Ready, set, count: Great Backyard Bird Count turns 25

The 25th annual Great Backyard Bird Count is scheduled for Feb. 18-21. All are invited to join the count so that as many birds as possible can become part of a massive database used by scientists to track changes in bird populations over time.

Academic Integration office reports 15 new seed grants

Cornell's Office of Academic Integration has announced 15 new multi-investigator seed grants, including support for a project on climate change, pollen and asthma attacks and another to develop a microbial delivery system for a unique treatment of colorectal cancer.

Fahmy wins Urban History Association book prize

Ziad Fahmy won a 2021 book prize from the Urban History Association (UHA) for “Street Sounds: Listening to Everyday Life in Modern Egypt." Fahmy’s book was recognized for Best Book in Non-North American Urban History.

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New piano joins historic instrument collection

A new Silbermann piano has joined the instrument collection at the Cornell Center for Historical Keyboards.

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Cornell Reading Series features writers with diverse artistic range

Beginning Feb. 24, the Spring 2022 Barbara & David Zalaznick Reading Series will feature a wide range of artistic styles and voices from around the world.

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Diverse stakeholder perspectives improve Ph.D. career development programming

A recent study published in PLOS ONE found that career development offices benefit from collaborations and network development with industry employers, empowering doctoral and postdoctoral researchers.

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New well-being program director sets sights on increased programming, resources for veterinary college community

On February 16, Kate Buckley ’01 will join the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine as the community’s well-being program director.

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Infection rate low among returning students

Students are returning to Ithaca for the spring semester with significantly fewer COVID-19 infections than university models projected, an encouraging development that keeps in-person instruction on track to resume as planned on Feb. 7.

Look who’s talking now: the fishes

A new study from Cornell University finds that fish are far more likely to communicate with sound than previously thought — and some fish have been doing this for at least 155 million years.