Boot camp helps warrior-scholars transition from service to campus

Nearly 20 active-duty and veteran service members visited Cornell June 21-28 to participate in the Warrior-Scholar Project’s academic boot camps.

Research at risk: after-school nutrition and career readiness for NYC middle-schoolers

Funding has been cut short for a national program to help young people feed themselves and their families nutritiously.

Interfaith America funds Cornell initiatives to promote dialogue across campus

Cornell has received three grants from Interfaith America, a Chicago-based nonprofit that promotes bridge-building across religious and ideological divides.

Around Cornell

Buffalo area 4-H program empowers teens, opens doors

For 10 years, the Youth CAN program has empowered students in Buffalo schools to execute projects that contribute to their communities, while gaining skills and experiences that will help them build careers.

History Center exhibit chronicles excavation at Ithaca’s ‘Freedom Church’

The exhibit on Ithaca’s St. James A.M.E. Zion Church will open on Juneteenth with a community event scheduled for 4 p.m.

Research at risk: Breaking down barriers for autistic job seekers

A project examining how to help companies hire neurodivergent people has received a termination order, halting work that could have helped autistic people find jobs and employers find talent.

The women of Mu Gamma celebrate 50 years of mentorship

More than 100 Mu Gamma sisters, from founding members to current undergrads, recently gathered in Ithaca to celebrate the chapter’s 50th anniversary, and a tradition of service, scholarship and sisterhood at Cornell.

After Fort Drum, military vets embrace Mission: Agricultural

Northern New York Veterans in Agriculture (AgVets), a program run by Cornell Cooperative Extension Jefferson County, since 2020 has helped more than 2,200 area service members explore the field of agriculture through classes, tours and mentorships with local farmers.

Cornell graduates aim to ‘lead from the front’ as military officers

During a May 23 ceremony in Statler Auditorium, more than 25 members of Cornell’s Reserve Officers' Training Corps Tri-Service Brigade were commissioned as second lieutenants or ensigns in the Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force and Space Force.