The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/author/katherineheaney/)
To maintain its status as a leader in promoting campus and climate sustainability, Cornell has announced a new sustainability force: the Sustainable Cornell Council.
During the spring of 2019, Cornell began the transition from Blackboard to Canvas as its primary learning management system, the official term for the online system used by both instructors and students to share information, deliver course materials and track grades.
Olin Library’s terrace, famous for its musical rocks and views of the Arts Quad, will be closed until spring as the University manages a series of leaks and maintenance updates to the 58-year-old building.
Marlee Pincus’s ’22 entire world changed after being diagnosed with cancer during her first semester at Cornell. But instead of isolating herself in a hospital room, Pincus decided she will help others with similar conditions through sharing her experiences online and raising money for cancer research.
After taking BIOEE 1540: Introduction to Oceanography, Benjamin Finegan ’19 was inspired to take some time off from school to advocate for climate change policy. He was one of 50 individuals arrested for occupying the office of Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.).
Prof. Kelly Musick, policy analysis and management, was awarded $1 million for her research on the discrepancy in earnings between women with children and their male partners.
Danquah was one of two winners for 2018, along with Prof. Rattan Lal, soil science, Ohio State University. Each winner was awarded $100,000 in prize money.
Fifteen sports industry professionals will speak in New York City at the ILR Sports Leadership Summit to discuss the opportunities and future of the industry. Speakers will include the current commissioner of the National Hockey League, the ESPN president and co-chair of Disney Media Networks and the co-head of CAA Sports.
Pulitzer Prize winning novelist Viet Thanh Nguyen, who will be speaking at Cornell on Thursday, has been active in the media as a cultural critic on U.S. policies on refugees and other displaced peoples given his experience as a refugee during the Vietnam War.
“One could expect [Kirk and Owens] to speak on topics including the current federal administration, current events domestic and abroad, and other conservative issues,” Hoffman said.