Rudik will work in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, where he will lead work to connect economic analyses with environmental decision-making.
Jeffery Sobal, a sociologist whose work focused on the social causes and consequences of obesity, eating relationships and food systems, died Aug. 3. He was 74.
The history of labor organizations and worker issues in China is the focus of “Keywords of Chinese Labor: An Exhibition,” opening this month in an art gallery in Brooklyn. The exhibition will include daily guided tours and events.
Diya Jale, hosted by the student group Society for India on Nov. 2, will continue a tradition of creating community and celebrating Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights.
Employees who choose to work from home full time feel greater autonomy and less isolation than those who are required to, but those benefits diminish as more colleagues also work remotely, new Cornell research finds.
For the first time, the annual Lauren Pickard ’90 Emerging Artists Series in Willard Straight Hall, held Nov. 14, included an art gallery of student work. The event traditionally showcased up-and-coming musical acts.
An exhibit in Mann Library highlights the contributions of the first Haudenosaunee women in the College of Human Ecology, who benefited from home economics programs but were constrained by limited financial support, cultural stereotypes and gender bias.
“Orlando’s Gift,” a new play written and directed by David Feldshuh, professor of performing and media arts, and inspired by Virginia Woolf’s novel “Orlando,” will premiere Nov. 1 at the Schwartz Center.
A new library exhibit will highlight the close-knit, vibrant communities that Black writers in the U.S. created through newspapers, books, pamphlets and other publications in the 18th to 20th centuries.
Journalist Kyaw Hsan Hlaing, who exposed the realities of violence perpetrated by the military in his native Myanmar, has been awarded a Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans to support his work toward a Ph.D. in political science at Cornell.