Anne Thompson, NBC News’ chief environmental affairs correspondent, has been named the spring 2025 Zubrow Distinguished Visiting Journalist in the College of Arts and Sciences.
Anne Meinig Smalling ’87, a third-generation Cornellian with deep ties to the university, was elected the 18th chair of the Cornell Board of Trustees during a special meeting on Feb. 4. She will begin a three-year term as chair on July 1, succeeding Kraig H. Kayser, MBA ’84.
Cornell plant and computer science experts joined forces to show how herbivores like sea snails can promote the spread of seagrass wasting disease. Grazing by small herbivores was associated with a 29% increase in the prevalence of disease.
In High Stakes, High Hopes, CRP Chair Sophie Oldfield chronicles a long-term partnership with residents of Valhalla Park that dynamically linked the university and the community to reframe research addressing core neighborhood challenges.
The conference, held in in Lahore, Pakistan, featured more than thirty guest scholars, curators, artists, and other practitioners and twenty-seven emerging scholars
New ILR School research shows that one way to be assertive when bargaining while reducing the chance of a no-deal outcome is to “soften” your speech with linguistic hedges, to speak “politely.”
Pursuing research in sciences, social sciences, and humanities, the incoming Fellows will be the sixth cohort since the program was launched in 2019 with a major gift from Seth Klarman ’79 and Beth Schultz Klarman.
The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences welcomes its first artist-in-residence, Andrea Strongwater ’70, this winter. She will showcase her series, “The Lost Synagogues of Europe,” March 6 in Mann Library.
New Cornell research shows that individuals of East Asian ancestry have greater risk of elevated iron stores than people of Northern European ancestry, putting them at higher risk of chronic conditions such as heart disease, Type 2 diabetes, liver disease and cancer.
