Cornell University

Rule Changes

Faculty passed a no-confidence vote; trustees face calls to release the Yates review

New York State Police now handle every sexual offense complaint at Cornell University by default, under an agreement signed October 29, 2026. Survivors can still ask for campus police, Ithaca Police or the Tompkins County Sheriff to take the case instead.

Updated 3 hours ago

Rule Changes

Hosts and manages arXiv

In October, arXiv capped each researcher at two submissions per month after AI tools drove September submissions to a record 40,363. The policy, effective October 1, also limits active submissions to three. Nearly 300 volunteer moderators check about 1,000 papers a day.

Updated Oct 19

New Capabilities

Co-led the WASP-17b study

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope found that WASP-17b, a scorching gas giant 1,300 light-years away, has a lopsided atmosphere that bulges outward on one side. The finding, published in Nature Astronomy on October 14, comes from a technique called transmission strings that maps the atmosphere's outer edge at many angles during a transit.

Updated Oct 18

New Capabilities

As of October 2026: Conducted and published the study

A poxvirus that causes skin warts has carried a human gene for about 100,000 years. Two copies of BC200, a non-coding RNA gene active in human neurons, sit inside molluscum contagiosum virus, the first known virus to harbor a human gene from recent evolutionary history.

Updated Oct 8