Cornell’s College of Engineering has received a five-year, $908,000 grant from a joint National Science Foundation, Intel and GE program called Graduate 10K+.
On May 1 President David Skorton updated the Cornell community on the diversity planning effort Toward New Destinations, highlighting engagement with such off-campus constituents as community organizations and vendors.
Doctoral candidates Chavez Carter, Christian Guzman, Michael Mitchell and Luisa Rosas were inducted into the Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Honor Society at an April 19-20 conference at Yale University.
History of art students have organized a faculty symposium April 27 on the student-curated exhibition “Hair: Untangling Roots of Identity” at the Johnson Museum, examining hair’s political, social, cultural and artistic contexts.
Asian-Americans experience considerable everyday prejudice and discrimination, reports a Cornell study published online in the Journal of Counseling Psychology.
Music industry pioneers traced the evolution of hip-hop from its humble beginnings to commercial dominance during a sold-out discussion in Manhattan April 17.
The American Indian Program marked its 30th anniversary and reflected on its history at Cornell at a conference April 12-13 with native community leaders, scholars, program alumni and faculty.
More than 700 students and advisers from 42 high schools came to campus April 11-14 for the 2013 Cornell Model United Nations Conference; its theme was 'Raise Your Placard, Raise Your Voice.'