Reunion 2021 to be virtual, open to all Cornellians

Due to the ongoing pandemic and related public health concerns, Cornell will hold all-virtual Reunion events this June for a second consecutive year, university officials announced today.

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Radio show previews MLK lecture

The February 16 episode of All Things Equal featured Cornell’s Shakima Clency and Aminah Taariq-Sidibe previewing the March 1 Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Lecture with writer Ijeoma Olou.

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Leaders offer update on the Campus Mental Health Review

Executive sponsors discuss how they will work to implement recommendations from the final report of the year-long Mental Health Review.

Program house dedicated to student veterans planned for fall

A residential program house dedicated to student veterans will open this fall near West Campus, providing a much-needed space for Cornell’s growing veteran population to find community, resources and support.

Harold ‘Hal’ Bierman Jr., professor emeritus, dies at 96

Harold “Hal” Bierman Jr., the Nicholas H. Noyes Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Management and Finance, died Feb. 12 in Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina. He was 96.

Leaders valued over managers, regardless of fit

People tend to prefer prototypical leaders even in situations that call for prototypical managers, a bias that can be tempered by deliberative thinking, according to new Cornell research.

Toni Morrison Quilting Project, to weave communities together, launches Feb. 22

Celebrating the author’s work and the community-building tradition of African American quilt-making, the Toni Morrison Quilting Project kicks off on Feb. 22, noon to 1:30 p.m., with a virtual quilting traditions workshop, featuring Ithaca-based fiber artist Heather Stewart.

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Gov. John Kasich to speak at forum on Feb. 17

John R. Kasich, governor of Ohio from 2011 to 2019, will share insights about the future of the Republican party in a virtual event with the Cornell community on Feb. 17.

Arts and Sciences welcomes eight new Klarman Fellows

Eight exceptional early-career scholars in the sciences, social sciences and humanities will pursue independent research at Cornell as recipients of Klarman Postdoctoral Fellowships.