Breaking barriers: Peer outreach boosts student veterans

The number of undergraduate veterans enrolled at Cornell has nearly quadrupled over the past five years, thanks in part to outreach by a team of student veteran peer counselors.

Book: Time for Black women to claim the right to lead

In a new book, scholar Carole Boyce Davies calls our current era “the century for claiming Black women’s right to leadership.”

Faculty members' film focuses on boarding school escape

“Ghosts” will premiere Nov. 17 at 5 p.m. in the Film Forum at the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts.

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SkinKit offers versatile, wearable on-skin computing

Members of Cornell’s Hybrid Body Lab have come up with a reliable on-skin computing interface that’s easy to attach and detach, and can be used for a variety of purposes – from health monitoring to fashion.

Conference features insightful advice, stories from entrepreneurs

The Eclectic Convergence conference included talks from six entrepreneurs, business executives and venture capitalists, as well as a pitch competition.

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Online microaggressions strongly impact disabled users

New types of microaggressions toward people with disabilities play out online, according to new Cornell-led research.

Scholar offers talk about Brazilian crackdowns and feminist response

Angela Figueiredo's talk is one of three in the African Diaspora Knowledge Exchange Series.

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Student technologists show collective ‘force’ at women in computing conference

Catherine Tom ’24 recounts her experiences at the Grace Hopper Conference, an annual celebration of women in computing named for the pioneering mathematician and computer scientist.

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Women of Color Athletics supports community, advocacy

Female student athletes of color founded Women of Color Athletics to provide a community of women who understand the challenges they face and a channel to voice their concerns.