Alexander Colvin, Ph.D. ’99, has been appointed to a second term as the Kenneth F. Kahn ’69 Dean of the ILR School, Provost Michael I. Kotlikoff announced Sept. 18.
Nearly 200 new first-year and transfer students from 49 countries participated in Prepare, a virtual and in-person preorientation for international undergraduates, offered by the Office of Global Learning, part of Global Cornell.
As part of the 30th anniversary celebration of Toni Morrison, M.A. ’55, winning the Nobel Prize in Literature, Cornell will present the author’s “Desdemona” Oct. 27 and 28 at the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts.
Cornell and Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit have entered into a four-year service agreement that will see the university pay the bus company more than $3.3 million per year, with scheduled increases in years 2, 3 and 4.
To meet a growing need, Enfield Food Distribution is working with a multidisciplinary Cornell team to design and raise funds for a larger, more welcoming facility.
Teams from eLab, Cornell’s student accelerator, and Cornell Tech’s Runway Startups program will pitch their ideas to the West Coast Cornell community at Cornell Silicon Valley Presents: Student Startup Showcase March 30 at the Autodesk Gallery in San Francisco.
Millions of people in Myanmar have risen up against military rule since a coup d’état in February 2021 removed the country’s democratically elected leader from office — the topic of a March 27 panel discussion on “People in Revolt: The State of the Anti-Military Movement in Myanmar.”
NPR media correspondent David Folkenflik ’91 has been named the 2023-24 Zubrow Distinguished Visiting Journalist in the College of Arts and Sciences. The program brings accomplished journalists to Cornell each year.
At a luncheon on May 21, 42 Merrill Scholars celebrated the mentors who had the greatest influence on their early education and the Cornell faculty or staff members who contributed most significantly to their college experience.