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More than 100 Mu Gamma sisters, from founding members to current undergrads, recently gathered in Ithaca to celebrate the chapter’s 50th anniversary, and a tradition of service, scholarship and sisterhood at Cornell.

Northern New York Veterans in Agriculture (AgVets), a program run by Cornell Cooperative Extension Jefferson County, since 2020 has helped more than 2,200 area service members explore the field of agriculture through classes, tours and mentorships with local farmers.

During a May 23 ceremony in Statler Auditorium, more than 25 members of Cornell’s Reserve Officers' Training Corps Tri-Service Brigade were commissioned as second lieutenants or ensigns in the Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force and Space Force.

Misty Copeland, a ballet icon and the first Black woman to be named principal dancer in the American Ballet Theatre, encouraged graduating seniors to welcome moments of struggle, at this year's Senior Convocation, held in Barton Hall on May 22. 

When highly educated citizens leave a country for job prospects abroad, it may bring surprising benefits to the country of origin. 

The Office of Academic Diversity Initiatives held their ninth annual OADI Honors Awards celebration Friday evening, May 2, at the Statler Hotel.  

Weill Cornell Medicine and colleagues in Tanzania are fostering a new generation of M.D./Ph.D. researchers, with implications for improved health care outcomes worldwide.

A team of researchers from Cornell Tech is reimagining how technology can support users with speech disabilities – not just in functional speech, but also in making real-time jokes during conversations.

In the season finale of the Inclusive Excellence Podcast, co-hosts Erin Sember-Chase and Toral Patel welcome Kathryn Boor ‘80, dean of the Graduate School and vice provost for graduate education for a conversation about her journey at Cornell – both as a student and an academic leader.

Cornell’s Muslim chaplain Numan Dugmeoglu, and the Diwan Center for Muslim Life received the 29th annual James A. Perkins Prize for Interracial and Intercultural Peace and Harmony during a ceremony April 21 at Willard Straight Hall.