Students embrace Ithaca during Welcome Students Weekend

New and returning Cornellians gathered on Sept. 14 for Welcome Students Weekend, an event bringing students from Cornell, Ithaca College and Tompkins Cortland Community College (TC3) together to explore downtown Ithaca.

Field Day invites community to come together to play

Cornell’s first Community Field Day – with sports, games, snacks and crafts – will celebrate togetherness, physical play and well-being on Sunday, Sept. 22, from 10 a.m. to noon at Schoellkopf Field.

Final speaker in series examining antisemitism, Islamophobia

Cornell’s Antisemitism and Islamophobia Examined series concludes this semester with a talk by Derek Penslar, the William Lee Frost Professor of Jewish History at Harvard University.

Story of Chinese laborers told through Kheel Center items

The history of labor organizations and worker issues in China is the focus of “Keywords of Chinese Labor: An Exhibition,” opening this month in an art gallery in Brooklyn. The exhibition will include daily guided tours and events.

Improving women’s status promotes peace – but how?

Scholars and policymakers need to look at more than "gender equality" to assess women’s status and how it contributes to political violence or peace, political scientist Sabrina Karim argues in a new book.

How universities can help strengthen democracy

Universities must do more to prepare students to participate in democracy, Johns Hopkins University President Ronald Daniels said at a Sept. 13 event launching the Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy’s Center on Global Democracy.

Jon Kleinberg receives World Laureates Association Prize

An internationally recognized leader in social networks and algorithmic fairness, the Bowers CIS professor won the award for his foundational contributions in computer science and social science.

Cornell experts to offer solutions at Climate Week NYC

Climate Week NYC will get a Big Red tint as Cornell researchers suggest carbon solutions for the travel industry, discuss agricultural methane and participate in a nuclear energy conference.

Black print history, community featured in exhibit

A new library exhibit will highlight the close-knit, vibrant communities that Black writers in the U.S. created through newspapers, books, pamphlets and other publications in the 18th to 20th centuries.