News & Events

Statement on decision of independent arbitrator on graduate student election result

Vice President for University Relations Joel Malina issued a statement May 17 on the decision by an arbitrator to uphold the March 2017 graduate student election, directing that its result be certified.

Graduate student grants fund community-engaged projects

Engaged Graduate Student Grants will support 21 Cornell doctoral students and their community partners researching a range of topics. 

CURB galvanizes Puerto Rican students’ lab experience

Visiting students from hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico honed their science skills by shadowing and working in laboratories across campus this semester.

Two named 2018 Kaplan Faculty Fellows for service-learning work

Two Cornell faculty members were awarded the 2018 Kaplan Family Distinguished Faculty Fellowship on April 24.

Register now for the annual supplier show June 1

Procurement Services will host its annual supplier show Thursday, June 1, 10 a.m.–2 p.m. in Barton Hall.

Staff News

Psychologist explores happiness, memory and identity

Shimon Edelman, professor of psychology, says we can’t have it all when it comes to happiness, identity, and extreme longevity, and explains why we’ll have to give up one to keep the others.

Atkinson Center brainstorms solutions for carbon removal

An Atkinson Center workshop May 4 looked for ways to use Cornell research to draw carbon out of the air and oceans and sequester it. 

Cornell says farewell to Puerto Rican students

Students from the University of Puerto Rico said goodbye to Cornell faculty and staff at a May 7 reception.

New programs aid first-generation Arts and Sciences students

The College of Arts and Sciences will offer three new programs to support first-generation, low-income students, starting this summer.