Professor John Cawley has been named the next director of the long-standing Cornell in Washington program, which will also move organizationally into the new Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy as he takes the helm July 1.
“A Century of Observing at Fuertes” will be held Nov. 17 with reflections on the observatory’s history and long-term impact as a window to the cosmos for the community.
On Monday, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was moved into an intensive care unit after his coronavirus symptoms worsened. Alexandra Cirone, professor in Cornell University’s department of government and an expert in European politics, says that Johnson’s worsening condition poses the question of what an emergency leadership selection would look like for U.K.’s Conservative Party.
Events this week include 'The Martian' at Cornell Cinema, the Chorus and Glee Club's return from tour concert, new exhibits at the Johnson Museum and the People's State of the Union.
Four Cornell colleges welcomed the university's first group of students admitted in the spring semester. The new admissions program addresses a 100 percent increase in applicants in the last decade.
As China creates more green space near its cities, the modernization plan – relocating 250 million rural villagers into urban centers by 2025 – has a dark side: socioeconomic inequity.
Two Lab of Ornithology staff members created a science project on birds with community leaders, teachers and students in the Peruvian Amazon. The result? A flowering of community interest beyond anything they could have imagined.
Warren Knapp, 82, professor emeritus of meteorology and climate in the Earth and atmospheric sciences, and the second director of Cornell’s Northeast Regional Climate Center, died Oct. 3 in Ithaca.
Ariana Kim, assistant professor of performance in the College of Arts and Sciences Department of Music, will perform live excerpts from her new album Nov. 22 in Ithaca.
