Location: Park Atrium
Career Conversations

Cornell families are a wonderful resource for students to explore networking skills in a caring and supportive environment.

No matter where you are in your career path, come to Career Conversations to share your experiences with Cornell students and help them strengthen their career networking skills. You'll meet undergraduate students from all colleges to offer broad-based career advice and answer their questions about your career journey.

Or, just plan to attend and bring your student to explore career services together! College-based Career Services professionals will be there to talk to you about the resources they offer.

Questions? Email us at familyfellows@cornell.edu.

Location: Willard Straight Hall
Reception for parents, students, and honored guests
with remarks by Dr. Marla Love, The Robert W. and Elizabeth C. Staley Dean of Students

Enjoy an evening of mixing and mingling with other Cornell families, university leaders, faculty, and staff over drinks and light refreshments. You’ll hear from Dr. Marla Love and be treated to Cornell student entertainment. Your students and honored guests are welcome to join in this fun and lively gathering.

Location: Park Atrium, Robert A. and Jan M. Beck Center, Statler Hall

Enjoy a hearty continental breakfast with other Cornell Family Fellows to start your day of learning and engagement.

Location: Room 196, Beck Center, Statler Hall

Children’s Mental Health: How the Cornell Health Policy Center Can Make a Difference
Join Colleen Barry, dean of the Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy, for a conversation about public policy as a critical lever to improve mental health and wellbeing for children and youth and the launch of the new Cornell Health Policy Center, a collaboration between the Brooks School and Weill Cornell Medicine.

Location: Room 196, Beck Center, Statler Hall

How Do Americans Think About AI?
How do Americans think artificial intelligence will shape the economy in the future? Do they think it will replace their jobs or will it complement them? Join Dean Loewen as he explains how using a series of proprietary surveys in the United States and globally, we can understand how Americans’ views compare to those in other countries, and we can understand how their concerns and aspirations around artificial intelligence can shape what responses they want from their governments and their employers.

Location: Statler Ballroom, Statler Hotel

Cornell fosters a community committed to scholarly excellence, innovation, and collaboration across disciplines. Join Provost Kavita Bala in conversation with faculty members to explore the intersection of AI ethics, societal impact, and technical innovation, emphasizing challenges and opportunities in building ethical, trustworthy, and sustainable systems.

Moderator: Provost Kavita Bala
Panelists:
Thorsten Joachims, Interim Dean, Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science
Carla Gomes, the Ronald C. and Antonia V. Nielsen Professor of Computing and Information Science
Vitaly Shmatikov, Professor of Computer Science, Cornell Tech

Location: Room 196, Beck Center, Statler Hall

The Role of Grandparents in the Lives of Grandchildren
Increased life expectancy and smaller family sizes increase the ability for grandparents to play pivotal roles in their grandchildren’s lives. However, research on this role is limited. In this talk, Dean Dunifon will share research on several ways in which grandparents engage with their grandchildren, including living together, providing child care and financial support, and the ways in which these interactions influence grandparents, parents and grandchildren.

Choose an area of Cornell University to learn more about! Select a tour to get a behind the scenes glimpse into some of Cornell's most intriguing areas.

Cornell Big Red Athletics Tour the Friedman Wrestling Center, take a walk on Big Red Hockey home ice at Lynah Rink, and hear about progress to date on the Meinig Field House and how it will transform the athletics and recreation experience for students.

Cornell Engineering Project Teams
Project Teams, entirely led and run by undergraduates, collaboratively solve complex problems while gaining real-world engineering experience. Get a glimpse into their work and hear about some of the groundbreaking projects underway at the Experiential Learning Lab.

Cornell Legends and Lore with Corey Ryan Earle
Join Cornell’s resident university historian, Corey Ryan Earle to learn about some of the fascinating figures and stories that make up Cornell’s 160-year history.

Location: The Regent Lounge, Statler Hotel
Join members of the Parent team to reconnect with friends and meet new ones.

Location: Cornell Botanic Gardens

Enjoy and learn more about the hub for the natural beauty of the Cornell University campus. The cultivated gardens, arboretum, and natural areas stewarded by Cornell Botanic Gardens comprise one-third of the campus, and with off-campus natural areas, a total of 3,600 acres. Hear from Christopher Dunn, the Elizabeth Newman Wilds Executive Director, about all that the Botanic Gardens does and - weather depending - enjoy some of the seasonal offerings of early spring.

With your leadership support, you are recognized as a Family Fellow.

For any questions, please email familyfellows@cornell.edu