Cornell University

Court documents show that there are now 5 students signed onto the petition to remove Attorney General Letitia James as Special Prosecutor in the case against seven Cornell students accused of a 2024 gang rape. WAMC’s Elias Guerra has more.

One of the seven Cornell students accused of a 2024 gang rape has petitioned to remove New York Attorney General Letitia James as special prosecutor. A state Supreme Court judge is giving the petitioners a week to have more of the accused join the petition.

On Thursday in Sullivan County, New York Supreme Court Justice James Farrell will hear oral arguments on a petition to remove New York Attorney General Letitia James as special prosecutor in the alleged gang rape case at Cornell University.

A vigil was held on the SUNY Plattsburgh campus Tuesday evening to honor survivors of, and commemorate those who have died from, domestic and sexual violence.

Nearly 90 percent of school districts in New York state are experiencing a decline in student enrollment. That’s according to a new Cornell University study, which examined enrollment data from 2013-2014 to the 2023-24 school year.

Cornell University researchers recently released a mapping tool that looks at how reduced federal funding is impacting jobs and budgets across New York. WAMC’s Sajina Shrestha sat down with Russell Weaver, the director of research at Cornell’s Buffalo Co-lab, to talk about how this tool maps the impact of federal decisions on New York State.

Healthier meatballs may soon be on the menu - and you can thank New York state apple trees for that.

As solar companies continue to target farms as prime real estate for their arrays, scientists at Cornell have turned their research to agrivoltaics — the method of combining agricultural production and solar panels on the same farmland space. WAMC's Capital Region Bureau Chief Dave Lucas discussed the effort with Matt Sturchio, a postdoctoral associate at Cornell’s Department of Natural Resources and the Environment.

Cornell University researchers are using a subset of artificial intelligence to predict threats to solar-energy production.

A new study led by Cornell University finds climate warming and lake browning are making lakes in the Adirondacks unlivable for cold water species such as trout, salmon and whitefish during the summer months.