Mannix, professor of management at the Johnson School and director of the Institute for the Social Sciences, has been named vice provost for equity and inclusion, effective July 15. (July 29, 2008)
The program brings 50 low-income high school freshmen and sophomores students from the region to campus for six weeks in the summer to help them prepare for college. (July 28, 2008)
The Center for Transformative Action (formerly CRESP) at Cornell has created the Performing Arts for Social Change, an initiative to make a social impact through theater, music and dance. (June 26, 2008)
David Harris, deputy provost and vice provost for the social sciences at Cornell, will present a discussion on poverty and inequality, 'Opportunity 101: What Affects Access,' June 18 in New York City. (June 12, 2008)
The Cornell Faculty Institute for Diversity met June 1-4 to discuss ways to diversify Cornell's curriculum to address such issues as class, disability, ethnicity, gender, nationality, race, religion and sexual orientation. (June 10, 2008)
Deputy Provost David Harris had one more vital piece of instruction for Cornell's freshly minted group of doctors of philosophy at the Ph.D. recognition ceremony in Barton Hall on May 24. (May 25, 2008)
Robert L. Harris Jr., vice provost for diversity and faculty development, spoke of the need for both 'structural diversity' and 'interactional diversity' in his ninth and final report on the university's progress toward diversity and inclusion. (May 23, 2008)
