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Artist Soni Kum to share stories of North Korean defectors

Artist Soni Kum joins the Einaudi Center's East Asia Program on April 2 at 10:00 a.m. to discuss her latest installation work, Morning Dew: The Stigma of Being “Brainwashed.”

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Newman Civic Fellow works for meaningful change

Sherell Farmer ’22 was named Cornell’s 2021-22 Newman Civic Fellow by Campus Compact. The fellowship honors students who engage with others to create long-term social change and demonstrate a potential for civic engagement.

$5M Mastercard grant funds diversity at Weill Cornell

Weill Cornell Medicine will launch a suite of innovative programs to foster and sustain a more diverse faculty through the support of the Mastercard Impact Fund.

Cornell Prelaw Program Goes Online this Summer

Cornell University is pleased to announce the launch of a new prelaw program for undergraduates: the Cornell Global Prelaw Program Online, June 28-July 31, 2021. The program is open to students from any university considering a law career.

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Grad Teaching Fellows lead inclusive teaching effort in SIPS

Two Graduate Teaching Fellows at the Center for Teaching Innovation developed and facilitated a training workshop for plant science teaching and lab assistants focused on inclusive teaching.

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Red Bear Angels: investing in innovation

Red Bear Angels is an active community of 1,000+ Cornell entrepreneurs and about 100 active investors. Angel investing connects entrepreneurs with “angels”—experienced, successful, and passionate investors who are eager to support them.

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Alumna’s gifts to ILR honor Thomas P. Golden

Gifts from K. Lisa Yang ’74 will establish a named executive director position for the Yang-Tan Institute, as well as a named courtyard in honor of Golden, who was executive director of the institute when he died Nov. 1.

Deans’ Dialogue to examine AI across nations

The Cornell China Center’s Ying Hua will lead a panel of educators and scientists as they take an in-depth look at AI and its growing prominence in designing future solutions for many aspects of life and industry.

New A&S professorship honors Walter LaFeber

Tom Pepinsky, a Tisch University Professor in government, will be the inaugural Walter F. LaFeber Professor. The professorship was created thanks to a gift from Andrew H. Tisch ’71 and Ann Rubenstein Tisch.

ILR alumnae instrumental in online workers’ rights handbook

Cecilia Faringer-Perez ’18 has helped launch a practical online guide for workers through the Tompkins County Workers' Center.

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Residence hall names honor McClintock, Hu, Cayuga Nation

Cornell will honor Nobel Prize winner Barbara McClintock, renowned Chinese scholar Hu Shih and the Cayuga Nation with names for new North Campus residence hall buildings.

Excess blood sugar promotes clogging of arteries: study

Excess sugar in the blood, the central feature of diabetes, can react with immune proteins to cause myriad changes in the immune system, including inflammatory changes that promote atherosclerosis, according to a new study.