Highlights from Announcements 10/29/18
‘A Voice at the Table’: Graduate Students on Governance “Everyone had a voice at the table,” said Motasem Kalaji, a doctoral student in communications, about his first meeting as the…
‘A Voice at the Table’: Graduate Students on Governance “Everyone had a voice at the table,” said Motasem Kalaji, a doctoral student in communications, about his first meeting as the…
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.…
Graduate Students and Families Carving Pumpkins Graduate students, partners, and families gathered together to celebrate the season with pumpkin carving in the Big Red Barn Oct. 20. For more photos,…
Six Grad Students Win Fulbright-Hays Fellowships It was late September when Cornell’s Fulbright adviser, David Holmberg, learned that six of his advisees had won Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA)…
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…
Arthur Ashkin, Ph.D. ’52, Shares Nobel Prize in Physics Arthur Ashkin, Ph.D. ’52, whose invention of “optical tweezers” realized his own science fiction dream of being able to move objects…
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…
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 The Graduate School Dean’s Scholars Pinning Ceremony might have celebrated its inaugural year in 2017, but the 2018 ceremony was not…
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…