Bhargav Sanketi earned third place in the Ivy+ Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition. 3MT challenges graduate students to present their thesis research compellingly to general audiences in just three minutes.
Colin Parrish, Ph.D. ’84, the John M. Olin Professor of Virology at the Baker Institute for Animal Health, has been elected president of the American Society for Virology. Parrish will take office in July 2021 and serve a three-year term.
The College of Engineering hosted a first-of-its-kind virtual gathering on March 4 to welcome recently admitted engineering doctoral students from backgrounds traditionally underrepresented in the field.
Cornell's New York Youth Institute announced the selection of 20 high school students who will represent New York State as delegates to the 2021 World Food Prize Global Youth Institute.
Five doctoral candidates were inducted into the Cornell chapter of the Bouchet Graduate Honor Society, which recognizes outstanding scholarly achievement and promotes diversity and excellence in doctoral education.
The Society for the Humanities added to its grant offerings in 2021, awarding Humanities Impact Grants to humanities projects that “engage in broader public conversations with social impact in mind.”
“Policy, Politics and Ethics of the Coming AI Revolution,” an Arts Unplugged webinar, will explore the impacts of artificial intelligence (AI) and technology on our current political system and reflect on ethical concerns for the future, hosted by the College of Arts and Sciences.
Amy Crouch ’22, a linguistics major in the College of Arts and Sciences, recently released her first book, “My Tech-Wise Life: Growing Up and Making Choices in a World of Devices,” written with her dad, author Andy Crouch ’89.
The School of Civil and Environmental Engineering will offer an optional smart cities undergraduate concentration, recognizing the growing ubiquity of sensors, smart devices and real-time data in related fields.