Stanford University linguist John Rickford will deliver a talk, "Justice for Jeantel (and Trayvon): Fighting Dialect Prejudice in Courtrooms and Beyond," Sept. 15 at 4:30 p.m. in Klarman Hall.
The Office of Engagement Initiatives has awarded nearly $840,000 to 21 teams of faculty and community partners integrating community engagement into majors and minors.
Cornell President Emeritus Frank H.T. Rhodes explores the origin and evolution of living things, their changing environments, and the challenges we face on an increasingly crowded, polluted planet.
The struggling artist stereotype isn’t far from the mark in today’s economy, according to a state-funded report by researchers at The Worker Institute at Cornell's ILR School.
An analysis by Cornell sociologist Steven Alvarado found that a major STEM enrichment program increases black students' high school STEM engagement but had little impact on black and Latino students’ aspiration to major in a STEM field in college.
“Criminalizing Immigrants: Border Controls, Enforcement and Resistance,” Nov. 9-10, brought researchers and academics from a range of disciplines together.
Children who live in disadvantaged neighborhoods at any point in their lives up to age 18 are 75 percent more likely to be unemployed and also earn a lower income as adults, according to sociologist Steven Alvarado.
The physical sciences at Cornell University jumped to No. 9 among institutions worldwide, up from No. 15 last year, according to the Times Higher Education 2015-16 World University Rankings.
Toppling a widespread assumption that a “lactation” hormone only cues animals to produce food for their babies, Cornell researchers have shown the hormone also prompts zebra finches to be good parents.