The Mann Library exhibit, “PolliNation: Artists and Scientists Crossing Borders to Explore the Value of Pollinator Health,” bring the serious issue of insect decline to the university community.
The College of Veterinary Medicine in May offered free eye examinations for service animals as part of the American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists/StokesRx National Service Animal Eye Exam.
New research from Ariel Ortiz-Bobea, Toby Ault and Carlos Carrillo in Environmental Research Letters looks at how heat stress remains the primary climatic driver of lower future agriculture yields under climate change.
Michael I. Kotlikoff, Cornell’s 16th provost, has been appointed to a second term. His reappointment, effective July 1, 2020, was approved May 25 by the Cornell University Board of Trustees.
At its May 25 meeting, the Cornell Board of Trustees elected seven new trustees to four-year terms and one new trustee to a two-year term; they will join two new alumni-elected trustees, the new undergraduate student-elected trustee and four re-elected trustees when terms begin July 1.
At Cornell University’s 151st Commencement Ceremony May 26, President Martha E. Pollack stressed that the university’s founding vision of “any person … any study” is not only at the heart of what makes Cornell unique, but also explains broadly why education matters more than ever before.
As students began to line up for Cornell’s 2019 Commencement May 26, the morning skies that threatened rain gave way to rays of sunshine wriggling between the clouds. Smiles, pomp and circumstance followed.
Approximately 300 doctoral candidates participated in a festive Ph.D. hooding ceremony May 25 in Barton Hall with President Martha E. Pollack and Provost Michael Kotlikoff offering comments and congratulations.
The Class of 2019 is entering one of the most extraordinary times in human history, William S. Nye ’77 – better known as Bill Nye the Science Guy – told graduates at Senior Convocation, urging them to stay optimistic as they tackle unparalleled challenges.
