Vice President Susan Murphy issued a message of condolence on the death of Oluchukwu Chinedu Onuora, a 23-year-old senior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Jan. 24. Funeral services will be held Feb. 7 in White Plains, N.Y.
Gabrielle Giffords, M.R.P. ’96, and her husband, Mark Kelly, will be the speakers for Cornell’s Convocation May 23. As a member of Congress Giffords survived an assassination attempt in 2011.
President David Skorton issued a statement reminding students to contact Cornell University Police Department if they have been the victim of or witness to a hate crime and that a variety of services are available to victims.
Cornell students gathered in Carl Becker House Oct. 19 to watch discuss the final presidential debate between Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump.
This week’s events include the Cornell Bhangra team’s 18th South Asian dance exhibition, guest trumpeter Ingrid Jensen performing with the Cornell Jazz Ensemble, assistant professor Andrew Moisey in a “Chats in the Stacks” book talk and Dragon Day on March 29.
Algerian-Italian novelist Amara Lakhous, author of the 2014 New Student Reading Project selection, “Clash of Civilizations Over an Elevator in Piazza Vittorio,” will speak on campus Nov. 4.
The five-year, $2.29 million grant supports “exceptionally creative new investigators who propose highly innovative projects that have the potential for unusually high biomedical impact."