Faculty members are exploring topics from artificial intelligence to immigration and virtual reality this fall, thanks to funding from Cornell’s Institute for the Social Sciences.
Events this week include a lecture by the Nepali ambassador; an MFA writers' graduation reading; a fundraiser for earthquake relief in Ecuador; and a free Community Day at Museum of the Earth.
Three new Tisch University Professors – Nicholas Abbott, Catherine Kling and Daniel Lee – were named earlier this month by the Cornell University Board of Trustees, bringing to six the total number of current faculty carrying the honor and title.
Steven Strogatz, the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of Applied Mathematics, has won the Lewis Thomas Prize for Writing About Science. He will be honored at a March 30 reception at Rockefeller University.
As part of its mission to make Cornell a more diverse and inclusive environment for faculty, staff and students, the Presidential Advisors on Diversity and Equity have awarded three grants of $15,000 apiece for 2021 programming.
The Department of Performing and Media Arts will present the Tere O’Connor Dance Company performing “Cover Boy,” Friday, Sept. 12, at the Schwartz Center.
The inauguration of Cornell’s 13th president, Elizabeth Garrett, is set for Friday, Sept. 18. The installation ceremony will take place on the Arts Quad at 10 a.m., followed by a communitywide picnic on the Ag Quad.