The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/author/anmolrajesh/page/2/)
López-Calva, who got both his master’s and his Ph.D. in economics from Cornell, was the co-director of the The World Development Report 2017. On Monday, he returned to the Cornell campus to host a roundtable discussion and a keynote address about the implications of The World Bank’s yearly report.
From Friday to Sunday, teams of programmers, designers and students from a variety of backgrounds raced against the clock to produce impactful software. BigRed Hacks, the oldest student-run hackathon at Cornell, drew upon a large number of students from across the country. “Part of what I feel our mission is, is to relieve tension and show people that you really don’t have to be a genius to have fun and learn things at hackathons. The only thing you need is the will to try,” said Jeffrey Van ’19, a student organizer at the event. Abhishek Velayudham, a sophomore majoring in computer science at the University of Maryland, College Park, reflected on what motivated him to attend the event.
Tuesday’s opening came after a summer of evaluating how the store can be improved since last spring’s soft opening.
After months of media hype, science lessons and incessant warnings about looking at the bright orb without sunglasses, viewers of all ages tilted their heads upward to witness the feat of nature
The group has already won $100,000 from NASA, and it could earn over $1,000,000 more.
Georges Lemaître’s hypothesis of the primeval atom — what we now call the Big Bang — was at first sharply criticized by scientists who thought that Lemaître’s research was religiously motivated.
Starting in the spring of 2018, Cornell Law School students will have the opportunity to take a variety of specialized classes which blend law and technology at Cornell Tech.
Loftin criticized the labor movement for its lack of diversity, especially at the leadership level, saying the movement is “headed by old white men.”
The shack-like structure — made of wood, lights, string and other materials — includes a series of shelves under a small roof where members of the community can place items honoring loved ones or memories.
Carmon, whose Ginsburg biography had a three month tenure on The New York Times bestseller list, expressed admiration for Ginsburg’s principled way of life, saying that she “maintained her identity” at Cornell and “stayed true to herself.”