Speaker Offers Key to Communicating Research Effectively “What would happen if everyone could deliver their content better?” Eliza VanCort asked her audience at the Winter 2019 Pathways to Success (P2S) Symposium on December 11, 2019. VanCort, a motivational speaker with a focus on communication, gave graduate students and postdocs in attendance tools to communicate more…
By Katya Hrichak “What would happen if everyone could deliver their content better?” Eliza VanCort asked her audience at the Winter 2019 Pathways to Success (P2S) Symposium on December 11, 2019. VanCort, a motivational speaker with a focus on communication, gave graduate students and postdocs in attendance tools to communicate more effectively. During the two-hour…
Student Spotlight: Maya Mundell Maya Mundell is a doctoral student in information science from Baltimore, Maryland. After earning her undergraduate degree at Cornell University, she chose to pursue further study here due to the opportunities provided by the field of information science. Read the full student spotlight Interested in what other graduate students are doing…
Student Spotlight: Irma Fernandez Irma Fernandez is a doctoral student in biochemistry, molecular and cell biology from Michoacan, Mexico and Los Angeles, California. After studying pharmaceutical chemistry and English/Spanish literature at UC San Diego, she chose to attend Cornell due to its supportive and highly collaborative environment. Read the full student spotlight Interested in what…
Vacation and Holidays for Graduate Students on Assistantships/Fellowships The General Committee of the Graduate School, which includes graduate student members appointed through the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly, approved Graduate School legislation regarding holiday and vacation time for funded graduate students, effective 1/1/20. The General Committee affirmed the overall principle that graduate students can benefit from…
Graduate School Dean Wins National Leadership Award Barbara A. Knuth, dean of Cornell’s Graduate School, is the 2019 recipient of the Debra W. Stewart Award for Outstanding Leadership in Graduate Education, given by the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS). Knuth, also a professor of natural resources in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, received…
Carriage House to Student Center: The Big Red Barn Over the Years When the Big Red Barn (the Barn) was constructed in 1874, it was unlikely anyone knew how integral it would become to life at Cornell, particularly for graduate and professional students. At that time, its sole function was to serve as President Andrew…
By Katya Hrichak When the Big Red Barn (the Barn) was constructed in 1874, it was unlikely anyone knew how integral it would become to life at Cornell, particularly for graduate and professional students. At that time, its sole function was to serve as President Andrew Dickson White’s carriage house and stable. The Barn saw…
New Group Supports First-Generation and Low-Income Students As a former first-generation undergraduate, doctoral student Taylor Brown was happy to see an undergraduate organization, First Generation Student Union, existed at Cornell. She quickly realized, however, that graduate students needed a similar organization. “As a new graduate student, I recognized that entirely new challenges awaited me,” said…
By Katya Hrichak This story also appeared in the Cornell Chronicle. As a former first-generation undergraduate, doctoral student Taylor Brown was happy to see an undergraduate organization, First Generation Student Union, existed at Cornell. She quickly realized, however, that graduate students needed a similar organization. “As a new graduate student, I recognized that entirely new…
