Surveillance testing set to begin Sept. 3

Cornell administrators announced that the focus of the university’s testing efforts will shift from arrival testing of incoming students to ongoing surveillance testing of all students living on campus or in the greater Ithaca area.

Yoon: Enslaved laborer memorial invites healing, reflection

The Memorial to Enslaved Laborers at UVA has won praise for an inclusive design approach led by Höweler + Yoon Architecture LLP co-founder Meejin Yoon, B.Arch. ’95, the Gale and Ira Drukier Dean of Architecture, Art and Planning.

VP Ryan Lombardi provides update on new COVID-19 cases

Vice President for Student and Campus Life Ryan Lombardi announced that a cluster of nine, new positive cases within the student body has been linked to several small gatherings over the past week.

Philosopher Nicholas Sturgeon dies at age 77

Nicholas Sturgeon, Susan Linn Sage Professor Emeritus in the Sage School of Philosophy and an expert in the foundations of ethics, died Aug. 24 of complications from Parkinson’s disease at a local hospice. He was 77.

Peer pressure: Students promote culture of responsibility

Modeling public health best practices, distributing PPE and helping to reimagine campus life during a pandemic, hundreds of students have volunteered to serve as COVID-19 peer ambassadors and consultants this fall.

Pollack encourages new Cornellians to ‘move past barriers’

President Martha E. Pollack and Ryan Lombardi, vice president for student and campus life, delivered their New Student Convocation address via video, welcoming new Cornellians to the university.

Cornell to host virtual global wheat conference in October

Scientists will gather virtually Oct. 7-9 for the Borlaug Global Rust Initiative’s virtual technical conference to discuss strategies to safeguard the health of wheat, one of the planet’s most important food sources.

Robots, know-how drive COVID lab’s massive testing effort

The Cornell COVID-19 Testing Laboratory will yield test results within 24 hours for 5,000 to 7,000 Cornell students, staff and faculty per day.

‘Belonging at Cornell’ survey to inform diversity action plans

Results from a survey of Cornell faculty and staff are giving colleges and units a better understanding of how to make diversity and inclusion thrive on campus.