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News on Cornell Collaboration with Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan

Researchers created a thread-like device that can be implanted under the skin to secrete insulin via islet cells (the tiny pink balls) while receiving nutrients and oxygen from blood vessels.

An international collaboration has created a new technique to treat Type 1 diabetes.

A field site in China from the National Soil Test and Fertilizer Recommendation Projects, which were conducted from 2005-13.

A Cornell-China research collaboration showed that the widespread belief that storing organic carbon in soils would generate large co-benefits to crop productivity is misguided.

Carla Ingrando, associate dean for Alumni Affairs and Development, and Andrew Karolyi, Charles Field Knight Dean, Cornell SC Johnson College of Business, with Justin Wai ’06 in Hong Kong, April 2023

Justin Wai ’06 made a $1 million gift to establish a dean’s discretionary fund at the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business.

Dusky Thrush sits on a thin branch with a concrete building in the background

A study by Cornell and Zhejiang University scientists of 336 cities in China concluded that heat-retaining buildings and pavement are directly related to a loss in bird diversity.

air pollution

Joint US-China research shows that smoke particulates from wildfires could lead many deaths and cost billions per year in the United States.

A handful of soil

US-China research shows that microbes are the most important factor in determining how much carbon is stored in the soil.

Hu Shih bench Beebe Lake

In admiration of Hu Shih '14, an outdoor seating area for quiet and contemplation was erected by Beebe Lake.

Provided Speakers at the Cornell China Center in Beijing included Gang Song (Atelier cnS), Tiantian Xu (DnA Design and Architecture), Wenyu Lu (Amateur Architecture Studio), Ying Hua (Director of the Cornell China Center) and Yehao Song (SUP Atelier).

This panel at our Beijing center highlighted Chinese architects' collaborative design work with local communities and craftsmen, government agencies and outside experts.

landscape aerial view

This symposium "FRINGE: New Centers for Architecture and Urbanism" includes hybrid panels both in the U.S. and at the Cornell China Center (Beijing).

The head of a broccoli plant grown at 82 degrees Fahrenheit more closely resembles cauliflower.

Researchers from Cornell and Zhejiang University found that broccoli heads don’t develop properly and can resemble cauliflower when grown in higher temperatures.

molecules

Chemistry researchers at Cornell and Sichuan University made an innovative discovery: by changing the type of electrochemical reactor, they could produce two different products useful in medicinal chemistry.

The changes in surface PM2.5 concentrations due to large-scale use of electric vehicles in 2050. These are the differences in PM2.5 between the EV2050 case and the BASE case (EV2050 minus BASE).

Researchers collaborating from the US and China expect that electric cars and their sales growth will reduce air pollution and human mortality in most U.S. metropolitan areas.

Tapomayukh Bhattacharjee runs the EmPRISE lab, which designs assistive robots to help people who have motor limitations with daily activities.

A new robotic simulation platform developed by Cornell and Chinese researchers advances the field of caregiving robots to help people with disabilities and their caretakers.

Rachel Bezner Kerr, right, professor of global development, speaks during the Health: An Integrated Global Perspective panel talk at the two-day Global Grand Challenges Symposium in Clark Hall. Also pictured, left to right, are David Erickson, director of the Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering; Isabel Perera, assistant professor of government; and Peter McCormick of Queen Mary University, London.

This symposium brought together 300+ Cornellians with international partners to discuss international collaboration and future research needs.

BodyTrak

The researcher team has developed a first-of-its-kind wristband that tracks the entire body posture in 3D.

A food expiration date is displayed atop a 1-gallon milk jug

Applied economics professor Brad Rickard and colleagues in Taiwan and elsewhere found that changing the wording about expiration dates on perishable food items can reduce food waste.

Uris G08

Architect Leslie Lok received a Global Cornell grant on "Rethinking Bamboo: A Material and Architectural Study of Southeast Asian Bamboo Construction" collaborating with partners in China and Thailand.

Dan Paterson, senior book conservator at the Library of Congress, will give a talk Sept. 27 on conserving and digitizing the Yongle Dadian.

The talk and workshop will also support the library’s efforts to preserve its important collections of rare Chinese, Japanese and Korean books in Kroch Library’s Asia Collections.

Julia Montgomery Poggi ’25, right, at the University of Ghana.

Professor Luo Zuo leads the Global Hubs partnership between Cornell and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST).

ames Hwang, research professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, right, at his modified microwave with Gianluca Fabi holding a semiconductor at left.

Engineer James Huang and Taiwanese colleagues modified a household microwave oven to overcome a major challenge faced by the semiconductor industry.

Allison Lee ’25 studied abroad this summer at the University of Sydney, a Cornell Global Hubs partner university, while working as a business and marketing intern.

Featured this fall are exchange programs at seven Global Hubs—Australia, China, Ecuador, Denmark, Mexico, Singapore and the United Kingdom.

student coding at laptop computer

This webinar brought together legal scholars to discuss artificial intelligence (AI) regulation across the world, identifying strategic similarities and local distinctions. 

cows graze in a field in China

12 researchers in the United States and China, including Cornell Dean Houlton, showed that combining policies with farming interventions can increase food production while mitigating greenhouse gas emissions.

The Cornell a capella group REAL ACCA sings the Cornell alma mater in Chinese and English.

To commemorate Cornell's 157th anniversary, the Cornell Chinese Students and Scholars Association and REAL A Capella created a Chinese version of the alma mater, Far Above Cayuga's Waters, as a…

Angela Pan and friends - Homecoming

Study Away participants found Ithaca campus connections and resources to help them thrive this academic year.