In a landmark national election Jan. 16, Taiwan elected Tsai Ing-wen, LL.M. '80, its next president. The first woman and the second Cornellian to hold Taiwan's highest office, she will assume the presidency May 20.
Cornell will host a conference showcasing cutting-edge research in computational social science with alumni and other noted scholars in the discipline Sept. 11-12 with alumni and industry speakers.
The Hon. Walter J. Relihan Jr. ’52, J.D. ’59, of Ithaca, a former Cornell University Counsel and retired New York State Supreme Court Justice, died Jan. 11, 2017. He was 86.
The Summer Startup Incubator Program from Life Changing Labs, supported in part by Entrepreneurship at Cornell, plans to serve six to eight teams this summer. Applications are due April 10.
The 2014-15 Civic Leader Fellows will present their projects Friday, Sept. 11, at 3:30 p.m. at 102 Mann Library. The fellowship helps community leaders, students and faculty solve community needs.
Cornell's Department of Asian Studies has grown to reflect the importance of the region globally and now offers more Asian languages for study than any other American university.
L. Joseph Thomas has been appointed interim dean of the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business, following the Jan. 30 resignation of Soumitra Dutta. Thomas, who was dean of the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management 2007-12, will lead the college until a permanent dean is appointed.
Professor Emeritus Robert Hughes, Ph.D. '52, who taught chemistry at Cornell from 1964 to 1980 and served as assistant director of the National Science Foundation, died in Virginia April 2. He was 92.