Student workers at the Einaudi Center for International Studies play important roles in the center's mission, and those jobs have helped them prepare for careers in international relations, academia and other areas.
This semester, the Executive Accountability Committee announced implementation progress including the launch of a new central mental health and wellness resource website and a new peer support model adopted by the student-led Empathy Assistance and Referral Service.
On Thursday, the Senate failed to pass a pared-down coronavirus relief package and the U.S. Department of Labor reported more than 857,000 workers filed new unemployment claims in the past week. Russell Weaver, an economic geographer with Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR) Buffalo Co-Lab says an increase in job losses are likely if appropriate actions are not taken to stimulate the economy.
During this time of social distancing and university life interrupted by the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, the Chronicle offers a variety of opportunities to engage with online Cornell resources and programming.
Isaac Weisfuse,medical epidemiologist at Cornell University, says coronavirus variants may threaten the efficacy of current vaccines and travelers should not assume it is 100 percent safe, even if vaccinated.
Cornell administrators announced that the university would be changing its COVID-19 alert level to yellow following an increase in the number of positive cases on campus.
Ian Kysel, visiting assistant clinical professor of law, helped draft principles for protecting migrants and refugees during the pandemic that have been endorsed by more than 800 scholars.
The prospect of residency typically brings jitters to newly minted doctors, but the transition has become far more complex with numerous unknowns surrounding the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
As Cornell puts noncritical research on hold, researchers on campus have found that everyone is making extra efforts to help each other through the transition.
