The Committee for the Advancement of Muslim Culture is this year's winner of the Perkins Prize for Interracial Understanding and Harmony. The prize was presented March 8. (March 9, 2011)
Cornell is creating three high-level positions to raise the priority given to concerns of underrepresented and minority students, restructuring some programs to provide greater coordination. (March 9, 2011)
The students received support through a $134,000 grant by the Intel Foundation, directed by the Semiconductor Research Corp. Education Alliance's Undergraduate Research Opportunities program. (March 7, 2011)
Eboo Patel, executive director of the Interfaith Youth Core and this year's Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Lecture speaker, Feb. 21 in Sage Chapel, stressed tolerance and interfaith cooperation. (Feb. 22, 2011)
As part of Black History Month, a veterinary student looks back to learn more about the first black veterinarians in the United States who were educated at Cornell. (Feb. 18, 2011)
A group of Muslim alumni have formed the Diwan Foundation, an initiative to enhance the quality of Muslim life on campus. Their first project is to establish and fund a Muslim chaplaincy. (Feb. 17, 2011)
Cornell's 10-year-old Bias Response Program is being reviewed by three campus organizations; four March forums will be held to gather general Cornell community feedback on the program. (Feb. 17, 2011)
Robert M. Groves, director of the U.S. Census Bureau, will speak on 'U.S. Census: Measuring America' Feb. 18 at 1:30 p.m. in G10 Biotech. A reception will follow the talk. (Feb. 1, 2011)
For the first time, fiber science students and faculty joined the class that spent two weeks in India recently. The textile students toured textile and apparel production facilities. (Jan. 31, 2011)
