Vaccination Conversations with Scientists, a group of more than 100 Cornell scientist volunteers educating the public about vaccines, is reporting success in shifting unvaccinated people’s beliefs about the shots.
President Martha E. Pollack announced the June 22 release of reports by the Teaching Reactivation Options Committee and the Preparation for Online Teaching Committee.
This week, one of the country’s most powerful national teachers’ union announced that its leadership would support "safety strikes" if schools were to reopen without appropriate safety measures in place. Angela Cornell, professor of law and director of the Labor Law Clinic at Cornell University’s Law School, says that ensuring workplace health and safety is one of the unions most important goals – especially as coronavirus cases continue to spike across the country.
A year after COVID-19 disrupted education, ILR School Dean Alex Colvin and American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten ’80 will discuss the future of K-12 teaching on Thursday as part of ILR's eCornell series "The Future of Work: Labor in America."
More than 300 stories or university statements that mentioned COVID-19 were posted on the Cornell Chronicle website in 2020; it was, without question, the story of the year. We look back at the past 12 months.
What can faculty, students and community members be doing in response to institutional racism and its role in shaping health equity? A webinar organized by the Cornell Center for Health Equity will examine this question.
Stephen Yale-Loehr and Ian Kysel professors at Cornell Law School comment on Trump's proposed executive order on immigration will almost certainly face both domestic and international legal challenges.
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP). Agricultural economist Andrew Novakovic says while it’s helpful the CFAP will provide assistance for farmers, massive demand destruction still remains as an underlying problem.
Bolstered by donations, Cornell’s Access Fund played a critical role in the university's pandemic response, distributing nearly $400,000 over three weeks to help more than 1,000 students return home and prepare for virtual instruction.
