On any given walk to class, the campus feels quiet — not because it is silent, but because so many of us are plugged in.

There is little doubt that first-year students attending college and living away from home for the first time are faced with a host of challenges as they adapt to new social and academic demands.

Cornell students who find themselves digging through their backpacks for headphones or asking strangers to borrow chargers now have a new place to turn with the installation of a dozen vending ...