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Alumni gift supports anthropology research travel

A gift from Randy '75 and Howard '74, MBA '75, Freedman to Cornell’s anthropology department will allow undergraduates to undertake research projects across the country or around the globe.

AAU urges support for social, behavioral science research

The Association of American Universities, led by President Emeritus Hunter R. Rawlings III. released a statement Sept. 17 to member institutions including Cornell on the importance of the federal investment in such research.

Cornell joins 'Say Yes' compact to assist urban students

Cornell University has joined Say Yes to Education Inc., a national nonprofit organization that helps children from urban school districts attend, and pay for, college.

Revamp Camp connects kids, software engineering

Revamp Camp, Aug. 19-23, bolstered middle school students’ passion for computer programming and electronics engineering.

Economist Alan K. McAdams dies at 83

Alan Kellog McAdams, professor emeritus of managerial economics in Cornell’s Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, died Sept. 14 in Ithaca after a short illness. He was 83.

Undergrads go to camp - and study teen transitions

As part of the Cornell Cooperative Extension Summer Internship Program, three rising juniors went to a 4-H sleep-away camp to study teen transitions. On Sept. 24 they and other CCE summer interns will present posters about their work.

Black students offer advice on navigating Cornell

Scholars Working Ambitiously To Graduate (or SWAG), a campus organization that seeks to boost the graduation rate of Cornell’s black male students, sponsored “Navigating First-Year Challenges, Achieving Four-Year Success,” Sept. 14.

Food, poverty research are focus of Sept. 17 event

Symposium to showcase program that trained students to use interdisciplinary approaches to food systems and agriculture issues that contribute to extreme poverty.

Cornell is No. 15 in QS World University Rankings

Cornell is No. 15 among the world's top universities, according to the 2013-14 QS World University Rankings, released Sept. 10.

Book: 'Engaged anthropology' can benefit society

A new book co-edited by Sam Beck, senior lecturer in the College of Human Ecology and director of Cornell’s Urban Semester Program, argues in favor of "engaged anthropology."

Change.org president Jennifer Dulski to talk careers

Jennifer Dulski ’93, MBA '99, president and COO of Change.org, will speak about managing a career and making a difference Sept. 19 on campus.

Faculty and staff can apply now for child care grants

Faculty and staff with a dependent care flexible spending account can apply through Sept. 30 for a grant for up to $5,000 to help pay for child care expenses in 2014.