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.

Coalition seeks to enhance lives of working families

Cornell University became part of a coalition to help enhance the quality of life for working parents and their newborns at the Clinton Global Initiative meeting Sept. 29.

CUSLAR celebrates 50th anniversary

CUSLAR, the Committee on U.S.-Latin American Relations, celebrated its 50th anniversary with events on campus that brought back former members to reflect on future challenges facing Latin America.

Lake Source Cooling intake pipe to get first cleaning in October

After 15 years of continuously supporting the cooling of campus buildings, Cornell’s Lake Source Cooling intake pipe and screen need a cleaning.

Students train to collect, evaluate data in Tanzania

Associate professor of city and regional planning Stephan Schmidt led students in a data collection workshop in Tanzania, with benefits for public health, wildlife conservation and land tenure.

Ithaca-NYC synergies present unparalleled opportunities

Cornell President Elizabeth Garrett heralded a future of greater collaboration between Ithaca and New York City at a Sept. 21 reception in honor of her inauguration as the university’s 13th president.

Symposium to examine prisoners' human rights

An international symposium to discuss "Carceral Worlds and Human Rights across the Americas" will held Oct. 5 at the Africana Studies and Research Center, 310 Triphammer Road, from 10 a.m. to noon.

Local Native Indian history buried in obscurity

Native American sites abound in the Ithaca area but are hard to reach due to subsequent development and poor documentation, according to Kurt Jordan of the American Indian Program in a talk Sept. 19.