Matthew Desmond, the John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Social Sciences at Harvard University, spoke about factors contributing to widespread eviction in a Nov. 16 campus talk.
The McCormick family – James ’69, M.Eng. ’70; Marsha ’70; and son James Jr. ’05, M.Eng. ’06 – longtime supporters of teaching initiatives at the College of Engineering, have made a $5 million gift to endow the Teaching Excellence Institute.
Alane Suhr, a first-year doctoral student in the field of computer science, has received one of 10 Microsoft Research Women’s Fellowships awarded this year.
Ed Intemann, senior lecturer in performing and media arts and resident lighting designer at the Schwartz Center for more than two decades, died Feb. 21.
A special benefits enrollment period, April 21-May 2, allows Cornell employees to enroll in long-term care insurance without needing to answer medical questions. Long-term care insurance covers specific long-term care costs either at home or in a facility.
On July 4, the veil over Jupiter's mysteries will be ripped away with the arrival of NASA’s Juno mission, and Cornell's Jonathan Lunine will be there to watch it happen.
Peter H. Wrege, director of the Elephant Listening Project, shared sounds of the animals at play and under siege in central Africa. He spoke in New York City April 10.