Public health practitioner Julie Edwards, MHA has joined Cornell Health as the new director of the Skorton Center for Health Initiatives, a department providing university leadership for addressing college health concerns including alcohol misuse, hazing, suicide, sexual violence and bias.
President Martha E. Pollack and Dr. Jean William Pape, M.D. ’75, professor in clinical medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine, have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
The Center for Teaching Innovation selected doctoral students Zach Grobe (English language and literatures) and Janani Hariharan (soil and crop sciences) as recipients of the 2021-22 Cornelia Ye outstanding teaching assistant award.
Derrick Spires has won the Modern Language Association (MLA) Prized for a First Book for “The Practice of Citizenship: Black Politics and Print Culture in the Early United States.”
Episodes of the “Academic Minute” radio program from the week of Dec. 7 featured five faculty members from Cornell’s College of Arts and Sciences sharing insights from their research.
Jensen, who is committed to advancing diversity, will lead the team that awards hundreds of millions of dollars annually in support of Cornell’s need-blind admission and affordability policies.
The awards are based on nominations from students, faculty and staff, and the recommendations of a selection committee. The recognition comes with a $15,000 prize to be used for research, scholarship and other activities at Cornell.
The University Assembly (UA) is requesting feedback from the Cornell community on proposed revisions to a new Student Code of Conduct. The deadline for submitting feedback is Nov. 17.