'Well-equipped' grads can proceed with confidence, Skorton says

Members of the graduating Class of 2013 can be assured that the skills they've developed as Cornell students will serve them well as they take their next steps, President David Skorton said in his Commencement address May 26.

'Cheers' to the Class of 2013

Undergraduate and graduate students gathered on the Arts Quad in full regalia to celebrate Cornell's 145th Commencement with friends and family May 26.

Schwab to step down as Law School dean

After a decade as the Allan R. Tessler Dean of Cornell Law School, Stewart J. Schwab will step down in June 2014. Schwab’s second term as dean ends in December, and he will stay on for the spring term.

Yale-Loehr says 2013 immigration reform is unlikely

The U.S. Senate will likely pass a bill to overhaul immigration laws but the House will probably not vote on it this year, said adjunct professor of law, Stephen Yale-Loehr '77, J.D. '81, at a press briefing May 17 in Washington, D.C.

Law School report targets Argentine women prisoners

Cornell Law School's Avon Global Center for Women and Justice and International Human Rights Clinic has issued a report on Argentine women in prison and recommends reform of drug sentencing.

Lecturer says labor law divide is sign of broader conflict

Former National Labor Relations Board chair Wilma Liebman talked about the troubled state of U.S. labor law in her Milton Konvitz Memorial Lecture April 29.

We need to help immigrants stay in U.S., panelists say

Cornell joined more than 75 colleges and universities to observe the National Day of Immigration Reform with a debate on the issue April 19.

Panel to examine immigration reform April 19

Immigration Reform Debate – a University Perspective, a panel discussion, will be held April 19. President David Skorton speak about economic and educational issues related to STEM graduate degree holders.

Drones hide suffering of war, panelists say

Faculty members looked at "The Next Four Years in Counterterrorism Policy" at a March 25 Law School panel.