During the pandemic, IT and audio-visual staff equipped many classroom spaces on the Ithaca campus with specialized Zoom Rooms software. These setups allowed instructors to deliver course material, including views of presentations, board notes, and documents, to both in-person and remote students. Recently, Zoom presented Cornell with an award recognizing this innovative use of their applications.
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.
A research tracker created by Nathan Matias, assistant professor of communication, has helped foster collaboration among social scientists responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.
A free weekly research webinar series organized by a Cornell faculty member has more than 1,000 viewers – with more expected – and is quenching a thirst for science and interaction felt by researchers around the world.
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.
Career services offices are helping students find alternate jobs or experiences, as many internships and summer positions have fallen through due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Scrapped twice by the pandemic, Dragon Day is set to return April 1 with architecture students collaborating to parade through campus a two-headed “scrap dragon” built from recycled materials.
One unsung aspect of Cornell’s success in managing the spread of COVID-19 on campus has been a commitment to analyze and learn, to pivot and adapt. As a result, the university will implement tweaks to its COVID-19 response plan this Spring semester.
New York City residents are four times more likely to choose a store where shoppers respect 6 feet of distancing than one where no one is social distancing, according to a Cornell experiment using 3D simulation.
