Where women-owned businesses thrive: report

New research from the ILR School and the Hotel School identifies sectors of the economy in which women-owned businesses out-survive businesses owned by men.

Norris' family secrets led to insight into race in America

National Public Radio host and special correspondent Michele Norris delivered Cornell’s Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration Lecture Feb. 4.

Hiring people with disabilities benefits 'green' industries

New research from the ILR School's Employment and Disability Institute finds that "green" industries benefit by hiring people with disabilities.

Hip-hop engineer talks tech careers at STEM event

Sound engineer for highly successful recording artists Gimel “Young Guru” Keaton spoke Feb. 1 at the STEM Men of Color “Access to Knowledge and Empowerment” Symposium.

Cornell junior brings change home to Nigeria

Kelechi Umoga ’15 spent this past summer leading the construction of a health care clinic in the Jeida village of Abuja, Nigeria.

NPR's Michele Norris to give MLK lecture

NPR host, journalist, and race-relations expert Michele Norris, author of the best-selling "The Grace of Silence," will give the 2014 Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Lecture Feb. 4.

Workshop addresses subtle acts of exclusion

An Inclusive Excellence Academy workshop for all employees Jan. 15, in support of the Toward New Destinations initiative, discusses subtle ways in which people are made to feel ignored, devalued and excluded.

Teatrotaller marks 20 years of Spanish theater

Spanish-language theater group Teatrotaller celebrates its 20th year of producing works by American and international Latino writers.

Community events celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.

Kirby Edmonds, a Dorothy Cotton Institute senior fellow, will present the keynote address at a luncheon, Jan. 20, at Beverly J. Martin Elementary School. Librada Paz, council member of the western New York for the Rural and Migrant Ministry, will give an afternoon keynote at Ithaca College.