The university has done much more than just stay open, President Martha E. Pollack said Nov. 12 during her fifth annual address to staff, hosted by the Employee Assembly. Pollack offered special thanks to the Cornell University Police Department for its responses to recent events on campus.
Cornell and WWF will host a virtual conference Feb. 23 focused on the link between humans and wildlife, and the subsequent prevention of future pandemics.
Religion protected mental health of members of several faith groups during the pandemic, but also constrained crisis response among some of the same groups, ultimately undercutting the overall effectiveness of public health efforts.
Cornell is distributing $8.5 million to help eligible students with financial needs arising from the COVID-19 pandemic during the current academic year.
ILR School dean Alexander Colvin, Ph.D. ’99, hosted “The Future of Work: Labor in America,” the first installment of a new ILR eCornell Keynotes series.
Doug McKee and his research team found that structured peer interaction helped minimize the impact of the shift to remote teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Specialists at the Northeast ADA Call Center, based in ILR’s Yang-Tan institute, are helping people navigate pandemic-related issues impacting people with disabilities.
In the third video of the Cornell Leadership Sessions series, President Martha E. Pollack and Vice President for Student and Campus Life Ryan Lombardi discuss students’ stepping up to the challenges, and other topics.
The government’s $2 trillion stimulus package includes more than $350 billion in loans and payroll tax relief destined to help small and medium firms, those who are self-employed as well as freelancers and gig workers. Tom Schryver, visiting lecturer at the SC Johnson College of Business at Cornell University, says that in helping small businesses, the government is walking a line between getting things done fast and offering the perfect solutions.
The first day of fall classes found students returning to a new kind of campus, one that is quieter, less crowded and very different from the one they left back in March.
