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.

When bats lose access to their habitat and natural food sources, they seek food on agricultural lands - new research explains why, when their diets change, they shed more virus and infect more hosts, increasing the risk of outbreaks and pandemics.

The event, held March 10 in Bailey Hall before an audience of several hundred students, faculty, staff and local community members, explored the complex politics, power dynamics and the historical and ethnic conflicts that have shaped the Mideast.

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.

Thirteen faculty members from across Cornell are being honored by the Einhorn Center for Community Engagement with this year’s Community-Engaged Practice and Innovation Awards. 

Former Middle East leaders and ambassadors will hold a wide-ranging public conversation on the historical background and potential paths toward a peaceful future on March 10.

Weill Cornell Medicine and Weill Bugando School of Medicine collaborate to strengthen medical education, health care and innovative global health research at both institutions.

ILR Assistant Professor Yiran Zhang has published a pair of papers exploring the garment supply chain in China – both factory jobs and informal, home-based ones that have sprung up out of need as women try to make money while also serving as “companion mothers” to their school-aged children.

Sixty-three graduate students completed international fieldwork last summer with the support of research travel grants from the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies. Applications are open until March 7 for graduate students seeking support for summer 2025.