Éva Tardos named ACM Athena Lecturer

The Association for Computing Machinery has named Éva Tardos, the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of Computer Science and department chair in the Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science, the 2022-2023 ACM Athena Lecturer. 

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ILR comics describe their motivation for joining Humor Us! troupe

Two ILRies performing with Humor Us! on campus Friday explain how ILR’s curriculum encourages students to pursue anything, including comedy. 

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Taft Award Winners Announced

Each year, the ILR School sponsors the Philip Taft Labor History Award, given to the best book published in the previous year on the subject of labor and working-class history.

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Concerto Competition winner to perform with Cornell Symphony Orchestra

Nanor Seraydarian will perform Ernest Chausson’s “Poème” as a featured soloist alongside the Cornell Symphony Orchestra at Bailey Hall

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Ed Mabaya named director of Cornell’s Humphrey Program

Ed Mabaya, MS ’98, Ph.D. ’03 has been named director of Cornell’s Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program, a premier training program for mid-career professionals from developing and emerging economies in areas of agriculture, rural development and natural resource management.

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“Startup Cornell” podcast features founder of AfriTrip Advisors Morocco

Ghali Jorio ’22 is the founder of AfriTrip Advisors Morocco, a travel company that offers private and customized trips around Morocco.

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Balance Festival to offer wellness-focused programs for students

Upcoming Balance Festival aims to help students explore current choices and the alternatives available in a way that meets students where they are and recognizes the constraints they face. 

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Cornell Humphrey program director Peter Gregory to retire

Peter Gregory, who for more than a decade supported cadres of international leaders through the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program at CALS, will retire June 30.

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Where Freezin’ for a Reason and Doing the Greatest Good Meet

Eleven student groups including residence halls, student organizations, and Cornell athletics teams participated in the goal-breaking Ithaca Polar Plunge in late March to support the Special Olympics of New York.

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