Law professor Steven Shiffrin spoke about his new book, 'The Religious Left and Church-State Relations,' at a panel discussion in his honor in Myron Taylor Hall Oct. 30. (Nov. 11, 2009)
The government of India has named Cornell economist Kaushik Basu as its new chief economic adviser in the Ministry of Finance. He will be on leave from Cornell for two years, beginning in December. (Nov. 5, 2009)
Almost half of American children -- and most black children and children who spend their childhoods in single-parent households -- will eat meals paid for by food stamps at some point while growing up. (Nov. 3, 2009)
Professor Per Pinstrup-Andersen, the 2001 World Food Prize laureate, has been named 'the most important Dane in the world' in combating poverty by Denmark's leading development magazine. (Oct. 27, 2009)
In a new book, 'The Mathematics of Sex,' Cornell professors Stephen J. Ceci and Wendy M. Williams discuss why women are underrepresented in the math-intensive fields of science. (Oct. 27, 2009)
Historian Carol Kammen discussed the experiences of black students early in Cornell's history Oct. 15 at the Africana Studies and Research Center. (Oct. 23, 2009)
The difficulty of finding a job in the current economy when a candidate has the additional handicap of a criminal record was the focus at the Richard Netter Conference, Oct. 9 in New York City. (Oct. 23, 2009)
Two Cornell research teams have each received National Institutes of Health grants to identify factors influencing the careers of women in biomedical and behavioral sciences and engineering. (Oct. 22, 2009)
Linguistics scholar Amanda Miller is doing research with high-speed ultrasound technology to help her and fellow researchers successfully record and classify clicks in an endangered African language. (Oct. 21, 2009)
