The 2025 Urban Tech Summit program is live! Over two days, we’ll dive into four grand challenges to examine how automation, infrastructure, and community innovation can help cities adapt and thrive. Explore the program: urbantechsummit.com/program-2025. Tickets: urbantechsummit2025.eventbrite.com

OpenAI has subpoenaed multiple nonprofits critical of its for-profit restructuring. In @theverge.com, professor @jtlg.bsky.social calls the move “oppressive,” warning it could chill public interest work and saddle small orgs with legal fees. @cornelllaw.bsky.social https://bit.ly/3Ws4ySB

Please join us on Tuesday, November 11, at 6:30 PM EST for a virtual discussion of career paths you might take after earning your LL.M. from Cornell Tech. Register to attend: https://gradprofessional.cornell.edu/register/?id=dae0adc9-9599-41ee-9d54-4943d5aaa08d #LLM #Admissions #CornellTech

We’re thrilled to celebrate professor Tanzeem Choudhury and Kendra Batchelder, founder of Cornell Tech Runway startup Medara, for being named among @crainsnewyork.bsky.social Notable Leaders in Health Care Technology 2025! Learn more about their achievements: https://bit.ly/47pM8Z0

At 15, Tobias Weinberg lost his ability to speak. Now, as a Cornell Tech Ph.D. candidate, he’s using AI to make Augmentive and Alternative Communication more expressive for people with speech impairments. Read more about his story below: https://bit.ly/4hJjTYK

Cornell Tech’s PiTech Fellowships connect Ph.D. students with NYC nonprofits like @yainetwork.bsky.social to co-design tech that reflects the needs of local communities. Learn more about fellow Tobi Weinberg’s work with YAI: https://tech.cornell.edu/news/pitech-fellows-yai-tobias-weinberg/

Wearables may dominate remote health care, but a new Cornell Tech start-up is taking a different path. Founded by Thomas Conroy, Ph.D. ’24, Sensvita is using radio waves to monitor heart and lung health without ever touching the skin. Learn more: tech.cornell.edu/news/sensvit...

Happy Halloween from Cornell Tech! 🎃 We are proud to be part of the Roosevelt Island community—participating in this year’s Halloween Extravaganza was a real (trick-or-)treat! Special thanks to the student Community Service Club @ Cornell Tech for organizing our table. #RooseveltIsland #Community

Cornell Tech researchers @informor.bsky.social and @travislloydphd.bsky.social earned a Best Paper Honorable Mention at #CSCW2025 for their study on how Reddit moderators respond to AI-generated content. https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2025/10/ai-generated-content-triple-threat-reddit-moderators

Congrats to #CornellTech Ph.D. student @haian-jin.bsky.social, who has been named a recipient of the prestigious 2025 Google Ph.D. Fellowship! We’re proud to celebrate this well-deserved honor and excited to see what’s next for his research. 👏 @cornellbowers.bsky.social blog.google/outreach-ini...

We’re 2 weeks out from the Urban Tech Summit. #UTS25 Day 2 zeroes in on the MOVE and BOOST grand challenges, which look at how we can power urban mobility networks with sustainable AI apps and use those tools to reach more at-risk communities. RSVP: https://urbantechsummit2025.eventbrite.com

#CornellTech students got into the Spooky Season spirit at this year's Pumpkin Decorating Contest! 🎃🎨 Congratulations to the winning artists, and special thanks to our wonderful faculty judges: Mukti Khaire, Omid Rafieian, and Harald Haraldsson! #Halloween #StudentLife

Applications are open for the Runway Startup Postdoc Program at the Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute at Cornell Tech. https://cornelluniversity.smapply.io #Runway #CornellTech @cornelluniversity.bsky.social#Runway

Cornell Tech is a thriving community, a center of creative thinking, and a crossroads of research, education, and innovation. Want to know what it's like to study here? Join us for a Virtual Student Panel on Nov 3 to learn about our master's programs: gradprofessional.cornell.edu/register/?id...

Today, #CornellTech was delighted to host the Public Interest Technology (#PiTech) Showcase, which celebrated the innovative work accomplished through the 2025 Siegel and Rubinstein PiTech PhD Impact Fellowships. Many thanks to everyone who came to support the amazing work of our Fellows!

Cornell Tech Ph.D. student Vince Bartle built a system that uses texts to streamline hospital discharges. His work is now in use at Queen’s Medical Center in Hawaii — and just won a Best Paper Award at #CSCW25! Learn more: news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...

