To help the son of an alum and thousands of people in need of life-saving intervention, Cornell is hosting a stem-cell cheek swabbing campaign March 13-20 across the Ithaca campus.
Pre-Orientation Service Trips, a program that offers incoming students four days of service, reflection and community-building, drew 40 first-year and transfer students together with six senior team leaders and two sophomores.
The Reynolds Foundation has committed an additional $2.1M to support democracy-focused initiatives at Cornell University’s Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy. This most recent investment includes renewed support for the School’s Center on Global Democracy as well as an expanded commitment to the Reynolds Leadership Scholarships.
Cass R. Sunstein, one of the nation’s leading constitutional scholars, will lead a discussion of the past, present and future of free expression at American universities when he delivers the Konvitz Memorial Lecture, Oct. 30 in Myron Taylor Hall.
Journalist and biographer Sam Tanenhaus will share his writing expertise with the Cornell community in a master class, “Op-Eds and Narrative Storytelling, on Oct. 8 in Lewis Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall.