Pickard ’90 Emerging Artists Series a space for student artists

For the first time, the annual Lauren Pickard ’90 Emerging Artists Series in Willard Straight Hall, held Nov. 14, included an art gallery of student work. The event traditionally showcased up-and-coming musical acts.

Brooks School, Weill Cornell Medicine launch center to improve health policy

Weill Cornell Medicine and the Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy have established the Cornell Health Policy Center to serve as the locus for health policy impact, research and training across Cornell.

Cornell Equine Park celebrates reopening, honors legacy

The Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine celebrated the grand reopening of the Cornell Equine Park Wednesday, Nov. 13. The event comes after two years of construction and remodeling of the park on Bluegrass Lane, just a mile east of campus.

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Cornell AAP establishes Ratan N. Tata Distinguished Alumni Award

The College of Architecture, Art and Planning has established the Ratan N. Tata Distinguished Alumni Award in recognition of the decades-long philanthropy of the late Ratan Tata ’59, B.Arch. ’62, a former Cornell trustee and renowned business leader.

Making beneficiaries pay for new power lines is fair strategy

Using the “beneficiary pays” principle for new power infrastructure will encourage investment in the grid without causing disputes over cost-sharing, new research shows.

Town-Gown awardees foster business, community, sustainability

Partnerships aiming to minimize construction waste in Central New York, address isolation and cognitive loss through performance, and promote and nurture local startups received the annual Cornell Town-Gown Awards, announced Nov. 16 at Cinemapolis.

Holding people responsible through a system of blame, praise

Philosopher David Shoemaker examines the complicated nature of both modes of response, teasing out their many varieties while defending a general symmetry between them.

Lloyd Robinson ’87 takes the family business to the next level

Robinson has led the company through lots of changes and hosted Cornell interns for more than 20 summers.

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Student-led initiative promotes mental health, combats seasonal gloom

A student-led initiative by Cornell Minds Matter, “Light Up The Season” will illuminate trees, lamp posts and walkways of Ho Plaza through February and is aimed at countering seasonal gloom.

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