Is your company looking to collaborate with the next generation of tech leaders? BigCo Studio pairs Cornell Tech grad students with enterprises to solve real-world challenges. The deadline to apply is Nov. 14. Express your interest: https://airtable.com/app9AQmQ8pSOcMc1Q/pagVz7choF8w0KIrK/form

This week at #CSCW2025, our faculty members presented 10 papers, including one Best Paper, one Honorable Mention & three Impact Awards 🏆 Congrats to all! These projects aim to make tech more expressive, equitable & human-centered. Learn more: https://programs.sigchi.org/cscw/2025/awards/best-papers

The 2025 Urban Tech Summit is just around the corner—join us November 11-12 @ Cornell Tech: urbantechsummit2025.eventbrite.com This year’s challenges: BUILD: AI-Accelerated Construction | MOVE: AI-Powered Infrastructure | POWER: AI + Grid Resilience | BOOST: AI for Community Mobilization

Congratulations to Dean and Vice Provost Greg Morrisett for being named a 2025 Power Player in Education by PoliticsNY & amNY Power Players in Education! #POWERLIST #AMNYPP #POLITICSNYPP https://politicsny.com/power-lists/2025-power-players-in-education/page/5/#greg-morrisett

This weekend, #CornellTech welcomed visitors for Open House New York, offering campus tours & a look inside the Gensler Family AAP NYC Center. Thanks to all who joined us to explore where design, technology & innovation meet on Roosevelt Island. AAP NYC photo COURTESY @cornellaap.bsky.social

Professor @jtlg.bsky.social and @mantzarlis.com, director of the Security, Trust, and Safety initiative at #CornellTech, spoke to @theguardian.com about the legal and #ethical concerns surrounding #AI-generated videos of historical figures: www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Today, Cornell Tech hosted NYC Privacy Day 2025 — bringing together researchers from across NYC to discuss the future of data privacy. Co-hosted by DLI and SETS, the event sparked conversations on privacy law, LLMs, and digital ethics across disciplines.

Thank you to @nypost.com reporter Mary K. Jacob for highlighting Roosevelt Island’s growth and noting it “boasts one of the city’s most unique institutions”—Cornell Tech—and to Hudson Companies' David Kramer, who calls it “a real point of pride for the island.” Read more: nypost.com/2025/10/16/r...

SOLD OUT! Cornell Tech & @cornellaap.bsky.social are thrilled to participate in Open House New York this year. All the campus tours are currently at capacity — highlighting the citywide interest in our growing Roosevelt Island campus. We look forward to welcoming all of our guests tomorrow!

Don’t miss Cornell Tech’s 2025 Urban Tech Summit! This is a unique opportunity to be at the forefront of the collective effort to activate urban AI for a sustainable future. Get your tickets today at urbantechsummit2025.eventbrite.com or explore the program urbantechsummit.com/program-2025

Tech firms are investing billions into each other, a trend that experts say could erode the tech ecosystem. Professor Karan Girotra spoke with Yahoo! Finance about the risks. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/very-troubling-ais-self-investment-spree-sets-off-bubble-alarms-on-wall-street-160524518.html

Last night, Cornell Tech and @alltechishuman.bsky.social hosted a powerful discussion on careers in trust and safety — exploring how professionals from all backgrounds can help build safer, more trustworthy digital spaces. Thanks to our panelists and attendees for an inspiring evening.

Join the Cornell Tech admissions team on October 20 at 7:30 PM EST for a virtual session covering our master's programs, our Studio curriculum & how our NYC campus can help accelerate your career in tech. RSVP: https://gradprofessional.cornell.edu/register/?id=5b2527e8-cd20-48e6-a623-ff2bed497bce

Find out what it’s like to study, work, and live on one of the most technically and environmentally advanced campuses in the world on October 17 at Cornell Tech's in-person All Programs Open House! Register: https://gradprofessional.cornell.edu/register/?id=04f68c15-6c79-4988-803c-dc772235c612

Did you know there’s free data about nearly every part of NYC? This week, the community learned how to find, filter & use it with the NYC Open Data Ambassadors—hosted by Cornell Tech at the Roosevelt Island Library. Missed it? Visit nyc.gov/discoveropendata to join a future class!

@andrewowens.bsky.social wants computers to learn like humans do—by watching, listening, and feeling the world around them. As a new faculty member at #CornellTech, Owens is building systems that can perceive the world as humans do: tech.cornell.edu/news/andrew-... @cornellbowers.bsky.social

Today, experts from across Cornell gathered at Cornell Tech’s campus for Day 1 of the Disability and Access in Tech and AI Summit — exploring accessibility through research, identity & policy. Join the conversation! RSVP for Day 2 on Zoom: https://tech.cornell.edu/cornell-tech-accessibility-summit/

The PiTech Initiative at #CornellTech is delighted to introduce its 2025-2026 cohort of Visiting Practitioners (ViPs)! This year’s ViPs — Sonam Velani and Brandon Powers — bring a wealth of experience and insight to our community. Get to know our ViPs: pi.tech.cornell.edu/pitech-vips.

