A $10 million gift from the Fleming family will establish the Samuel C. Fleming Molecular Engineering Laboratories, a new state-of-the-art lab spanning the entire north wing of Olin Hall.
After countless hours of work in the lecture hall, lab and field, the Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine Class of 2019 was recognized at the college’s hooding ceremony May 25 in Bailey Hall.
From June 6–9, alumni celebrating their 5th through their 75th reunion years will meet in Ithaca for Reunion 2019, featuring inspiring conversations, learning opportunities, music, art and social gatherings.
Five doctoral students in engineering will spend a fully funded semester examining the business prospects for a diverse array of Cornell technologies as the newest class of commercialization fellows.
Jonathan Burdick, the University of Rochester’s vice provost for enrollment initiatives and college dean of admissions and financial aid, has been named Cornell’s vice provost for enrollment. He will assume the post Aug. 19.
Michael I. Kotlikoff, Cornell’s 16th provost, has been appointed to a second term. His reappointment, effective July 1, 2020, was approved May 25 by the Cornell University Board of Trustees.
At its May 25 meeting, the Cornell Board of Trustees elected seven new trustees to four-year terms and one new trustee to a two-year term; they will join two new alumni-elected trustees, the new undergraduate student-elected trustee and four re-elected trustees when terms begin July 1.
At Cornell University’s 151st Commencement Ceremony May 26, President Martha E. Pollack stressed that the university’s founding vision of “any person … any study” is not only at the heart of what makes Cornell unique, but also explains broadly why education matters more than ever before.
Approximately 300 doctoral candidates participated in a festive Ph.D. hooding ceremony May 25 in Barton Hall with President Martha E. Pollack and Provost Michael Kotlikoff offering comments and congratulations.
