Social sciences project charts immigration shifts

The Institute for the Social Sciences' theme project Immigration: Settlement, Integration and Membership was the topic of an April 3 capstone lecture.

New partnership supports returning Peace Corps volunteers

A new Peace Corps/Cornell partnership will provide fellowships to returned Peace Corps volunteers seeking a Master of Professional Studies degree in the field of global development.

Students connect Belize classrooms, gardens, communities

Twelve Cornell students went to Belize for spring break for the course Experiential Garden-Based Learning, where they lead classroom activities that integrate gardening into the curriculum.

Europe teaches conflict, consensus, community

At an event April 1 at Cornell Library, Peter Katzenstein spoke on 'Europe in the World,' and winners of a student competition to create academic projects on European identities were announced.

Assié-Lumumba elected to CIES leadership

Cornell professor N'Dri Assié-Lumumba has been elected vice president of the Comparative and International Education Society for 2013-14 and will assume the society's presidency in 2015-16.

Alumna applauded for efforts against human trafficking

Jean Baderschneider, Ph.D. '78, then an ExxonMobil executive, found a new career while waiting to board a flight from Angola to London.

Faculty stir up solutions at climate change forum

About 100 faculty members and graduate students from fields ranging from the physical and natural sciences to economics and the humanities gathered March 28 at the Interdisciplinary Climate Change Forum.

President Martinelli of Panama to lecture on campus

President of Panama Ricardo Martinelli will deliver a public lecture April 11, sign a memorandum of understanding and meet with students and faculty.

Compost helps restore soil in arid region of China

Cornell researchers have tested their method to restore agricultural land in China by adding components into the soil and collecting water to make the most of meager rainfall supplies.