Archives: Announcements
Seven Postdocs Honored with Achievement Awards
September 26, 2022 By Katya Hrichak Seven postdoctoral scholars have been honored with Postdoc Achievement Awards as part of Cornell’s participation in National Postdoc Appreciation Week, celebrated Sept. 19-23. The…
Doctoral Candidate and Advisor Receive 2022 HHMI Gilliam Fellowships
September 19, 2022 By Katya Hrichak Ayress Grinage, a plant biology doctoral candidate, and Chelsea Specht, Barbara McClintock Professor of Plant Biology and associate dean of faculty, were selected as…
Two Doctoral Students Receive Ford Fellowships
September 12, 2022 By Katya Hrichak Dory Peters and Joseph Miranda have been selected to receive 2022 Ford Foundation Fellowships. Peters, a doctoral student in mechanical engineering, received a predoctoral…
Resource Fair to Connect Graduate and Professional Students
September 6, 2022 By Katya Hrichak Navigating the offices and student programs at a large university can be challenging, and at an institution as complex as Cornell it can feel…
New Coordinator to Support Big Red Barn Efforts
August 29, 2022 Big Red Barn Graduate and Professional Student Center Coordinator Hana Ega-Musa joined the Graduate School to support the Barn by overseeing marketing, assisting with programming, supporting day-to-day…
Graduate School Welcomes 1,700+ New Students
The Graduate School welcomed over 1,700 new graduate and professional students this fall, many of whom were able to attend the Dean’s Welcome, held in-person for the first time since…
Two Cornell Alumni Named Schmidt Science Fellows
August 1, 2022 By Katya Hrichak Chosen from among exceptional early-career scientists from around the world, alumni Xiangkun (Elvis) Cao, Ph.D. ’21, and Berit H. Goodge, Ph.D. ’22, were selected…
Inaugural Ceremony Recognizes Over 200 New Doctoral Candidates
July 11, 2022 During the spring semester, 212 Cornell doctoral students took their admission to candidacy exam (the A exam). In June, they gathered for the Graduate School’s inaugural Admission…
Two Doctoral Students Receive Africa Fund Fellowships
June 6, 2022 By Katya Hrichak Doctoral students Rafid Bendimerad and Angela Nankabirwa have been selected to receive 2022 Africa Fund Fellowships. The Africa Fund Fellowship provides one or two…
Twenty-five Receive Awards Recognizing Inclusive Excellence
May 23, 2022 By Katya Hrichak The Graduate School Office of Inclusion and Student Engagement and the Graduate and Professional Student Diversity Council presented the 2022 Distinguished Awards at the…