Proactive outreach and Cornell’s tradition of supporting military service have helped grow the number of cadets and midshipmen joining the Tri-Service Brigade this year.
President Michael I. Kotlikoff told the nearly 4,800 first-year and transfer students and family members gathered Aug. 19 at Schoellkopf Field for New Student Convocation to “learn from the people who don’t think and speak like you.”
The celebration also features a welcome speech at 12:15 p.m. by Elaine L. Westbrooks, Carl A. Kroch University Librarian, and open houses for the new Anthropology Collaboratory and Library Map Collection.
The Cornell NanoScale Science and Technology Facility has launched a free VR youth outreach module, designed to prepare the next generation of students in cutting-edge microchip fabrication.
Cornell welcomes 3,861 first-year students and 640 transfers who begin moving to campus Aug. 18, hailing from all 50 states, plus Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the Mariana Islands, and 97 countries.
Surrounded by friends and family, 106 students in the Class of 2029 participated in Weill Cornell Medical College’s annual White Coat Ceremony on Aug. 12, officially marking the beginning of their medical education.
For the past decade, Cornell Health’s Skorton Center for Health Initiatives has developed dozens of innovative programs, health campaigns, policy initiatives and collaborations to advance student and campus health.
This summer, Cornell Tech welcomed the first-ever cohort of the City University of New York (CUNY) Honors Connect program, which culminated in a showcase of student-led research on July 31.
As tariffs shift and trade regulations grow more complex, a team of Cornell Tech students is developing a smarter solution to address modern trade compliance challenges.
