Undergraduate Research at Cornell

Research, creative experiences, and service learning are hallmarks of a Cornell undergraduate education. Doing research will allow you to learn uniquely through hands-on experiences that develop critical thinking skills. Research takes place in a variety of settings, including the lab, the field, and the library. 

Research Buzz

Using less politically charged language can ‘lower the temperature’ on DEI training

Replacing commonly used diversity, equity and inclusion-related terminology with carefully matched alternative language may improve Republicans’ favorability toward diversity training, according to ne...

Two flavors of superconductivity: Material has right ingredients for a twist

Cornell researchers have demonstrated that uranium ditelluride can exhibit both flavors of superconductivity at once, setting it apart as a leading candidate to be a topological superconductor....

Cornell applied math student wins international prize for optimization research

Ariel Goodwin, a doctoral candidate in Cornell’s Center for Applied Mathematics, has received the 2026 INFORMS Optimization Society Student Paper Prize celebrating an outstanding student-led...