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

Students gather for a demonstration in a class in 391 Tang Hall

A new Engineering Quad building gifted by Martin Y. Tang ’70 and Margaret Lee Tang will enhance the college's work.

past vs. future

Interviews of 350 American and Chinese children found differences in perceptions of past and future actions and reputation.

Asian literature, religion and culture doctoral student Yuanxue Jiang in Beijing

Cornell PhD student Yuanxue Jing in Asian literature, religion, and culture conducted summer research at the Youyan Archives in Beijing.

two N95 masks

Cornell Dean Jinhua Zhao and Chinese collaborators found that anti-pollution face masks can protect health and are worth the cost.

fruit fly

Researchers at Cornell and Peking University genetically isolated Chinese fruit-fly populations.

Chinese river valley

Engineer professor Stefano Galelli and colleagues (including coauthors in Dalian, China) quantified how decarbonizing the China Southern Power Grid will negatively impact river basins and reduce cropland.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

highway traffic jam

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.

Cornell logo in red

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).