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White House names prison educator a Champion of Change

Rob Scott, executive director of the Cornell Prison Education Program, was honored April 27 by the White House for giving prison inmates a fair chance at earning a college degree.

Garrett Memorial 5K Run slated for May 8 at Cornell Plantations

Student-athletes remember late president Elizabeth Garrett's message of 'grace' to them and will honor her on May 8 with a memorial 5K run to benefit colon cancer research and student scholarships.

Alumna Lynn Ross details career path to housing policymaker

Lynn Ross, MRP '01, detailed her journey as a planner, from her earliest interest in the field to her current position in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, during a talk April 22.

Retweeting may overload your brain

Reposting or otherwise sharing messages creates a "cognitive overload" that interferes with learning and retaining the content.

Design alumna shares lessons on sustainability, life

Jessica Cooper ’07 delivered the biennial Glenn H. Beyer Memorial Lecture April 27 on campus. She is executive vice president and director of sustainability at Delos Solutions.

ILR School program remedies class-action settlement

The ILR School's Labor and Employment Law Program will begin work on a $4.9 million contract to establish the Records Assistance Program to help job applicants with criminal records get jobs.

Statler offers local students hospitality career skills training

Students from Tompkins-Seneca-Tioga Board of Cooperative Education Services career skills program come to campus to expand their vocational skills through a hands-on program at the Statler Hotel.

Rewards encourage junk-food junkies to eat more healthfully

Consumers who have poor eating habits and who are overweight benefit the most from long-term reward "points" incentives than if they are offered price reductions, according to new Cornell research.

Who do you think you are? That depends, researchers suggest

Findings by Cornell researcher Corinna Loeckenhoff and her former graduate student, Joshua Rutt, suggest that chronological age is associated with greater self-continuity over multiple time frames.

Solar-powered tag allows tracking of songbird migration

Professor of ecology and evolutionary biology David Winkler has developed the first lifetime-solar-powered tag for small songbirds to track them.

Big Ideas panel explores the risks of humanitarianism

Cornell professors Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò and Elizabeth Anker explored "Humanitarianism and its Discontents" in Klarman Hall's Groos Family Atrium on April 25.

Harkness era lacrosse players celebrate anniversary

Cornell lacrosse players from the 1960s gathered on April 23 to reminisce about their coach, the legendary Ned Harkness, who guided the Big Red to a 35-1 record and two Ivy titles from 1966-68.