Jim Case, longtime associate head athletic trainer with the football and men’s lacrosse teams during his more than three decades at Cornell, died March 14 at age 55.
Ray Jayawardhana, the Harold Tanner Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and a professor of astronomy, hopes to inspire the next generation of scientists with his first book for young children, “Child of the Universe.”
Cornell is embarking on an unprecedented effort to shift to online instruction for the rest of the semester following spring break – employing innovative measures to maximize learning and research while limiting the spread of COVID-19, the novel coronavirus disease.
The “Leadership Skills for Success” workshop, March 24-25 in the Stocking Hall Conference Center, promises to help participants develop the critical communication and supervisory skills needed to build and lead their teams.
To celebrate the opening of the Cornell University Library archive honoring synthesizer pioneer Robert Moog, Ph.D. ’65, the university is hosting “When Machines Rock: A Celebration of Robert Moog and Electronic Music,” March 5-7.
Bailey Drewes and Chelsea Benson, Cornell employees who will complete in the U.S. Olympic Team Trials for the marathon, love the spirit among sub-elite runners, who juggle jobs in addition to their training.
Deborah Starr, associate professor of modern Arabic and Hebrew Literature and Film, will take part in a film screening and discussion on writer Jacqueline Kahanoff, Feb. 18 at Cornell Cinema.
Kate Bronfenbrenner ’76, Ph.D. ’93, director of Labor Education Research and an ILR School senior lecturer, has won this year’s George D. Levy Faculty Award, recognizing community-engaged learning projects.
With the transition to the Canvas Learning Management System complete, faculty and the Canvas team are to exploring advanced features and tools to further enhance student learning.
Shaoyi Jiang, Ph.D. ’93, has been named the first Robert S. Langer ’70 Family and Friends Professor at Cornell. Jiang’s wife, Qiuming Yu, Ph.D. ’95, also will join the Cornell faculty.
