Women haven’t reached parity in science, technology, engineering and mathematics disciplines, but progressive policies could help, said Sharon Sassler at the Empowering Women in Science and Engineering Symposium.
On May 25, 2016, Psi Upsilon fraternity had its recognition revoked for a period of no less than three years. Following the appeals process, on June 24 VP Ryan Lombardi reduced the revocation to no less than 1.5 years.
Kendra Bischoff, assistant professor of sociology and the Richard and Jacqueline Emmet Sesquicentennial Faculty Fellow, has been chosen a 2016 National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellow.
Janis Whitlock, Ph.D. ‘03, director of the Cornell Research Program on Self-Injury and Recovery, worked with eCornell to develop courses on nonsuicidal self-injury.
A 10-day journey to cities in the Brazilian rainforest gave students a firsthand look at the complexities of urbanization in the Amazon, as part of the interdisciplinary seminar Forest Cartographies.
Cornell's Department of Asian Studies has grown to reflect the importance of the region globally and now offers more Asian languages for study than any other American university.
Cornell Tech announced May 25 that Ron Brachman, an internationally recognized authority on artificial intelligence, will join the campus as the new director of the Joan & Irwin Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute.
Artist and design and environmental analysis professor Jack Elliott has created a tree sculpture, "Animus," to draw attention to climate justice, the focus of a conference on campus May 24-25.
Farm Ops, an initiative from the Cornell Small Farms Program, is the first of its kind in the country to give returning veterans the opportunity to learn agriculture via their G.I. Bill benefits.
