New research from Cornell University shows that hiring managers' awareness of competence among job applicants and managers' attitudes toward affirmative action help reduce prejudice in recruitment.
4-H at Cornell has been relocated to Cornell's Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research to give the program even stronger connections to research. (Oct. 24, 2011)
High school seniors from the metropolitan area and their parents got a look at Cornell admissions and campus life for minority students in New York City, Nov. 12. (Nov. 15, 2010)
Professor of history and classics Barry Strauss examines the methods of three great military leaders in his new book, 'Masters of Command: Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar, and the Genius of Leadership.' (April 25, 2012)
A Cornell-led research team has proposed a way to measure the forces between the particles that surround defects in colloidal crystals, which could help predict the behavior of materials under stress.
Some Cornell classes are adopting the "Tree of Life" classification system, which explains the diversity of life by matching and mapping relationships on a branching diagram.
A new Weill Cornell Medical College study finds treating terminal late-stage cancer patients with chemotherapy does not improve quality of life and are of no benefit to overall survival.
Michael Mazourek, Ph.D. '08, a professor of plant breeding, has won recognition from the Organic Seed Alliance for his work connecting farmers with research. (Oct. 1, 2012)