Forget the Florida foolishness. So long, sand and sun. Cornell students traveled the concrete world of Manhattan’s Upper West Side to spend their own spring break at the Goddard Riverside Community Center.
Jared Cohon, board chair for the Center for Sustainable Shale Development and president emeritus of Carnegie Mellon University, will share insight into incorporating diverse, impassioned opinions to frame effective policy in his talk, “Working Together on Shale Gas Policy and Practice,” April 15.
In her new book Sara Pritchard, associate professor in the Department of Science and Technology Studies, looks at interdisciplinary collaboration on key questions.
Even with strict financial constraints, Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse and Utica are tackling revitalization, Cornell researchers and city officials said at a recent regional development conference.
Cornell has selected next year’s massive open online courses – MOOCs – through which students anywhere will explore the ethics of eating, civic ecology, global hospitality or understanding your inner smartphone through the edX online initiative.
Tompkins County Legislature Chair Michael Lane, Ithaca Mayor Svante Myrick, and Cornell Vice President for University Relations Joel Malina issued a statement regarding the alleged embezzlement by a Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit employee.
A course developed by Angela Gonzales, associate professor of development sociology, connects her 15 students with nonprofit organizations on the Hopi Reservation in northeastern Arizona, to work collaboratively on projects that address community needs.
