Faculty invited to apply for 2030 Project Fast Grants on future energy systems

The 2030 Project is requesting proposals for its 2024 Fast Grants. An information session will be held Sept. 9, and proposals are due Oct. 18. 

Around Cornell

Human Ecology launches internship in New York City

Students work at partner sites across the city’s five boroughs, with a focus on urban studies, community engagement and professional development.

Around Cornell

New school year offers chance to help teens manage stress

The list of stresses teenagers face as they head back to high school is long but there’s plenty that caring parents and guardians, teachers and young people themselves can do to support teens’ mental health, Cornell researchers say.

With shimmer, 1920s fashion exhibit displays influencers’ power

Items from the Cornell Fashion and Textile Collection make up over 75% of the exhibit “Influencers: 1920s fashion and the New Woman” at Lyndhurst Mansion in Tarrytown, New York.

Jeffery Sobal, emeritus nutrition professor, dies at 74

Jeffery Sobal, a sociologist whose work focused on the social causes and consequences of obesity, eating relationships and food systems, died Aug. 3. He was 74. 

Kotlikoff to new students: Embrace the ‘freedom and responsibility’ of Cornell

First-year and transfer students gathered Aug. 25 at Schoellkopf Field for New Student Convocation, where they were encouraged to pursue their ambitions while upholding the shared values of the community.

Big changes afoot for US women and children’s nutrition program

With the guidance of two Cornell faculty, the federal government implements major changes for food assistance for babies, toddlers and birth parents.

Committee to recommend final expressive activity policy

The committee of faculty members, students and staff is in the process of reviewing the university’s interim expressive activity policy and will recommend a final policy early in the fall semester.

Do future actions matter more than past deeds?

It’s not just about right and wrong: Time and culture also influence our moral compass, Cornell psychology research finds.