Distinguished astrophysicist, renowned science writer and accomplished academic leader Ray Jayawardhana has been named dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. He is currently dean of the Faculty of Science at York University in Toronto.
Tom Schryver, visiting lecturer at the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University and an experienced entrepreneur, served as a startup founder and senior finance executive of high-growth companies and says that startup activity declines in times of economic growth as entrepreneurs have access to other jobs.
Meredith Silberstein, assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, will receive $150,000 a year over the next five years through a Department of Energy early-career program.
Doctoral students in Cornell Engineering’s Commercialization Fellowship are developing tools to compress laser pulses, separate blood plasma and 3D print living tissue.
The Office of Community Relations is on the move this summer with the Community Relations Engagement Wagon to share its services and knowledge with Cornell offices and colleagues.
The Greater Binghamton Chamber of Commerce hosted the leaders of three area universities, including Cornell, who described ways in which their institutions benefit the economy and society of New York state’s Southern Tier region.
