Craig J. Fennie, associate professor at the Cornell Duffield College of Engineering whose groundbreaking research opened pathways for scientists to discover and design materials, died on June 14. He was 54.
Ceremonies on Cornell’s Ithaca and Weill Cornell Medicine campuses honored not only academic achievement, but the resilience, shared purpose and commitment to lifelong learning that define Cornell staff.
Laurel Gilmer, director of events for the Department of Music in the College of Arts and Sciences, battled against super-champion Tristan Williams on May 12 as a contestant on the TV game show “Jeopardy!”
At Cornell, learning isn’t confined to classrooms. It emerges through conversations, relationships, and shared curiosity — and it belongs to everyone. That idea sits at the heart of the Community Learning and Service Partnership (CLASP), a program that connects Cornell students with staff in collaborative, one-on-one learning partnerships.
President Michael I. Kotlikoff and professors Olga Boudker, Cathy Caruth and Francesca Molinari have been recognized by the honorary society for their excellence and leadership.
Jens David Ohlin has been appointed to a second term as the Allan R. Tessler Dean of Cornell Law School, effective July 1. The Cornell Board of Trustees Executive Committee voted March 9 to approve the new term.
Emily Bernhardt, Ph.D. ’01, the James B. Duke Professor of Biogeochemistry at Duke University, will join Cornell as the Francis J. DiSalvo Director of the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability on Sept. 1.
Susan Henry, former dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and a molecular geneticist whose breakthroughs in understanding cell metabolism contributed to advances in human pharmaceuticals, died March 7 at age 79.
