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Africana Center introduces 17 new courses

Building on the hire of five new faculty members including four senior scholars, the Africana Studies and Research Center has added courses ranging from the politics of hip-hop to black feminists theories. (April 30, 2009)

Course on Transformative Action begins May 4

The goal of the six-week course is to provide community members with some of the skills and strategies needed to engage in this empowering approach to social change. (April 30, 2009)

Things to Do May, 1-8

This week's Things to Do include classical music, dance and a subversive feminist 'Ramayana.' (April 30, 2009)

Supersolid or superglass? Cornell researchers study a strange state of matter in helium

Frozen helium-4 that flows without friction may be a superglass rather than a crystalline supersolid, according to Cornell researchers. (April 30, 2009)

Day Hall officials take over Ho Plaza to talk diversity

Students, faculty and staff members had the opportunity to speak with senior administrators during a weeklong series of five 'Day Hall Talks Diversity' events around campus. (April 30, 2009)

Diversity programs aim to change Cornell's climate

University Diversity Council initiatives offer a variety of approaches to promote a more inclusive environment that embraces differences in race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexuality, class and nationality. (April 30, 2009)

Ashkin receives Guggenheim fellowship

Assistant professor of art Michael Ashkin has received a fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation supporting his upcoming solo sculpture exhibition in Vienna, Austria. (April 30, 2009)

PBS film examines career of CU renegade Tommy Gold

A PBS documentary, 'Renegade Genius: The Story of Tommy Gold,' airing in May and June, profiles the late Cornell professor.

CU-developed apple varieties tested at 30 N.Y. orchards

Thirty apple orchard owners around New York state are growing new apple varieties developed at the Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva to test whether the apples should be commercialized. (April 30, 2009)

The labyrinth is abloom: Open house is May 2

Professor Bill Miller's Herbaceous Plant Materials class planted a more ambitious labyrinth with more than 14,000 bulbs of daffodils, tulips and muscari topped with pansies. (April 30, 2009)

Slope Day 2009 road closures and TCAT bus route changes

To accommodate the annual Slope Day event, Cornell will close some roads and TCAT will modify several bus routes. Some changes go into effect April 30.

Controversial Employee Free Choice Act debated at ILR

Labor and employment attorneys debated the Employee Free Choice Act as part of Union Days events at the ILR School April 16. (April 30, 2009)