Some 40 educators from 18 New York counties attended a Cornell Educational Resources for International Studies workshop June 27-29 on teaching world knowledge via food customs and production. (July 1, 2010)
Don M. Randel, provost of Cornell since 1995 and a faculty member since 1968, has been recommended to the board of trustees of the University of Chicago to serve as its 12th president, the University of Chicago.
Working long hours has increasingly become expected in the work culture, yet seemingly gender-neutral workplace norms can result in discriminatory outcomes, the study says. (Aug. 1, 2008)
The Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell has been awarded a $425,000 challenge grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for an endowment fund to strengthen the museum's education programming within the university.
Two new leadership appointments in the Graduate School have been filled by external candidates who bring strengths in inclusion, mentoring, grant-writing and graduate student professional development. (July 19, 2011)
Events on campus this week include: a teaching conference, Nano exhibit, talks on renewable energy and caregivers, first 'Soup and Hope' lunch, book reading and opening 'Light in Winter' events. (Jan. 13, 2011)
The program brings 50 low-income high school freshmen and sophomores students from the region to campus for six weeks in the summer to help them prepare for college. (July 28, 2008)
A $40,000 grant from The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation will help the Cornell University Library conserve and catalog some 15,000 historic architectural photographs in the Andrew Dickson White Photograph Collection.
Cornell is abuzz all summer with some 4,000 students taking classes or doing research, 400 adults in Cornell Adult University and scores of visitors taking part in one of 60 conferences on campus. (June 25, 2010)
A workshop at Cornell July 25-26 will bring together leaders from educational institutions and industry to find ways to integrate simulation technology into the engineering curriculum. (July 25, 2008)