Veterans learn to build social capital at Cornell

The Entrepreneurial Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities offered experiential training in entrepreneurship and small-business management to veterans Oct. 1 in the School of Hotel Administration.

Girls Who Code CEO seeks to empower women in tech

Reshma Saujani, founder and CEO of Girls Who Code, pointed out the severe disparities of facing women in STEM careers in the Iscol public service lecture on campus Oct. 7.

Cornell professors testify before House committee

Capitol Hill met East Hill as the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs tapped two Cornell professors for their expertise on the economics of international food aid and the realities of Chinese-American relations.

Students collect turkeys for local families in need

Cornell Students for Hunger Relief are conducting their annual Thanksgiving Turkey Donation Drive. Now through Nov. 13 you can donate turkeys or money online or at locations across campus.

Cornell kicks off $750,000 United Way campaign

The Cornell United Way Campaign kicked off Oct. 2, with a goal of raising $750,000. The funds will go directly to meet needs in the local community. For the first time, pledges can be made online; pledge cards also will be mailed out.

Summer interns enhance life in New York communities

From Buffalo to Long Island, the North Country to the Southern Tier, Cornell undergraduates – serving as interns – spent their summer enhancing life in New York.

Service-learning CEO to talk on community partnerships Oct. 2

Kathryn Pisco ’05, founder and CEO of Unearth the World, a social enterprise that promotes service-learning by pairing volunteers with international nonprofits, speaks on campus Oct. 2 at noon.

Prison education program to expand with Mellon grant

With a $1 million Mellon grant and a goal of building a model college-in-prison network, the Cornell Prison Education Program will expand to offer classes and degree programs in four upstate prisons.

Fund lets undergrads gain ecological field experience

A graduate student and two undergraduates spent the summer studying zooplankton species in Adirondack lakes to learn to determine whether they can live in different environments.