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Faculty debate role of business in climate change

Faculty from the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business discussed whether businesses have the right incentives to address the climate crisis, or if policy intervention is needed.

Cornell experts view coronavirus via multidisciplinary lenses

To help the public make sense of the coronavirus outbreak, Cornell experts have weighed in on a wide range of issues.

Summit celebrates women of Cornell Law

Hosted by the Mary Kennedy Brown Society, the March 13 summit in New York City will focus on entrepreneurship, leadership, networking and advocacy.

Students swap skills to seek solutions at digital ag hackathon

Students in fields ranging from computer science and engineering to business, agriculture and animal science convened at the second Digital Agriculture Hackathon, Feb. 28-March 1, with a shared purpose: to combine their disparate skills to brainstorm ways to make the world a better place.

CALS-ILR leadership skills workshop is March 24-25

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.

A hunger fighter empowers farmers with NextGen Cassava

Alfred Ozimati, Ph.D. ’18, is breeding the latest in disease-resistant cassava that meets the needs of subsistence farmers, thanks to the NextGen Cassava project run by Cornell.

Cornellians’ company gets $15M in venture funding

Ursa Space Systems, a geospatial intelligence agency located in Ithaca and founded by alumni Adam Maher and Derek Edinger, and Julie Baker, recently obtained $15 million in Series B funding.

Center for Social Sciences names 2020-21 faculty fellows

Eleven early-career faculty members from six colleges and schools will participate in yearlong fellowships advancing ambitious research projects in the social sciences.

Provost announces School of Public Policy, superdepartments

The new school and superdepartments in economics, psychology and sociology are expected to elevate Cornell’s excellence and impact in the social sciences.