Congrats to our own Dr. Emily Hector for winning the 23-24 Dennis Boos Citizenship Faculty Award.
This award is made in recognition of Dr. Hector’s work chairing and now being a member of the Seminar Committee.

Congratulations, Marty! Cornell Statistics and Data Science Cornell ILR School Cornell Bowers Computing and Information Science

Three faculty members elected AAAS fellows news.cornell.edu/stories/2024/0…

Call for applications: CTI Graduate Teaching Fellowships:

Cornell Grad School & Cornell Grad - Future Faculty and Academic Careers, join a dynamic, creative group of teaching fellows! Develop leadership, mentorship, & interdisciplinary collaborative skills. Deadline May 1.

teaching.cornell.edu/cti-graduate-t…

U-Wide is coming! Cornell Grad School students, join us on April 20 for a conference dedicated to developing your teaching portfolio!

Discuss how to document your teaching experiences & excellence, and build community with colleagues from across campus.

More: teaching.cornell.edu/university-wid…

As Kristie LeBeau nears completion of her Ph.D. in Development Studies, she presented a seminar on her dissertation, which examines the localized, community-wide implications of K-12 education policies.

A big congrats, Kristie! We look forward to your graduation in May! 🎉

Mark Sarvary, Ph.D. '06, and Joseph Ruesch, M.S. '16, Ph.D. '22, created an 'extension without penalty' system that featured two assignment deadlines, which resulted in stress-reduction benefits to students and no impact on grades. Read more: news.cornell.edu/stories/2024/0…

.NCSU Statistics Dept Assistant Professor Emily Hector received a Faculty Early Career Development Award from @nsf‌. 👏

Learn more about why the statistician earned the award. ➡️: ncst.at/4BsN50R3oXc

It's been a fast 4 weeks for the GET SET Course Design Institute!

Cornell Grad School, join us at 12pm Tues. on Zoom. Institute participants can bring a draft of a syllabus for a course & receive peer feedback in this capstone session.

Register: bit.ly/GradProgramSP24.

Our finalists made it a challenging decision for our judges, but the 2024 Cornell University 3MT results are in!

🥇 1st: Meagan Sundstrom Cornell UniversityPhysics Cornell UniversityCAS

🥈 2nd: Sterling Williams-Ceci Cornell UniversityInfoSci Cornell UniversityCIS

🥉 People's Choice: Sharada Gopal Cornell University_BBS Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine

Catia Dombaxe, biomedical engineering

People’s Choice Award winner: Sharada Gopal! Congratulations! $250 prize.

Now Second Place, $1,000 to Sterling Williams-Ceci. Well done!

Drumroll please… First Prize to Meagan Sundstrom, $1,500 award. Like the Oscars!

Another great Cornell Engineering Cornell BME diversity dinner/talk tonight. Asst prof Karl Lewis, PhD Lewis Lab shared his journey to/in academia, discussing perspective, community and belonging, art, music & movement. Thx to all who came out and to the BME DEI committee for hosting.

Did you know? Assessments do not have to be anxiety-inducing exams!

Cornell Grad School,the GET SET Course Design Institute is back for 'Designing Assessment of Student Learning.' Join us at 12pm Tues. on Zoom for assessment strategies & more.

Register: bit.ly/GradProgramSP24.

Learn about the eight Cornell research degree students advancing to the final round of the 2024 Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition and register to attend for your chance to vote for the People's Choice Award winner: gradschool.cornell.edu/career-and-pro…

Had a great time presenting my work and meeting new people at #ENAR2024 ENAR! I only have photo evidence of the morning run club, but I promise I attended a lot of great talks too

Calling all #ENAR runners! A few of us are planning some early morning runs, likely 6am in the lobby and then 3-5 miles around the harbor. Email me directly to be added to the whatsapp thread to coordinate!

The GET SET Course Design Institute continues Tuesday! Cornell Grad School, join us at 12pm on Zoom for 'Developing a Syllabus from Scratch.' Explore resources and design and align course goals in a useful syllabus template.

More & register: bit.ly/GradProgramSP24

Dorota Szlek, a PhD candidate in fiber science, is designing a sustainable future by electrospinning lignin into useful fibers. Her research utilizing biowaste has the potential to replace plastics in medical products and water filtration.