When Cornell University reopened its sprawling Ithaca, New York campus to a population of about 24,000 people in late August, more than a few students, parents, faculty and local residents saw a disaster in the making.
After all, no other Ivy League school was attempting to bring back its entire student body all at once.
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The School of ORIE is spearheading major efforts that have enabled Cornell to remain open this semester. A modeling effort led by Peter Frazier, supported by Shane Henderson and David Shmoys, and... Read more about ORIE faculty, students instrumental in COVID-19 mathematical modeling for Cornell's fall semester
"Cornell’s experience was, in fact, part of a national trend which saw a shift in research funding patterns away from the lone wolf investigator model. That historical shift underpinned a broader move toward collaborative interdisciplinary science, which you will recognize in my past and which is what I believe led me here." Read more about Lynden Archer, Cornell Engineering Dean
When Brittany Stenekes ’20 runs the hurdles, she is completely in the moment. “There isn’t time in a race to think, to plan, nor to strategize, yet every movement and every millisecond is important,”... Read more about Mastering life on the track and in the classroom
