Cornell Asian Alumni Association honors Lisa Yang '75

More than 230 administrators, alumni and friends celebrated Lisa Yang, ILR ’74, at the Cornell Asian Alumni Association’s 22nd annual banquet Feb. 2 at Manhattan’s Golden Unicorn Restaurant.

Cornell named a top employer for women executives

Cornell's educational programs and support for all employees, as well as number of women in executive positions, have earned it a place as one of the nation's top nonprofit employers for executive women.

Riché Richardson pays homage to Rosa Parks

Africana professor Riche Richardson will travel to Montgomery, Ala., to speak at the 100th birthday celebration of the late civil rights icon Rosa Parks Feb. 4.

Perkins Prize applications accepted through Feb. 22

Cornell faculty, students and staff can apply through Feb. 22 for the 2013 James A. Perkins Prize for Interracial Understanding and Harmony.

Mukoma leads Kenyan journalists' theory workshop

Following a workshop he led in Kenya, Mukoma Wa Ngugi hopes to foster further dialogue between academic writers and journalists, using concepts of literary and cultural theory and criticism.

Women in physics network, mentor at conference

About 140 undergraduates and 40 invited guests attended the Northeast Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics, Jan. 18-20.

Hope is action and community, Miller says at Soup and Hope

A.T. Miller, associate vice provost for academic diversity, opened the sixth annual Soup and Hope series, Jan. 17, using song, poetry and narrative to convey his reflections on hope.

'Engaged and excited' Brazilian students arrive on campus

Twenty-seven students from Brazil have arrived on campus for a year of study in engineering, life sciences, film and other fields, as part of an initiative funded by the Brazilian government.

Young alum endows first American Indian Program fund

Jason Kats '10 gave his friend, Sam Scott '10, an unusual wedding gift: He endowed the first fund ever in the American Indian Program in honor of Scott and his bride. (Dec. 6, 2012)