From teaching food science at the Ithaca Farmers Market to researching how youth feel about their race and ethnicity, this year’s Engaged Faculty Fellows are demonstrating the range of work that’s possible through community-engaged learning and research. The 2021-22 cohorts include 15 faculty from eight Cornell schools and colleges.
The Center for Teaching Innovation's Digital storytelling community of practice offers monthly sessions this fall for instructors to explore this inclusive teaching strategy and discuss their ideas with peers.
Alice Soewito '21 was recently recognized for her extensive work in public service and government by receiving the Class of '64 John F. Kennedy Memorial Award from the Public Service Center. She discussed this award and its impacts with Karl Hausker '79 in a recorded interview.
The System of Rice Intensification (SRI) has been named as a 2020 climate policy "breakthrough" for government initiatives in Vietnam to increase agricultural production there while reducing methane emissions from rice paddies.
At Cornell, Robert Kahrs ’52, D.V.M. ’54, M.S. ’63, Ph.D. ’65, served as associate dean and director of veterinary admissions, and was dean of the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine from 1982-1992.
In recognition of their leadership and impact in the field of large animal surgery, Drs. Susan Fubini and Norm Ducharme have been honored by the American College of Veterinary Surgeons.
Novelist Susan Choi, MFA ’95, whose novel "Trust Fall" won the 2019 National Book Award, will read from her New Yorker story "Flashlight" during a virtual event on April 22.