Following 10 years working in Cornell’s telecommunications department, Henry Crans has been the director of facilities in the College of Arts and Sciences for 40 years, overseeing the construction of buildings from conception to occupancy. He especially is proud of Klarman Hall, which he considers one of the most beautiful buildings on campus. Crans has also worked part time with Cornell Outdoor…
Thirty-three university staff members were recognized for earning academic degrees at the 23rd annual Staff Graduate Reception, May 20 in the Hall of Fame Room in Friends Hall.Two Cornell staff members are receiving bachelor’s degrees from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Nineteen are receiving Cornell master’s degrees, two are receiving doctorates, and 10 are receiving degrees in…
Over the course of two decades, Riché Richardson, associate professor of African-American literature in Cornell’s Africana Studies and Research Center, received her doctorate and two fellowships, taught at two universities, published numerous essays and a book – and survived three major surgeries.Those surgeries, and the faith in which she was raised, taught Richardson to live life to the fullest…
Nine Cornell faculty members have been awarded Affinito-Stewart research grants for the 2018-19 academic year.The program, administered by the President’s Council of Cornell Women (PCCW), some of whom are pictured right, was established in 1990 to help the university increase the number of women in tenured faculty positions. It provides grants up to $10,000 for nontenured Cornell female faculty…
A century ago, Cornell provided 4,598 commissioned officers to fight in World War I – more than any other institution, including West Point. Of nearly 9,000 Cornellians – students, faculty and alumni – who enlisted in the U.S. military for that effort, 264 gave their lives before the war ended with the armistice, Nov. 11, 1918.On Nov. 10-11, Cornell will remember their service at a Centennial…
Some of the 14 participants in this year’s Warrior-Scholar Project (WSP) at Cornell said their week of intensive study, July 21-29, taught them how to read critically, paying attention to the perspectives of the authors, their intended audiences and the historical contexts that informed their writings. Others noted the relevance of ancient works to present times. Still others honed their time…
The 2018 Community Engagement Showcase, April 16 in Klarman Hall, celebrated undergraduate and graduate students who collaborated with local and international communities this past year to address some of those communities’ pressing challenges. It also recognized two student projects and one faculty member for their community engagement efforts.Doctoral student Jayme Kilburn from the Department…
Darnell Epps ’21 is a government major at Cornell’s College of Arts and Sciences and a research assistant for the Cornell Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide. His older brother, Darryl, was a member of the summer 2017 Justice in Education cohort at Columbia University and has counseled at-risk youth.Both were incarcerated in a maximum-security prison for 17 years, spending 10 of those years…
For José Armando Fernandez Guerrero ’18, two strong women – his grandmother, Apolonia, and his mother, Josefina – believed that his education would open opportunities. A third – a high school French teacher – showed him how to use his education, and the passion for languages and linguistics it inspired, to help him embrace and move beyond his past.José’s grandmother grew up in a rural village in…
More than 200 awardees, nominees, nominators and senior staff members gathered at the Statler Ballroom for the fifth annual Employee Excellence Awards celebration March 13.“You are held in the highest regard by the student-athletes,” Vice President Ryan Lombardi told the audience, “for your willingness to listen when they are struggling with school work, family issues and missing home.”Recognized…
Tucked away in the basement of Clark Hall are five staff members whose machining expertise is integral to the success of many of the designs, experiments and innovations of Cornell’s physics faculty, graduate students and postdocs, as well as to work done within other departments and units across campus.Four of those staff – supervisor Robert Page and equipment technicians Chris Cowulich, Jeffrey…
Craig Wiggers, a retired Marine lieutenant colonel with 25 years of service, is director of administration for the physics department and says he loves Cornell’s welcoming, supportive environment.“We each may have a different title, but we are all people first,” Wiggers says. “Taking care of one another and trying to translate a lot of the leadership skills I learned as a Marine to my work at…
Whether they served in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps or Coast Guard, the 15 veterans and reservists of the first 2017 Warrior-Scholar Project (WSP) class agreed they gained a greater appreciation for democracy in the United States by seeing people from other countries aspire to a way of life many Americans take for granted.Gretchen Ritter ’83, the Harold Tanner Dean of Arts and Sciences at Cornell…
Ava Ramsundar ’17 will follow the passion that prompted her to minor in education and join Teach For America (TFA) after graduation. Ramsundar, who majored in psychology and hopes to become a psychiatrist, will teach in Paterson, New Jersey, this fall.Travis Ghirdharie ’17, who majored in government and anthropology, also has joined TFA and will teach social studies at the Math, Engineering and…
Imagine serving in the military, having life-changing experiences, then re-entering civilian life only to realize that to fulfill your dreams you need to go to college.And imagine the only preparation you have is your memories of high school.Then imagine contributing to a classroom discussion with the president of an Ivy League institution and having him say of your comment, “You’re absolutely…
When she was growing up in Harlem, Ginger So ’79 walked 10 blocks each way once a week to borrow books from the public library.In those books, she saw photographs of an America she did not know – an America of houses with white picket fences – and images of other countries. Her reading made her want to travel, so she followed the advice of her mother and studied hard, gained entrance to a good…
In an interview with the Cornell Chronicle, Hunter R. Rawlings III, Cornell president emeritus and professor emeritus of classics, discussed “pinch-hitting” as Cornell’s interim president, taking on this leadership role April 25 in the stead of the late President Elizabeth Garrett, who died of colon cancer March 6. He also outlined some of the challenges ahead for Cornell and higher education…
Chad Coates, assistant dean of admissions and advising in the College of Arts and Sciences, was voted Cornell’s 14th employee-elected trustee in an election held April 11-13. More than 1,300 staff members participated in the election.Succeeding Alan Mittman, Coates will begin his four-year term July 1.As assistant dean, Coates chairs admissions committees for undergraduate international…
“How many of you have cried today? How many of you cried yesterday? … How many of you haven’t cried in a year?”Asking an audience of more than 100 to answer these questions by a show of hands, Enongo Lumumba-Kasongo ’08, a Cornell doctoral student in the field of science and technology studies, opened the ninth annual Soup & Hope series Jan. 21 by describing her personal journey toward…
