Arjun Kumar Karki, Nepal's ambassador to the United States, was on campus to give the opening keynote address for the Cornell-Nepal Earthquake Recovery Partnership spring workshop, held May 6-7.
Rebecca Stoltzfus has been appointed vice provost for undergraduate education as of July 1, and Julia Thom-Levy has been named provost's fellow for pedagogical innovation as of Aug. 1, Provost Michael Kotlikoff announced.
Cornell researchers have found no evidence to suggest that the risks of a mother potentially transmitting the virus to her child via breastfeeding outweigh the benefits of breastfeeding, though they caution that more study is necessary.
Marcos Moreno was among 60 scholars were selected from 482 applicants nominated nationwide this year. He plans to be a primary care physician in his native Arizona.
Twenty-one students from across campus traveled to Japan on a a winter break study tour funded by the Japanese government as a cultural exchange exposing American students to the country.
Fifteen Cornell students received Fulbright U.S. Student Awards to conduct research or teach abroad in 2016-17, according to the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies.
