The James A. Perkins Prize for Interracial Understanding and Harmony has been awarded to Ordinary People for its work in challenging bias, including racism, sexism, homophobia and anti-Semitism. (April 23, 2007)
On April 18, members of the undergraduate Bioethics Society of Cornell visited a class at Ithaca's Cascadilla School to explore the evolution versus creationism debate. (April 23, 2007)
Joschka Fischer, foreign minister and vice chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005, spoke on campus April 18 as the 2007 Bartels World Affairs Fellowship lecturer. (April 20, 2007)
William V. Eaton '61 of Severna Park, Md., and Stephen J. Ettinger '62, DVM '64, of Los Angeles have been elected to the Cornell Board of Trustees. They will serve a four-year term, beginning July 1. (April 20, 2007)
Adolescents who are chronically exposed to family turmoil, violence, noise or other chronic risk factors show more stress-induced physiological strain on their organs than other youth. But when they have supportive mothers, they do not experience these changes, finds a new Cornell study. (April 20, 2007)
Theories behind people's eating habits and ideas on revamping hospital inventory management were just two of the nearly 100 Cornell undergraduate research topics featured April 18 in Duffield Hall. (April 20, 2007)
On April 16, Cornell officials discussed the report 'The Economic Impact on New York State,' which shows the university generated an estimated $3.3 billion in economic activity in New York in 2005. (April 20, 2007)
Cornell held a ceremony memorializing the 33 students and faculty members at Virginia Tech university who had lost their lives three days earlier in a campus shooting. (April 19, 2007)
'Walk in Beauty: Discovering American Indian Art' features more than 40 paintings, works on paper and sculptures, juxtaposing traditional motifs and contemporary concerns. (April 19, 2007)
In a Cornell Perspectives piece, plant ecology professor David Wolfe explains how the new world of climate change and disruption of nature is challenging the American spirit. (April 19, 2007)
Student perspectives on diversity were the focus of the University Diversity Council's Working Group meeting, April 9, in Alice Cook House. (April 19, 2007)
Ezra Cornell became increasingly political, aligning himself with the new anti-slavery party, the Republicans. He campaigned for Lincoln and was elected to the New York State Legislature. (April 19, 2007)
