From: Date: September 25, 2023 Subject: Dyson Digest - September 25, 2023
Happy Fall!
The leaves are starting to change, and air is crisp which means pre-lim season is here. Make sure you are communicating with your professors and course assistants if you need clarity around the course material or if you have accommodations through Student Disability Services (SDS).
The team in the Dyson Office of Student Services and Advising is here if you need anything and can serve as a wonderful resource for questions, or concerns. You can find links to various helpful resources through the Dyson Launchpad.
Next Monday, October 2nd, is the fall 2023 Dean’s Distinguished Lecture featuring, Maxine Bédat. Maxine is the author of the Dyson Summer Book Read, UNRAVELED: The Life and Death of a Garment. See below for more information and to RSVP.
Happy Yom Kippur to those who celebrate.
Have a wonderful Homecoming Week. Go Big Red – Yell Cornell!
Andrea Poag
Director, Dyson Student Services & Advising
The fall 2023 deadline to drop or change the grading option for a course is October 16th. If you would like to discuss the option to drop or change a course to S/U, reach out to the team in the Dyson Office of Student Services and Advising. They can talk through your options and provide you with the information you will need to decide.
Food for Thought Series: Mental Health with Professor David Lennox
Join us for the Faculty Fellow's Food for Thought Series: Mental Health with Professor David Lennox. This is a safe space community conversation. All are welcome! Lunch provided.
Cornell students are juggling an array of challenges from coursework, relationships, navigating campus life, to economic strain, social injustice, and various forms of loss. This community conversation is intended to destigmatize mental health and to provide support and a safe space to begin to normalize and prioritize mental health, just as we do with physical health.
David Lennox, senior lecturer of management communication at the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, has teaching and research interests that focus on persuasion, visual communication, speech delivery, and intercultural communication. He holds a bachelor's degree, cum laude, with majors in English and speech communication. He also holds a master's degree in English from the Claremont Graduate School, and an MBA from the Peter F. Drucker School of Management at the same institution. Prior to joining Cornell, Lennox taught at Walla Walla College, the University of Washington, and Central Washington University-Lynnwood. He also served as a technical educator for Internap Network Services, and has consulted for organizations such as Kennedy Nelson Shultz Communications and the Port of Seattle.
Maxine Bedat, Author of UNRAVELED: The Life and Death of a Garment is the 2023 Dyson Dean's Distinguished Lecture Series speaker.
She is the founder and director of the New Standard Institute, former lawyer and the cofounder of ethical fashion brand Zady. Maxine has spoken at the World Economic Forum, the United Nations, and the Clinton Global Initiative.
The lecture is open to the Cornell Community.
Required event for all Dyson First-Year and new fall 2023 Transfers
Register for a info session to learn about the Community Work-Study Program. Through CWSP, students can use Federal Work-Study or Cornell Tradition funding to work for Tompkins County nonprofits and community organizations. Check out fall job opportunities in the arts, environmental sustainability programs, health services, social justice organizations, human services and more.
CORNELL TRADING COMPETITION
Are you interested in using data science to analyze markets? Want to visit New York City this fall with a team of friends to compete for over $9,000 in prizes? Cornell Quant Fund is proud to present the 2023 Cornell Trading Competition, with three algorithmic trading cases to compete in—options, crypto, and equities! No matter what you’re interested in, there’s a chance for you to expand your knowledge of quantitative finance and engage with other passionate students. Each participant will also get a chance to have their resume on the radars of our sponsors, some of the most innovative and exciting companies in the quantitative trading and fintech space.
The 2023 CTC will take place on October 14, 2023 at the Cornell Tech campus on Roosevelt Island in New York City. Our applications will close on Thursday, 9/21 @ 11:59pm. Case packets will be released two weeks before the competition. If you have any questions, please reach out to cornellquantfund@gmail.com. We hope to see you there!
