Chon Noriega will deliver a sesquicentennial lecture, “‘Cornell on Trial’: The University and the Creative Arts, Revisited,” on Oct. 28 at 4:30 p.m. in the English Department Lounge, 258 Goldwin Smith Hall.
Renowned scholar Claudia Goldin ‘ 67 will address gender equality in the labor market in a Sesquicentennial talk, "A Grand Gender Convergence: Its Last Chapter," Oct. 23.
Nominations are being sought from among the faculty for positions as house deans and professors at two West Campus houses for terms beginning in July 2016.
Healthy Relationships, an initiative to raise awareness of how to best promote positive relationships launched this fall with candy and positive quotes in Cornell’s North Campus and Collegetown residential communities.
Cornell has won a national diversity award from INSIGHT Into Diversity for its measurable achievements in broadening diversity and inclusion on campus.
Maura Cullen, an authority on diversity issues on college campuses, encouraged her audience to evaluate inherent biases and to overcome them in a campus talk Sept. 11.
Interfaith leader Eboo Patel delivered Cornell United Religious Work’s annual Frederic C. Wood Lecture Sept. 9, in which he urged bridge-building between people of different faiths.
Cornell has moved up one spot in the annual college rankings from U.S. News and World Report, which places the university at No. 15, up from 16 last year, out of 280 schools that offer a wide range of undergraduate majors along with master’s and doctoral degrees.
A panel of faculty and administrators, including alumni, discussed the history of the Latino community at Cornell with students Sept. 5 at the Latino Living Center in Anna Comstock Hall.