Six Cornell professors – each with distinctive areas of study – provided 10-minute presentations on the university’s international impact at Bailey Hall on Oct. 17.
On Oct. 16, President David J. Skorton sent a letter to the CEO of VF Corp., severing the university’s business relationship with JanSport, citing deep concern over the ongoing issues surrounding worker and factory safety in Bangladesh.
The university is putting in place travel restrictions, given the evolving Ebola situation and its responsibility to protect the health of the community. Messages have been emailed to all students, faculty and staff.
International Criminal Court President Sang-Hyun Song spoke on campus Oct. 9 on the need to make genocide, use of child soldiers, and human rights violations unacceptable.
Four international research projects will be supported by U.S. Department of Education Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad awards to Cornell via the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies.
María Pacheco, M.P.S. ’90, a Fulbright scholar, consultant to the United Nations Foundation, founded Wakami, a company changing the way craftspeople enter the international market.
Cornell economist Kaushik Basu has been named president-elect of the International Economic Association. He will assume the position of president in 2017.
