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Over 80 students recognized at pinning ceremony

The Graduate school welcomed over 80 new Dean’s Scholars into the community of over 370 current Dean’s Scholars at Cornell. The Dean’s Scholars program honors recipients of competitive, diversity-focused fellowships.

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Moderna scientist to speak about COVID vaccine development

Melissa Moore led the early-stage research teams developing Moderna’s platform technologies in mRNA design and delivery.

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Laidlaw scholars at Cornell gain global perspectives

The Laidlaw Scholars Program, hosted at Cornell by the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, trains early undergraduates in international research and leadership and sends them out into the world for hands-on experiences.

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Students tackle real-world problems in global, public health projects

More than 100 students presented their work on a wide array of projects aimed at improving access to public health everywhere from Tompkins County to Tanzania, as part of the 2022 Global and Public Health Experiential Learning Symposium, held Nov. 11 in Cornell’s Physical Sciences Building.

Anthology celebrates Nuyorican Poets Cafe founder

The founder used prose and poetry to name, document, and celebrate the New York Puerto Rican experience and its alignment with the sociocultural and political movements of the late 1960s and 1970s.

Unusual antibody type shows ultrapotent activity against Zika

The discovery could lead to the development of therapies to protect babies from the potentially devastating effects of this disease. 

Cornell life science incubator graduates three startups

Three startups – two helping to make a green economy and one creating next-generation microbial images – graduated Nov. 16 from Cornell’s Center for Life Science Ventures business incubator. 

Cornell Bowers CIS welcomes new majors to the college

In a welcome event held Oct. 27, Cornell Bowers CIS introduced newly declared students to the range of services and opportunities now available to them, and held a faculty panel to give advice to the new majors.

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President’s Awards for Employee Excellence honor staff

Nineteen individuals and three teams received President’s Awards for Employee Excellence – including a new award, Culture of Sustainability – during a celebration held Nov. 15 in Barton Hall and online.

Sean and Holly Olson establish a fund as “an investment in the world we want to see”

Holly and Sean Olson have established the Olson Family Strategic Initiatives Fund at the Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy to help create the world they want to live in.

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Bronfenbrenner, Ph.D. '93, being honored for contributions to labor movement

The American Labor Studies Center will present its highest award to ILR's Labor Education Research Director Kate Bronfenbrenner on Dec. 15.

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‘Lost’ pigeon found after more than a century

A September expedition to Papua New Guinea confirmed via video the existence of the black-naped pheasant pigeon, a critically endangered species that has not been reported for 140 years.