Jeffrey Palmer, associate professor in the Department of Performing and Media Arts, worked with former president Barack Obama and his advisers to create two films for the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago.
Carini, associate laboratory director for discovery technologies at Brookhaven National Laboratory, will take over from Joel Brock, who has been the director since 2013.
Mary Loeffelholz, dean of the School of Continuing Education who led the school’s expansion post-pandemic and the planning of Cornell’s first part-time online bachelor’s degree program, will step down from her role as dean, effective Jan. 1.
Six new faculty members will join Cornell Tech during the coming year, bringing expertise in AI, machine learning, programming languages, and operations research.
The 3,681 first-year students and 603 transfers who begin moving to campus Aug. 17, hail from 49 states plus Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and American Samoa, and 62 countries.
After a successful pilot launch in the spring, Cornell’s AI Critical Literacy Program will be offered in the fall to all incoming students as well as other interested students, faculty members and staff.
