Boatmun ’23 honored for campus-community leadership

Abigail Boatmun ’23, of Oklahoma, was recognized for her participation and leadership in a myriad of town-gown interests focused on mentorship, literacy and educational equity.

Cities have a role to play in bird conservation

Many people tend to think of cities as places devoid of nature, but a new study suggests that cities offer unique opportunities for wildlife conservation, not to mention the value that nature can have for human health and well-being.

Four honored for excellence in undergraduate advising

Three Cornell faculty members and a senior lecturer have been recognized with Kendall S. Carpenter Memorial Advising Awards for their sustained and distinguished contributions.

CALS program assistant builds community here and abroad

In recognition of her support of the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Crop Improvement, Monifa Morgan-Bell earned the Award for Staff Integrity and Inclusion, given twice a year by the Employee Assembly and presented at an award ceremony.

Pre-college big data certificate offered free to Cornell community

A new pre-college certificate program designed to help high school students develop data analysis skills complementary to a wide range of academic and professional fields will be offered at no cost to the children of Cornell faculty and staff and underserved students nominated by local high schools and other partners.

Qubit control: Cornell engineers push to make quantum practical

Researchers in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering are incorporating elements of physics, circuit design, photonics, systems architecture, information theory and other fields to make quantum devices both practical and scalable.

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New initiatives support Northeast dairy innovation

Applications are open for a new online entrepreneurship class for innovators with ideas for value-added dairy products, and finalists have been announced for a first-ever dairy products competition.

CALS senior wins national student employee award

For her work in developing and teaching nutrition and food justice curricula to adolescents in New York City, Hannah Rudt ’23 has won the 2023 National Student Employee of the Year award – the first Cornellian to ever receive this honor.

Cornell doctoral candidate named Schmidt Science Fellow

Carlos Martinez, a doctoral candidate in applied mathematics, was selected as a 2023 Schmidt Science Fellow. As a fellow, he will take on a postdoctoral placement focused on collaborative, interdisciplinary research.

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