Rachel Beatty Riedl, director of the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, launched her new book, “From Pews to Politics: Religious Sermons and Political Participation in Africa,” Dec. 11 at the University of Zambia.
Alecia Sundsmo, currently clinical director of mental health services at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, has been named Cornell Health’s new director of Counseling and Psychological Services, effective July 1.
A new podcast on “Unsettled Monuments, Unsettling Heritage,” launched in the spring, showcases the work of the Public Life fellowship group, part of the humanities-focused Radical Collaboration initiative.
Cornell’s Southeast Asia Program has received a four-year, $275,000 Luce Foundation grant to strengthen graduate education in the field, working with National Resource Centers across the country.
Ijeoma Oluo, author of “Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America,” was the featured speaker at the virtual Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Lecture, held March 1.
The College of Veterinary Medicine has created a brand-new scholarship to encourage under-represented high school students to explore veterinary medicine by attending the Cornell University Summer College course, Veterinary Medicine: Small Animal Practice.
In his new book, Tarleton Gillespie investigates how social media platforms police what we post online and the large societal impact of these decisions.
Vice President for University Relations Joel Malina issued a statement May 17 on the decision by an arbitrator to uphold the March 2017 graduate student election, directing that its result be certified.