Hallock, SC Johnson dean, named University of Richmond president

Kevin F. Hallock, the dean of the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business, will depart Cornell this summer to become president of the University of Richmond, effective Aug. 15.

Students use active learning to solve COVID-19 problems

Students examined issues from the logistics of vaccine storage and transportation, to the disinfection of public spaces, and the sanitation and reuse of personal protective equipment.

Klarman postdoc conducting ‘radical critique’ of meritocracy

Charles Petersen, Klarman Postdoctoral Fellow in the College of Arts and Sciences, studies 20th-century American history to better understand the rise of social and economic inequality in recent decades.

Latino and Black students less swayed by college-bound friends

According to new research, having college-bound friends increases the likelihood that a student will enroll in college but that effect is diminished for Black and Latino students.

High school programming prelim emphasizes learning

The third annual Cornell High School Programming Contest Warm Up, a virtual computer programming competition, was less a contest and more a chance for budding programmers to hone their skills.

FYS Telescope partners in Canada receive new $4.9 million grant

A team of Canadian researchers have been awarded $4.9 million in funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation to help build a next generation telescope, the Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope (FYST), part of the CCAT-prime project, an international collaboration including Cornell University.

Around Cornell

Migrations grants to fund research on racism, dispossession

New grants from the Migrations initiative seeks to support work in migrations-related research, pedagogy and engagement with a specific focus on racism and dispossession.

Oluo offers practical antiracism strategies in MLK Lecture

Ijeoma Oluo, author of “Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America,” was the featured speaker at the virtual Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Lecture, held March 1.

Tech Policy Lab launches with focus on AI

Sarah Kreps started the lab to research the growing connections and potential disruptions at the intersection of technology and government, many of them related to artificial intelligence.