Faculty awarded entrepreneurship funding

Thirteen faculty members are recipients of 2024 Louis H. Zalaznick Teaching Assistantships, given out by Entrepreneurship at Cornell.

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Millennial Black women navigate when, where to express style

Millennial Black women felt they had autonomy in navigating beauty standards in their personal lives but felt more restricted at work, according to a new Cornell study.

Book explains how design can contribute to peace

The collection of essays by Shepley and other authors is intended for students, academics and practitioners in all design fields to inspire societal contribution and celebrate collaboration.

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. 

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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.

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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.