Pianist-composer Emahoy Tsege-Mariam Gebru was born in 1923 in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa. Now, graduate music student Thomas Feng is collaborating with the Emahoy Music Foundation to further identify and catalog Emahoy’s written and recorded music.

Students and faculty at Cornell continue to build on the legacy and connections of the Cornell Andes Project—a 40+ year collaboration between geologists.

Nate Foster, CIS and faculty lead for Global Hub partner University of Edinburgh, will receive the 2023 Robin Milner Young Researcher Award in recognition of his outstanding achievements in the field of programming languages.

President Martha E. Pollack issued a statement, committing to Cornell’s “core values,” following the Supreme Court’s decision on June 29 to strike down admissions policies at Harvard and the University of North Carolina.

After graduating from Cornell, Hu Shih led a literary movement that helped transform China. A new seating area at Beebe Lake commemorates Shih. 

A new cycle of Einaudi Center seed grants will help faculty from six colleges across Cornell tackle issues ranging from the health of endangered wild dogs to the spread of misinformation through social media.

This year’s Lund Critical Debate on April 24 highlights Einaudi’s work on democratic threats and resilience, featuring expert panelists Thomas Garrett and Damon Wilson.

“Never underestimate the power of example, never underestimate what your contribution can be,” Alvarado said. “Even if you tend to feel small, good ideas can encourage, have the power to change the world in a positive way.”

Alvarado spoke at the Bartels World Affairs Lecture, hosted by the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies.

Millions of people in Myanmar have risen up against military rule since a coup d’état in February 2021 removed the country’s democratically elected leader from office — the topic of a March 27 panel discussion on “People in Revolt: The State of the Anti-Military Movement in Myanmar.”

The Cornell China Center in Beijing kicked off the 2023 Preston H. Thomas Memorial Symposium with a panel of Chinese architects whose work repurposes local materials and cultural practices for new architectural methods.