Hincapié wrestles with future of U.S. immigration policy in 2025 Nixon Lecture

The Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy welcomed Marielena Hincapié, John W. Nixon Public Policy fellow at the Brooks School, to Willard Straight Hall on Cornell’s Ithaca campus for the 2024 Nixon Lecture “From Crisis to Renewal: Immigration, Inclusion, and the Next 250 Years.”

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Students pitch innovative startups in San Francisco

Teams from eLab, the Runway Startup Postdocs Program and BioVenture eLab pitched their business ideas at the annual Cornell Silicon Valley: Student Startup Showcase at San Francisco’s Autodesk Gallery on March 27.  

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Fig the ferret fights off lymphoma

When Fig was suddenly lethargic and wouldn’t eat one day, his owner knew something was amiss and rushed him to the Cornell University Hospital for Animals.

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Inclusive Excellence Podcast: DEI – More than just an acronym

In this episode of the Inclusive Excellence Podcast, co-hosts Erin Sember-Chase and Toral Patel go back to the basics – breaking down the foundational concepts of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), and exploring why understanding these terms matters to everyone, everywhere. 

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JFK Award winner Farzan Hussainzada finds purpose in supporting immigrant communities

Farzan Hussainzada ’25 was awarded this year’s Class of 1964 John F. Kennedy Memorial Award to support his aspirations to become an immigration attorney.

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Rafaela Uzan '25 Selected for Gaither Fellows Program

Rafaela Uzan, a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences has been selected to join the James C. Gaither Junior Fellows Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

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Three Cornellians named recipients of Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans

Current doctoral candidate Max Gotts and alumni Carina Shiau ’21 and Syed Tahmid Mahbub ’17 were among the 30 recipients of the Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship.

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Cornell Celebrates Breakthrough Prize for LHC Collaborations

Cornell researchers are helping upgrade the CMS detector at CERN, as LHC collaborations win the 2024 Breakthrough Prize for fundamental physics discoveries.

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Knight Institute creates ‘culture of writing’ on campus

The Institute oversees the Cornell Writing Centers, Graduate Writing Service, writing workshops, the first-year writing (FWS) seminars and other writing resources across campus.

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