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In-person or Online, Cornell’s Summer Research Internships Prove Successful
By Katya Hrichak The COVID-19 pandemic halted plans to host annual on-campus summer research experiences for undergraduates from institutions across the U.S. and Puerto Rico. Cornell faculty, postdoctoral scholars, and…
Seven Graduate Students Receive Wu Scholarships
By Katya Hrichak Seven graduate students were recently awarded Hsien and Daisy Yen Wu Scholarships. These awards provide recipients with funds to help with any aspect of doctoral study, from…
Alumna Stresses Importance of Networking – Even in a Pandemic
By Katya Hrichak “We aren’t an island,” said Malika Grayson, M.S. ’14, Ph.D. ’16, at the Aug. 18 Summer Success Symposium. “We want to make sure that, although we have…
‘Making it Work’: Flexibility During COVID-19
By Katya Hrichak Emily Donald, a doctoral student in history, planned to go to Thailand this summer. Instead, she remained in Ithaca. Like many scholars at Cornell and around the…
Two Doctoral Alumnae Named Mellon/ACLS Public Fellows
By Katya Hrichak This story also appeared in the Cornell Chronicle. Two doctoral alumnae have been named 2020 Mellon/American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Public Fellows. They are Yagna Nag…
Three Doctoral Students Receive Ford Fellowships
By Katya Hrichak Three doctoral students have been selected to receive 2020 Ford Foundation Fellowships: Macy Castaneda and Drea Darby received predoctoral competition fellowships, and Victoria Ortega received a dissertation…
Five Inducted into Bouchet Graduate Honor Society
By Katya Hrichak Five Cornell doctoral candidates have been selected for induction into the Cornell chapter of the Edward Alexander Bouchet Graduate Honor Society. Cornell’s newest Bouchet scholars are: Korie…
Art History Ph.D. Candidate Wins Newcombe Fellowship
By Katya Hrichak This story also appeared in the Cornell Chronicle. Lara Fresko Madra, a doctoral candidate in the history of art, archaeology and visual studies, has been selected as…
Twenty-two Receive Awards Recognizing Inclusive Excellence
By Katya Hrichak A version of this story appeared in the Cornell Chronicle. The Graduate School Office of Inclusion and Student Engagement (OISE) and the Graduate and Professional Student Diversity…
Degrees in Hand, New Alumni Discuss Remote Defenses
By Katya Hrichak “If I had been asked two years ago how I would prepare for my thesis defense, I would not have said furniture rearrangement, lighting, and doing sound…