Each semester, volunteer faculty and teaching assistants teach a liberal arts curriculum free of charge to inmates at the Auburn Correctional Facility who can now work toward an associate's degree. (March 5, 2009)
Cornell has granted temporary space for an Asian and Asian American center. The administration also has named Patricia Nguyen associate dean and center director, starting April 20. (March 5, 2009)
The new Avon Global Center for Women and Justice, funded with a $1.5 million grant from the Avon Foundation for Women, will work with judges in an effort to bring justice to women survivors of violence. (March 4, 2009)
LeNorman Strong, assistant vice president for student and academic services at Cornell since 1998, is leaving Cornell to take a position at the University of California-Berkley. (March 4, 2009)
Josephine Allen, professor emerita of policy analysis and management, was the first African-American woman to receive tenure at Cornell. Retiring after 32 years, she looks back at her career. (March 3, 2009)
Puppets used in the Awaji Puppet Theater performances Feb. 24-25 on campus are used in Japan in religious rites and other rituals, according to Professor Jane Marie Law. (March 2, 2009)
In a Cornell Perspectives piece, Richard W. Allmendinger, associate dean for diversity and faculty development in the Engineering College, says that 'to fulfill Cornell's core mission, we must become more diverse.' (Feb. 26, 2009)
The Bias Incidence Response Program tracks cases of bias on campus, such as graffiti or verbal abuse, in which the individual responsible is not known. (Feb. 25, 2009)
Following on the heels of a similar discussion 24 hours earlier, another group of panelists met Feb. 19 to speculate on the rationale behind Israel's military actions against the Palestinian territory of Gaza. (Feb. 23, 2009)
