Cornell's Merrill Presidential Scholars Program honors 32 seniors and the high school teachers and university faculty members who made important contributions to the students' lives.
Each spring the Cornell Tradition, an alumni-endowed recognition program, honors 10 of its students for their community service and leadership. The students donate their awards to help others.
'Golfing With Your Eyes Closed' is a new book co-authored by Tiffany Wilding-White '00 that offers step-by-step instructions on creating mental imagery routines to improve golf performance. (May 14, 2009)
'Cognitive advantages follow from becoming bilingual,' says Barbara Lust, a developmental psychology and linguistics expert. 'These cognitive advantages can contribute to a child's future academic success.'
Melanie Gowen, a senior interior design student in the Department of Design and Environmental Analysis, has won a statewide competition for her essay 'To Make a Difference By Design.' (May 11, 2009)
The Institute for the Social Sciences has kicked off its Persistent Poverty and Upward Mobility theme project, a three-year effort to understand the causes and solutions to chronic poverty. (May 6, 2009)
Freshmen at three universities this fall will be asked to participate in a study to determine how roommates and social networks affect students' mental health. (May 4, 2009)
For the fourth year in a row, a class in the College of Human Ecology is giving $10,000 to local nonprofit organizations in the Ithaca community as part of a learning experience about philanthropy. (May 4, 2009)
Students recently presented their research, which ranged from culinary myths of egg whites and judging sexual orientation, to the theory of children's picture books and emotional influences on gambling. (May 1, 2009)
