Archives: Announcements
Grad Students Prepare for Community-Engagement Experiences

By Katya Hrichak Revised 11/29/18 To help fulfill what Cornell President Martha E. Pollack describes as Cornell’s determination to serve the greater good through public engagement, the inaugural Engaged Graduate…
Cornell GPSA Hosts Ivy+ Summit

By Katya Hrichak Mutual respect in a trusting environment between student leaders and administrators was one of the themes at this year’s Ivy+ Graduate Student Leader’s Summit on Oct. 26-28.…
‘A voice at the table’: graduate students on governance

By Katya Hrichak “Everyone had a voice at the table,” said Motasem Kalaji, a doctoral student in communications, about his first meeting as the newest representative on the General Committee.…
Fellowship workshops aid student success

By Katya Hrichak New and current awardees of the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowships (GRFP) gathered at the Big Red Barn for a reception on Oct. 3. This…
De-emphasize GREs, look broadly for new Ph.D. students: expert

By Katya Hrichak Revised 10/10/18 Keivan Stassun, professor of physics and astronomy at Vanderbilt University, shared lessons learned from transforming admissions processes to overcome barriers to diversifying graduate fields in…
Graduate Students Selected as 2018 Forbes Under 30 Scholars Attend the Summit in Boston, MA

By Alexandria Maloney This year a number of current and alumni Cornell graduate students were selected as Forbes Scholars to attend the Forbes Under 30 Summit in Boston, MA from…
Students recognized at second annual Dean’s Scholars Pinning Ceremony

By Katya Hrichak The Graduate School Dean’s Scholars Pinning Ceremony might have celebrated its inaugural year in 2017, but the 2018 ceremony was not without its firsts. The Pinning Ceremony…
Fall Bash 2018
Twenty-five student families gathered at the Cornell Child Care Center to participate in the Fall Bash September 20. During the second hour of the program, Cornell Child Care Center teachers…
Postdocs Honored with Achievement Awards

By Katya Hrichak This story also appeared in the Cornell Chronicle. Six postdocs at Cornell were honored with an inaugural Postdoc Achievement Award Sept. 17 at the Big Red Barn…
Big Red Barn Fellows bring events, sense of community to campus

By Sally Kral On a Saturday evening in late spring at the Big Red Barn (BRB), graduate students and other members of the Cornell community came together for a performance…