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Hundreds gathered in Ithaca at a rally supporting Jane Doe (a former Cornell student alleging rape by seven fraternity members) as community members called for accountability and solidarity.

Amy Lewis Sweetman '08 appeared on the October Startup Cornell podcast on Oct.

15 and discussed her metalwork sculptures made from antique farm equipment—her work includes the Apple sculpture on the Commons and a memorial to Ukraine's fallen heroes.

Cornell University Library presents the Languages at the Brink exhibit at Kroch Library on Oct.

22 that features endangered languages including Ainu, Welsh, Yiddish, Garifuna, and Gayogo̱hó:nǫ. A reception (4:30 to 6:00 p.m. in Olin Library 107) will follow, and the exhibit runs through May 2027.

Cornell Women’s Hockey announced its largest freshman class in nearly two decades (adding nine new players to expand its roster to 24) following the departure of six seniors.

Kenji Yasuda (assistant professor in the School of Applied and Engineering Physics) received a 2027 Packard Fellowship on Oct.

15 for his pioneering work in slidetronics using atomically thin materials, joining 20 researchers awarded $985,800 over five years to advance energy-efficient, reconfigurable electronics.

Ithaca native 17-year-old Robert Kong built TechSpaces — a nonprofit offering free coding classes and Chromebook repairs.

The organization, with 200 international volunteers and partnerships with Google and Microsoft for Nonprofits, plans to expand as he begins college.

Cornell is leading a new $7.5M research project to develop nanophotonic systems that can preprocess visual data efficiently; researchers will work with partners to combine light and digital electronics for uses like autonomous driving and biomedical imaging.

Undergraduate researchers from Cornell collected 500 water samples from over 300 locations across the Finger Lakes to map PFAS levels and pinpoint hotspots near airports (for de-icing fluids) and fire training areas.

Their work provided a baseline for monitoring water quality and guiding future actions.

Counties across the Southern Tier are nearing peak fall foliage as bright leaves have been reported in Binghamton, Norwich, and Ithaca since Oct.

14. Visitors can enjoy the vibrant views today by stopping at Hickories Park in Owego along the Susquehanna River.

Cornell researchers proposed a Curtailment Credit Market—allowing data centers to pay flexible energy users to shoulder power cut obligations during grid strain in New York.

Simulations show the plan could avoid more than one-third of economic damage from curtailments while lowering upgrade costs and emissions.

Tompkins County Whole Health marked Domestic Violence Awareness Month by highlighting Advocacy Center services and its 24-hour hotline at 607-277-5000 for survivors.

The program included a 5k on Oct. 10 and will feature Go Purple Day on Oct. 22 to boost local community support.