Lead New York, a leadership development program for adult professionals in the food, agriculture and natural resource sectors, has announced the members of its 19th class.
“Shtisel,” an Israeli television series about a family living in an ultra-Orthodox neighborhood in Jerusalem, is an international hit on Netflix. Its director and writer, Yehonathan Indursky, will talk about the series during “The Making of Shtisel,” an online event hosted by Cornell’s Jewish Studies Program on March 24.
Drs. Sohyoung Lee and Abrrey Monreal, postdoctoral researchers in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, earned research awards for their work in typhoid toxin and peptide therapy research.
Justin Wilson has received a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to develop more efficient methods of separating rare earth elements, which are found in wind turbines, liquid crystal displays, batteries, and portable electronics.
The National Endowment for the Arts has approved a $30,000 Grants for Arts Projects award to the Department of Music to support a musical response to Freedom on the Move (FOTM), a database housing digitized, searchable fugitive slave advertisements.
When the U.S. began distributing COVID-19 vaccines this winter, Jordan Tralins ’23 found it odd that her social media feeds didn’t have any factual information about the shots. Tralins decided to do something about it.
Marika Nell, Ph.D. ’20, and Kevin McDermott, Ph.D. ’19, began their doctoral programs hoping to work in academia but discovered policy careers along the way. They discuss how Cornell resources have shaped their path.