Nominees sought for President’s Awards for Employee Excellence

Beginning May 15, nominations for the President’s Awards for Employee Excellence will be accepted to recognize the achievements of staff and faculty at Cornell. 

Staff News

Veterinary students’ AR app sparks new level of learning

Students at the Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine can now get a leg up in learning equine anatomy, thanks to a custom-designed app created at the college.

Heritage collection honors Thurston’s engineering excellence

A visionary 19th-century academic and innovator whose contributions helped usher mechanical engineering into the modern era, Thurston turned Cornell into the largest and most prominent mechanical engineering program in the country.

Source credibility is key to derailing fake news

New research led by psychology professor Melissa Ferguson, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, offers a roadmap for dealing with “fake news.”

Two receive Cornelia Ye Outstanding TA Award

Doctoral students Renee Sifri, studying chemistry, and Anna Srapionyan, studying applied math, have been honored with Cornelia Ye Outstanding Teaching Assistant Awards.

Undergrads to present psychology research May 9

Cornell undergraduates involved in psychology across a number of schools and colleges present their research across a broad array of interests at a May 9 conference in the Physical Sciences Building Atrium.

‘Know your purpose,’ speakers urge at OADI awards dinner

The Office of Academic Diversity Initiatives’ annual Honors Award Ceremony May 3 celebrated students, faculty, staff and alumni who have demonstrated outstanding leadership, high academic achievement and strong community engagement.

Public Theater director: ‘Use theater to cross boundaries’

Oskar Eustis, artistic director of the Public Theater in New York City, was at Cornell April 24 for a visit sponsored by the Milstein Program in Technology and Humanity. His talk was titled “Theater and Democracy.”

‘Oculi’ 2.0 faculty collaboration to open at new site May 25

Oculi, a sculptural pavilion by architecture, art and engineering faculty at Cornell, will move this spring from New York City to Art Omi, an art organization in Ghent, New York.