On April 18, a collection of migrant experiences will be presented to the public in a daylong symposium, “Archives in Transit: TodoSomos and the Venezuelan Migration Crisis,” at the A. D. White House.

Qi Wang, the Joan K. and Irwin M. Jacobs Professor of Human Development in the College of Human Ecology, teams up with Andrew Hoskins from the University of Edinburgh on a new book, The Remaking of Memory in the Age of Internet and Social Media.

President Kotlikoff writes a guest essay for The New York Times about the role of universities in defending democratic values and norms. 

A global study of democratic backsliding from Ken Roberts and Rachel Riedl offers ways for U.S. democracy to resist authoritarian attacks.

The Cornell Board of Trustees today voted to appoint Michael I. Kotlikoff, who has served as interim president since July 2024, Cornell’s 15th president, effective immediately.

Rebecca Slayton, director of the Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies, studies the role of uncertainty in the cyber threat security industry. Her new article won an award from the International Studies Association.

Cornell researcher Raina Plowright and her team observed that when bats in Australia lost access to their habitat and natural food sources, they sought food on agricultural lands. And when the animals’ diets changed, they shed more virus, increasing the virus’ spread to horses, as well as the risk to people.

A study published in the Cambridge Journal of Regions by researchers from USFQ, Cornell University, and Penn State warns that we need to rethink the economic and social structure at a global level. 

Sixty-three graduate students completed international fieldwork last summer with the support of research travel grants from the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies. 

The Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies is poised to make a difference on today’s global problems, says the center’s new director Ellen Lust. The key is the Einaudi community’s energy for collaboration.