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Get revved for Cornell Giving Day, March 12, 2026

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Apple trees at Cornell’s Hudson Valley Research Laboratory will soon be topped by solar panels

Mesh shade cloth covers young apple trees at Cornell's Hudson Valley Research Lab. In 2026 the lab will install an array of solar panels above the trees to power the lab and to help protect the apple crop from extreme weather events like hail and excessive heat. This will be the first agrivoltaic installation above an apple orchard in the U.S. Source: Cornell Chronicle | $5M grant will fund study of how solar panels can boost crops  |  Photo: Margaret Kent | Cornell CALS PHOTOGRAPH 

Cornell is the only Ivy League institution to rate 99 (the highest possible score) and earn a spot on The Princeton Review's 2026 Green College Honor Roll.

Cornell named to The Princeton Review's 2026 Green College Honor Roll  Source: The Princeton Review | Green College Honor Roll DATA 

“Most EVs are parked more than 95% of the time. That idle time is an opportunity in disguise. Together, those parked EVs make up a vast and underutilized reservoir of energy storage.”

Eilyan Bitar, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering

Eilyan Bitar won a $1.8M grant from the Bezos Earth Fund  Source: Cornell Chronicle | Faculty win Bezos grants to use AI for environmental challenges QUOTE 

“For many years, many people thought it would just go on forever. It’s good to know that, if the data holds up, the universe will have an end.”

Henry Tye, Horace White Professor of Physics Emeritus, says new data shows that the universe will end about 20 billion years from now

Cornell physicist says new data shows the universe will end in a big crunch  Source: Cornell Chronicle | Physicist: After 33 billon years, universe ‘will end in a big crunch’ QUOTE 

“The ultimate vision is to have bidirectional communication, so not only could a reporter plant communicate that it needs water, a farmer might also inform a plant that it could be dry for many days and the plant should use water more efficiently.”

Vesna Bacheva, postdoctoral associate in CROPPS (Center for Research on Programmable Plant Systems)

Source: Cornell Chronicle | Century-old mystery of plant communication solved QUOTE 

Canine parvovirus finding adds to Baker Institute’s legacy

New research shows how dogs' antibodies bind to and neutralize parvovirus - and builds on generations of work on the disease at the Baker Institute for Animal Health. Source: Canine parvovirus finding adds to Baker Institute’s legacy | Cornell Chronicle LINK 

New instruments and sounds

Source: New and evolving Cornell inventions and methods VIDEO 

A ‘smart syringe’ for producing living tissue

As an undergraduate, Jared Matthews ’21 developed a smart syringe that can measure, in real-time, the concentration and viability of cells that pass through it. This device, developed in partnership with Professor Lawrence Bonassar, could enable surgeons and biomanufacturers to produce higher-quality living tissue and organs for people who need implants. Source: New and evolving Cornell inventions and methods LINK 

Revolutionizing modern music

Invented by Robert Moog PhD ’65, the Moog Synthesizer is the world’s first commercial electronic musical instrument. Source: Cornell innovations that changed the way we travel and chill out LINK 

Smart glasses for people with hearing loss

Nirbhay Narang ’25 developed smart glasses that use artificial intelligence to provide real-time transcriptions of audio. “For many people, hearing aids are imperfect and too expensive, and they aren’t able to process the sounds you want to hear and leave out background noise,” says Narang. Source: New and evolving Cornell inventions and methods LINK 
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