Perkins Prize applications accepted through Feb. 22

Cornell faculty, students and staff can apply through Feb. 22 for the 2013 James A. Perkins Prize for Interracial Understanding and Harmony.

Mukoma leads Kenyan journalists' theory workshop

Following a workshop he led in Kenya, Mukoma Wa Ngugi hopes to foster further dialogue between academic writers and journalists, using concepts of literary and cultural theory and criticism.

Women in physics network, mentor at conference

About 140 undergraduates and 40 invited guests attended the Northeast Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics, Jan. 18-20.

Hope is action and community, Miller says at Soup and Hope

A.T. Miller, associate vice provost for academic diversity, opened the sixth annual Soup and Hope series, Jan. 17, using song, poetry and narrative to convey his reflections on hope.

'Engaged and excited' Brazilian students arrive on campus

Twenty-seven students from Brazil have arrived on campus for a year of study in engineering, life sciences, film and other fields, as part of an initiative funded by the Brazilian government.

Young alum endows first American Indian Program fund

Jason Kats '10 gave his friend, Sam Scott '10, an unusual wedding gift: He endowed the first fund ever in the American Indian Program in honor of Scott and his bride. (Dec. 6, 2012)

Book recounts activism, struggles of U.S. women scientists

Science historian Margaret Rossiter has just come out with the third book of her trilogy on the history of women scientists in America, focusing on their most recent efforts and contributions. (Dec. 5, 2012)

Cornell alumni discuss the business of the NBA

A panel of six Cornellians who work as National Basketball Association executives told a Cornell Club-New York audience about life in the league, Nov. 28. (Dec. 3, 2012)

Cornell uses diversity to promote diversity, say speakers

By using diversity among its diversity officers to promote diversity, Cornell is promoting the climate of inclusion that the university seeks overall, said speakers at a recent diversity conference. (Nov. 29, 2012)