Laura Spitz has been appointed vice provost for international affairs effective Dec. 1, Provost Michael Kotlikoff has announced. She has been serving as interim vice provost since July of this year.
A self-reinforcing cycle connecting depleted soils and rural farmers may be one answer why Sub-Saharan Africa is home to most of the world's extreme poor, say Cornell researchers.
The Department of Performing and Media Arts has expanded its international learning opportunities this fall with visitors teaching students about global theatrical traditions and techniques.
Cornell researchers will travel to Paris as part of the university's delegation to the global climate change summit, COP21. Delegations from over 190 countries and more than 50,000 people will attend.
From its founding Cornell has been a secular institution, but when the university offered the School for Missionaries from 1930 to 1964 – a four-week course for missionaries on furlough – it became instantly popular.
Up to three South Korean government employees per year will pursue a Master of Public Administration degree at Cornell, according to a new memorandum of understanding.
Winners of the Cornell-based Mabati-Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature have been announced. The award recognizes excellent writing in African languages and encourages translation.
A Gates Foundaton-funded collaboration to make genomic tools for crop breeders held a workshop last week to solve their "big data" issues to make a massive genomics database for staple crops.
