artificial intelligence, and quantum computing (also covering plant science and climate studies).

Cornell Duffield College researchers demonstrated that a ‘microwave brain’ chip can encode data in a special language for faster, low-power wireless communications.

The innovation, published July 29 in Nature Communications, may soon help satellites and drones improve transmission security and efficiency.

A Cornell research group has developed a method to create realistic multi-person images by iteratively predicting each person's pose + they presented their work at SIGGRAPH from July 19-23 in Los Angeles.

Today, Cornell researchers (James Watkins and Kade Keranen) launch a nearly $240K Sea Grant study in Lake Ontario to track mysid shrimp populations that support the local food web, using two decades of trawl-acoustic data to guide future native fish management.

Pine Tree Road paving took place yesterday and continues today after Tuesday’s heavy rain delayed the final stage of a project that began in June.

Tompkins County Highway Department advised drivers to use alternate routes and expect delays from 7 am to 6 pm between Honness Lane + NYS RT 366.

Cornell's men's lightweight rowing team is on probation through Spring 2029 after a report found hazing practices during the 2025-26 season, including degrading team activities.

One team member disputed the findings, saying the events aimed to help freshmen bond.