A new grant awarded to Cornell University Press by the National Endowment for the Humanities will support open-access scholarly publication and help offset the impact of COVID-19 on nonprofit university press publishing.
Laura Rugless, executive director of equity and access services and Title IX coordinator at Virginia Commonwealth University, has been named Cornell’s new associate vice president for institutional equity and Title IX coordinator.
The Social Media Basics workshop, Jan. 19, 2018, at 3 p.m. in 120 Maple Ave., will help participants gain skills regarding working with social media networks.
Joseph Wakshlag, DVM ’98, Ph.D. ’05, will discuss pet nutrition Dec. 6, 6-7:30 p.m. at Cornell’s Baker Institute for Animal Health, 235 Hungerford Hill Rd., Ithaca, in a talk that is free and open to the public.
Cornell University Police are offering free child safety seat checks April 28 and CLASP is offering a series of free classes on the civics portion of the U.S. citizenship exam.
A town-hall discussion of Cornell’s new and updated space policies will be held Wednesday, June 6, at 2 p.m. in 146 Stocking Hall, followed by an ice cream networking event.
Laura Lewis, a former Cornell staff member who serves on the Common Council for the City of Ithaca’s Fifth Ward, will speak at the next Soup & Hope event, Feb. 1, noon-1 p.m., Sage Chapel.
Cornell President Martha E. Pollack and Beth Bagwell, executive director of the national Town-Gown Association highlight student engagement at the 8th annual Town-Gown (ToGo) Awards event Dec. 8 in Ithaca High School.