Histories of labor feminists recounted at Cook lecture

Rutgers University Professor Dorothy Sue Cobble delivered the 2010 Alice Hanson Cook Distinguished Lecture on the hidden history of working women. (Oct. 1, 2010)

Grant to help New Yorkers reduce risky teen behaviors

A two-year, $60,000 grant will be used to adapt a research-based model that pairs Cornell Cooperative Extension with public schools to provide interventions for at-risk youth. (Sept. 28, 2010)

Cornell students reach out to nursing home residents

Students affiliated with the Cornell Elderly Partnership regularly visit local seniors to help reduce the elders' social isolation and to better understand issues related to aging. (Sept. 27, 2010)

Town-gown panel stresses role of parents, teachers, cultural norms in student mental health

Members of the Campus-Community Coalition discussed mental health strategies and services at Cornell, the Ithaca City School District, Ithaca College and Tompkins Cortland Community College Sept. 22. (Sept. 24, 2010)

Rappers fueled anti-Semitism in '90s, professor says

Glenn Altschuler presented the first talk in the Jewish Studies lecture series Sept. 21 with a lecture on rappers, anti-Semitism and racism. (Sept. 23, 2010)

Seven on faculty receive Affinito-Stewart research grants

The President's Council of Cornell Women's Affinito-Stewart Grants Program has awarded research grants to seven assistant professors to help them complete research important in their tenure process.

Dyson School to host panel discussions on energy security, international development

Cornell's Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management will celebrate its recent naming gift with two panel discussions Oct. 1 in Kennedy Hall's Call Alumni Auditorium. (Sept. 22, 2010)

Cornell experts to Congressional staff: 'Embrace' immigrants to help them become 'assets'

Max Pfeffer and Pilar Parra will draw on their research to brief Congressional staff members on immigration policy Sept. 24. (Sept. 22, 2010)

Speaker: Muslim women can use Quran to counter the 'hijacked' authority by Muslim men

Research fellow Nimat Hafez Barazangi said Muslim women can use the Quran to build a stronger identity for themselves in Muslim societies at a talk at Cornell Sept. 16. (Sept. 22, 2010)