Cornell Chronicle
Rachel Bezner Kerr, part of the Einaudi Center's "qualities of life" research team, contributes to a new cautionary report from the IPCC.
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At a Cornell event Feb. 22 cosponsored by the Einaudi Center, former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bill Taylor said Russian President Vladimir Putin appears intent on provoking a “horrific conflict.”
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With support from a Cornell China Center seed grant, Cheng Zhang, assistant professor of information science, and doctoral student Ruidong Zhang have developed a silent-speech recognition device that can identify silent commands using images of skin deformation in the neck and face.
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This year’s Lund Critical Debate, “Migration in the Age of Pandemics,” on February 16 explored ways to promote the best public health outcomes worldwide and protect human rights, as waves of people cross national borders.
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Cornell University Library launched an online collection of anti-nuke pioneer Randall Forsberg. The collection is the culmination of a project led by Einaudi faculty and visiting scholars in the Judith Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies.
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Every Sunday, Beth Lyon meets with a team of students to read xenophobic hate speech on Twitter. Their exploration of this dark corner of the internet is part of a project that aims to track anti-immigrant hate speech in real time.
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In a ceremony this October, the Hanga Ahazaza Initiative celebrated Rwanda’s rapidly strengthening hospitality and tourism sector, a foundational piece of the country’s economic development strategy.
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Launched in December, the Bouriez fellowship sponsors exceptional graduate students from French-speaking Africa.
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Underground Railroad history is unearthed at historical St. James A.M.E. Zion Church in Ithaca.