NYC Council Speaker Quinn announces new food strategy in speech at Food and Finance H.S.

In a Nov. 22 tour of the Food and Finance High School, a partner school with Cornell, Christine Quinn, speaker of the New York City Council, toured the aquaponics lab and rooftop garden. (Nov. 24, 2010)

Junior wins award in South Korea

Dae-Gyeong Kim '12 has won the Best Proposal Prize at the Second Model Asian Union, held Nov. 8, in Incheon, Korea for his presentation on political integration in Asia. (Nov. 23, 2010)

Misclassifying workers as contractors is enormous problem, stress experts

An ILR School event in New York City Nov. 18 considered the impact of misclassified workers on the economy and the individuals involved.

Pillemer honored by national society for research to improve elder care

Professor Karl Pillemer is the receipient of the Lawton Award from the Gerontological Society of America for his work on improving the lives of older adults in nursing homes and community settings. (Nov. 19, 2010)

U.S. helped transform a violent Colombia into tourist destination, says former ambassador

Colombia, which was ridden by drug trafficking and violence 10 years ago, is now a tourist destination with returning Peace Corps volunteers, said the former ambassador Nov. 15, talking on campus. (Nov. 16, 2010)

'One Girl's Romp Through MIT's Male Math Maze' includes cookie duty

Gioia De Cari performed her one-woman-show on the plights of being a woman at MIT Nov. 11 and 12; a faculty panel followed each performance. (Nov. 16, 2010)

Study: Low incomes make poor more conservative

A new study finds that as inequality rises, low income individuals' attitudes toward redistribution become more conservative. (Nov. 15, 2010)

Cornell Students Against Sweatshops lauded for campaign

Cornell Students Against Sweatshops will be presented with the American Labor Museum's social justice award for its role in promoting college apparel manufacturers who pay a living wage. (Nov. 15, 2010)

Pinstrup-Andersen on African hunger at U.N.: Break down barriers, develop new incentives

To improve human health and nutrition in sub-Saharan Africa, barriers that exist between the food and health systems need to be broken down, said Per Pinstrup-Andersen speaking at the U.N. (Nov. 15, 2010)