Dr. Augustine M.K. Choi, the Sanford I. Weill Chairman of the Weill Department of Medicine, has been appointed interim dean of Weill Cornell Medicine and interim provost for medical affairs of Cornell University, starting June 1. The formation of a search committee also has been formed.
Nearly 4,000 new students are arriving at Cornell this month, with the Class of 2020 and incoming transfer students setting admissions records for diversity.
Jonathan Culler, the Class of 1916 Professor of English and a prominent scholar of literary theory, will be honored by returning students at a conference Oct. 3-4 for his 70th birthday.
ILR School Professor John M. Abowd will join the U.S. Census Bureau as associate director for research and methodology and chief scientist, Census Bureau Director John H. Thompson announced Dec. 10.
Engaged Cornell is launching grant programs for doctoral students and for student teams, designed to enhance partnerships with community-engaged research and scholarship in New York state and beyond.
Some Cornell classes are adopting the "Tree of Life" classification system, which explains the diversity of life by matching and mapping relationships on a branching diagram.
Melodramatics Theatre Company and Teatrotaller, Cornell’s Hispanic and Latinx Theatre Troupe, have collaborated on an innovative take on the classic musical “West Side Story,” playing April 22-24.