On Oct. 5, eight members of the International Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers visited Cornell and spoke about nonviolence, environmental protection, indigenous health and water quality, among other causes. (Oct. 7, 2008)
Model minority is a 'myth of the American dream,' says a panelist at the April 20 'Deconstructing the Model Minority' discussion, sponsored by the Asian Political Action Committee, a Cornell student group. (April 25, 2007)
For the first time in Cornell history, Chinese high school students are spending six weeks earning credit at the university's Summer College program. The U.S. government granted visas on June 23 to the students, who arrived in Ithaca on June 24.
Stephen Paletta '87, winner of the reality TV show 'Oprah's Big Give' in April 2008, is helping to organize a service-learning trip to Rwanda for eight Cornell students starting June 4. (May 19, 2009)
Neurobiologist Timothy DeVoogd will work for a year in the State Department's Bureau for Western Hemisphere Affairs to promote science and technology education and entrepreneurship in Latin America. (Sept. 24, 2008)
At the third annual Faculty Institute for Diversity June 13-16, 19 faculty members learned about new ways to incorporate elements of diversity into the courses they teach. (June 28, 2010)
Prince Turki Al-Faisal, ambassador of Saudi Arabia to the United States from 2005 to 2007, traced the more than 80-year relationship between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia in an April 23 lecture. (April 24, 2009)
Seth Cochran '00, M.Eng. '01, has started a nonprofit called Operation OF, now being piloted in Uganda, dedicated to ending obstetric fistula worldwide. (April 2, 2009)
In a new book, 'The Mathematics of Sex,' Cornell professors Stephen J. Ceci and Wendy M. Williams discuss why women are underrepresented in the math-intensive fields of science. (Oct. 27, 2009)
Two Cornell research teams have each received National Institutes of Health grants to identify factors influencing the careers of women in biomedical and behavioral sciences and engineering. (Oct. 22, 2009)