Uniting veterinary medicine and public health

The new Department of Public and Ecosystem Health at the College of Veterinary Medicine launched October 25, with a focus on three main themes: healthy food systems, emerging health threats, and biodiversity conservation. This is the first new academic department for the College of Veterinary Medicine in over 20 years, and it's sixth academic department. Dr. Alexander Travis, professor of reproductive biology and director of Cornell’s Master of Public Health Program, is the founding chair.

Judith Stoikov ’63 endows museum curator position

A significant gift from Judith Stoikov ’63 will endow the Judith H. Stoikov Curator of Asian Art position and establish the largest endowed curatorial fund at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art.

Scholarship gift helps pay it forward

Will Yoon ’01 and Renee Choi ’06 established the Eliana Kim & Choi Family Memorial Scholarship with a gift to support current students.

Roop Singh ’14: Translating the science of climate change

Roop Singh ’14 is a climate risk advisor for the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre. The Red Cross Red Crescent is frequently the first to respond to natural disasters, operating in over 190 countries worldwide. The Climate Centre works in concert with its disaster response teams to understand and mitigate the impacts of climate change and the more-frequent extreme weather it causes. Singh, who majored in earth and atmospheric sciences at CALS, leads the center’s work on heat risk and hosts the “Can’t Take the Heat” podcasts. Her work as a climate risk advisor involves serving as an interlocutor among scientists, policymakers and disaster risk management practitioners.

Kobina Ansah ’08 featured in Forbes

Kobina Ansah '08, founder of COVERR, which provides financial support to gig workers and delivery app drivers, was featured in Forbes for his work.