Cornell's commitment to diversity and inclusion extends to religious observances; a partial list of upcoming observances is provided here, with links to relevant Cornell websites. (July 30, 2010)
Higher education can be a vehicle for change in the Middle East, President David Skorton and his wife, Professor Robin Davisson, wrote in recent blog from Israel. (July 23, 2010)
The 12th annual Staff Education Exploration Day (S.E.E.D.) was held on July 21 in the Biotechnology Building. More than 200 staff attended the event to learn strategies for developing their careers. (July 23, 2010)
Developmental Review: Perceptions in Behavior and Cognition, a journal of developmental psychology, has been named one of the three most influential journals in its field. (July 21, 2010)
Stephen Nelson, Tariq Thachil, Karrie Koesel and Samatha Majic, all Ph.D. '09 in government, have earned top prizes for their dissertations from the American Political Science Association. (July 21, 2010)
Wayne Harbert, professor of linguistics and director of undergraduate studies for the department, translates Old English kennings about swords from firsthand experience with blacksmithing. (July 21, 2010)
Ping Wang, associate professor of entomology, has been named associate director of the Tang-Cornell China Scholars Program, which allows Chinese scholars to further their education at Cornell. (July 19, 2010)
