Each semester, volunteer faculty and teaching assistants teach a liberal arts curriculum free of charge to inmates at the Auburn Correctional Facility who can now work toward an associate's degree. (March 5, 2009)
The new Avon Global Center for Women and Justice, funded with a $1.5 million grant from the Avon Foundation for Women, will work with judges in an effort to bring justice to women survivors of violence. (March 4, 2009)
African-Americans account for nearly 70 percent of all new HIV/AIDS cases, and teen pregnancy rates may be rising again. Text messaging may be one way to help address such daunting public health issues. (March 4, 2009)
Josephine Allen, professor emerita of policy analysis and management, was the first African-American woman to receive tenure at Cornell. Retiring after 32 years, she looks back at her career. (March 3, 2009)
Philson Warner, an extension associate with Cornell's Cooperative Extension in New York City, has set up a hydroponics lab for teen inmates at the Rikers Island jail. (Feb. 25, 2009)
Professor Gary W. Evans has been appointed to the Board on Children, Youth and Families of the National Academy of Sciences, which makes policy recommendations. (Feb. 24, 2009)
A Feb. 10 panel discussion, part of 'Darwin Days' events marking the bicentennial of Charles Darwin's birth, provided perspectives on what race meant to Darwin and what it means to evolutionary biologists today. (Feb. 11, 2009)
Seven students recently returned from a three-week service-learning trip to Kenya, where they taught nutrition and HIV prevention. The students found that teaching and learning went both ways.
The job market may look increasingly bleak for graduating seniors and young alumni, but '10GoodMinutes,' a free weekly podcast of interviews with experts can help. (Feb. 10, 2009)
