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Mitchell Baker, the co-founder of the Mozilla Foundation visited Cornell on Wednesday to speak about the importance of the relationship between STEM and the humanities.
As the wind gently blew across Ho Plaza on Wednesday, it carried the voices of people sharing their connections to Sri Lanka and the people whose lives were lost on Easter Sunday. Students from all different backgrounds, ages and disciplines faced each other in a wide circle, candles given out by the organizers in hand.
In a naming ceremony, embellished with a ribbon cutting ritual, Cornell and 3M celebrated their partnership by christening the existing Food Safety and Quality Lab in Stocking Hall in early April.
The idea behind the tongue-in-cheek jewelry first began with a gift for a friend’s birthday, Barrans said. After the gift was met with warm reception, Barrans quickly realized the once light-hearted gimmick could serve as a charitable platform.
“I came for the pole and stayed for the posse,” says Veronica Wertz ’21, one of the fourteen students performing in Cornell Pole Posse’s first annual showcase this Friday to benefit Planned Parenthood.
Tina He ’19, part of project team Cornell AppDev, became the project lead for student-made fitness app Uplift. Alongside her team members, He developed Uplift, designed to help Cornell students make staying healthy on campus enjoyable.
“A voice like Ladan’s, I think, tends to be a bit hidden by … other voices,” said Prof. Cristina Correa, English, in a phone interview with The Sun. “I think what she’s doing on the page is very powerful, especially coming from a black woman in this country right now, an African immigrant voice, a Muslim voice, and also her attention to include visuals in her work.”
Bill Nye ’77 will be the 2019 convocation speaker, the Convocation Committee announced after the Student Assembly meeting on Thursday afternoon.
Tom Jones ’96 MRP ’72, a prominent figure in the 1969 Willard Straight Takeover, returned to Willard Straight Hall on Wednesday night to share lessons learned during the 50 years since the takeover and to reflect on the current state of race relations in America.
Cornell students brought the universe to Cornell as they participated in astronomy-themed activities on Wednesday, April 25 as part of the People’s Climate Week on the Arts Quad.