Orchestra students mentor young musicians remotely

Cornell classes were held remotely this spring, but 10 members of the Cornell Orchestra are still meeting weekly by Zoom with their mentees – orchestra students from Cayuga Heights Elementary School.

Einaudi-funded Ph.D. students think globally, act remotely

This year, a new cohort of 16 Ph.D. students in the Einaudi-SSRC Dissertation Proposal Development Program must adapt to the obstacles brought on by the global pandemic.

Online showcase celebrates students’ community engagement

Cornell’s Office of Engagement Initiatives celebrated students’ work from this academic year online at the Community Engagement Showcase 2020.

Students reflect on engaged experiences, leadership

Students reflected on their learning experiences and future goals in community engagement as they completed a leadership certificate program this spring.

CLASP student mentors adjust to learning in place

With the switch to remote learning in April, students in the Community Learning and Service Partnership program had to find creative ways to modify their learning partnerships.

Cornell leads effort to provide masks for incarcerated people

Rob Scott, director of Cornell Prison Education Program, has organized 14 New York colleges and universities to provide masks for every person incarcerated in the state – nearly 43,000 people.

Cornell library gains permanent access to genocide archive

The voices of survivors of the Holocaust and other atrocities will live on through Cornell University Library’s recently acquired permanent access to USC Shoah Foundation’s Visual History Archive.

Cornell biologists grow, donate plant kits to local families

The lab of Margaret Frank, assistant professor of plant biology, has helped create nearly 1,000 at-home gardening kits, which they donated to children in the Ithaca City School District during meal delivery May 8.

ILR’s Ithaca Co-Lab to focus on engaged learning, outreach

ILR has announced the creation of the Ithaca Co-Lab, which will focus on engaged learning opportunities and outreach work in Ithaca and the surrounding region. It is modeled after the school’s Buffalo Co-Lab.