The Digital Life Initiative (DLI) at #CornellTech was excited to host entrepreneur, business executive, and author Judy Estrin for a conversation about human agency in our digital life. Check out upcoming events from DLI: https://dli.tech.cornell.edu/events

AI ads are mimicking news to sell legal services — without disclosing what’s real. “This trend is not encouraging for the pursuit of truth in advertising,” says @mantzarlis.com, director of the Security, Trust, and Safety Initiative, in @latimes.com. latimes.com/business/sto...

The Disability and Access in Tech and AI Summit—powered by @yainetwork.bsky.social—is Cornell Tech's annual conference to discuss issues around accessibility, including research, identity & policy. Join the conversation—virtual tickets for Day 2 are still available! tech.cornell.edu/cornell-tech...

New faculty member @allisonkoe.bsky.social is making AI work for everyone. Koenecke’s work has helped expose disparities in speech-to-text technologies, resulting in real-world impact in medicine, employment, and beyond. Learn more: tech.cornell.edu/news/allison... @cornellbowers.bsky.social

85 middle school teachers from 50 NYC schools recently gathered on the Cornell Tech campus for a workshop on AI and computational thinking. During the session, teachers learned some of the hows and whats of AI and built their first simple apps. #K12 #AI #NYC #CornellTech @robinhoodnyc.bsky.social

OpenAI’s #Sora can mimic the look and feel of Netflix, TikTok & Twitch—and legal experts are sounding alarms. Professor James Grimmelmann breaks down the risks—from copyright to deepfakes: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/interactive/2025/openai-training-data-sora/ @cornelllaw.bsky.social

Cornell Tech has announced that industry leader Joshua Ruch is now co-chair of the Jacobs Steering Committee, alongside Abby Joseph Cohen. In addition, the Steering Committee welcomes three new members: Nafea Bshara, Wendy Jones, and EB Kelly. Read more: https://bit.ly/4q0s1Ib

In AP News, Fortune, ABC, and CNBC, Dean and Vice Provost Greg Morrisett warned that a proposed $100,000 fee on H-1B visas could devastate startups founded by international students — ventures that help create jobs for Americans. Read more in AP News: https://bit.ly/3Krquu6

As part of New York #ClimateWeek, The Urban Tech Hub at Cornell Tech’s Jacobs Institute was proud to host a series of panels today on the crucial role of public transit in combating the climate crisis, in collaboration with the Climate Tech Action Network (CTAN). @climategroup.bsky.social#ClimateWeek

After 47 years, co-founder Jerry Greenfield is stepping away from Ben & Jerry’s. Assistant Professor Tommaso Bondi unpacks the overlooked tensions around brand independence and political speech that shaped the company’s evolution. Read more in @apnews.com: apnews.com/article/ben-...

New faculty member Tianyi Chen is pushing the boundaries of AI by asking a pressing question: What if AI could be engineered not just to optimize for a single outcome, but to make smarter, more balanced decisions — much like humans do? @cornellengineering.bsky.social tech.cornell.edu/news/tianyi-...

Join Cornell Tech Admissions on Sept. 30 at 7:30 PM for a virtual info session about our master's programs, our Studio curriculum, and how our NYC campus can help accelerate your career in tech. RSVP to attend: https://gradprofessional.cornell.edu/register/?id=aa9b2252-3e7e-438a-be2f-a624ac9e598c

Please join us on Tuesday, September 30, at 9:30 AM for a virtual discussion of career paths you might take after earning your Cornell Tech #LLM in Law, Technology, and Entrepreneurship. Register to attend: https://gradprofessional.cornell.edu/register/?id=9b1d5c03-fea2-4533-8510-fbc4c936bcb4

At Tech Together Day 2, the Siegel Family Endowment explored how narrative shapes the future of tech. From deconstructing Big Tech myths to co-creating new stories rooted in equity and imagination, one truth emerged: changing the future starts with changing the story. #TechTogether

At Day 1 of Tech Together with the Siegel Family Endowment, we explored how to unlock improbably good futures through collective action in public interest tech. From digital rights to AI foresight, one message rang clear: a better future is possible — if we build it together. #TechTogether

Dean Greg Morrisett attended the 2025 Spirit of ABNY Awards last week to congratulate this year’s winners — Jessica Tisch, Kathryn Wylde & Maria Torres-Springer. The Apple Awards were presented by exceptional civic leaders — including @governor.ny.gov Kathy Hochul. Kudos to the winners!