The Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies has awarded 11 seed grants and 11 small grants to faculty from five Cornell colleges in its spring 2014 grant competitions.
A partnership between International Programs in Cornell’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences is training African students in advanced cassava breeding.
Brigitt Schaffner, chair of the EA, recognized Beth McKinney, director of the Cornell University Wellness Program and a former employee-elected trustee, with the Opperman Award for Staff Advocacy.
Faculty members Andrea Bachner, Victoria Beard, Saurabh Mehta and Daniel Selva will start three-year terms this summer as Cornell’s first cohort of International Faculty Fellows with the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies.
A panel at Cornell Tech May 6 included the outlining of the vision for the Joan and Irwin Jacobs Technion-Cornell Innovation Institute by its new director, Adam Shwartz.
Biologist Thomas Seeley read passages from his book 'Honeybee Democracy' at a Literary Luncheon hosted by President David Skorton and Robin Davisson, who, with Seeley's help, recently took up beekeeping.
Events this week include activities at Cornell Plantations, an MFA student reading, a "Frozen" sing-along at Cornell Cinema, student exhibitions and Michael Jerling on "Bound for Glory."
