Anne Blackburn is a professor in the Department of Asian Studies and a faculty member in Cornell's South Asia Program, Southeast Asia Program and the Religious Studies Program.
The Middle States Commission on Higher Education chose Human Ecology Dean Alan Mathios to fill a midterm vacancy through December 2014. In October it was announced he was appointed to his first official term to run Jan. 1, 2015, through Dec. 31, 2017.
Cornell Lab of Ornithology researcher Caren Cooper gave a presentation, “Citizens of Science: When Advances are Powered by Crowds,” at the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting in Chicago, Feb. 16.
Robert Morgan, the Kappa Alpha Professor of English in the College of Arts and Sciences, has a just-published novel, "Chasing the North Star", on the heels of a recent poetry collection, "Dark Energy."
About 140 staff members gathered Feb. 28 in the Biotechnology Building at a forum to discuss immigrants, refugees, green card holders and citizens, while others participated online through Zoom.
New York Times national security correspondent David Sanger spoke on campus Nov. 10 about foreign policy in the Bush and Obama administrations and the future of modern warfare.
Jeremy Thomas, a real estate development expert in Philadelphia has been named senior director of Cornell Real Estate. He begins his new position Jan. 30. Thomas will be responsible for directing real estate development activities for Cornell, which includes strategic planning.