Martha Pollack
Martha Elizabeth Pollack (born August 27, 1958) is an American computer scientist. She served as the 14th president of Cornell University from April 2017 to June 2024 and as the 14th provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at the University of Michigan from 2013 to 2017. Pollack's research specialty is artificial intelligence, where her contributions include works in planning, natural language processing, and activity recognition for cognitive assistance. She also serves on the board of directors of IBM.
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[edit]- It is really, really wonderful to have you all here in person on this beautiful – I hardly ever get to say this in Ithaca – this beautiful sunny day.
- Because, of course, the event was virtual,” . “It was me and two camera people. And that’s it. Rows of empty bleachers. And I’ve got to tell you, even if it’s hot, it is so much nicer to be here with all of you.
- These are two pieces of advice that go right to the heart of who we are at Cornell, right to the heart of how we’ve kept our community together and moving forward during this extraordinary era.
- Knowledge gives us a compass, But kindness is what gets us down the road. And to quote an African proverb that one of my mentors was fond of sharing, ‘If you want to go fast, go alone; if you want to go far, go together.
