Two Cornell teams are finalists in the Reimagine the Canals competition, a $2.5 million New York state contest that aspires to return the 200-year-old Erie Canal into an economic catalyst and tourism hotspot.
International students unable to return to New York this fall have the option to live and learn on-site at more than a dozen academic partner institutions worldwide while taking Cornell classes remotely.
Cornell faculty and students are teaming up with community partners in Tompkins County to address opioid use, increase food security, build a greener construction industry and share stories of Ithaca’s Black history pioneers.
At its January meeting, the Cornell Board of Trustees approved parameters for the university’s 2022-23 budget, including tuition rates for the coming academic year.
The awards honored excellence among the 1,000 staff who keep the university running, in areas from trades and building care to finance, engineering, transportation and maintenance.
A multidisciplinary team from Cornell won the $50,000 first prize in the annual Urban Land Institute Gerald D. Hines Student Competition, for urban design and development scenarios to revive neighborhoods in Toronto.
The platform, called Pathways, was designed to assist and inspire current students as they explore and make informed decisions such as choosing courses and majors.
Twelve graduate students will spend this year refining their dissertation plans and testing the waters of global research with help from the Einaudi-SSRC Dissertation Proposal Development Program.