The Affordable Health Care act, passed in 2009, was designed to close racial disparities in access to health care. In the first decade of the act's implementation, however, many such provisions are being blocked by racial politics.
This year's student ice cream contest winners are Big Red Apple and Ezra's Morning Cup. The assignment was to develop flavors to honor the Cornell NYC Tech campus. (Dec. 4, 2012)
In 1912, Hu Shih, Class of 1914, and a group of friends donated 350 Chinese-language books to Cornell University Library “to add something to the completeness of the library itself.”
Events on campus include a Cervantes conference, guest filmmaker Tia Lessin '86, a collaborator of Michael Moore; and book talks on Icelandic history and the ghostlike photography of postwar Spain.
Kendra Bischoff, assistant professor of sociology and the Richard and Jacqueline Emmet Sesquicentennial Faculty Fellow, has been chosen a 2016 National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellow.
Two changes will be made to the Time Away from Work policy for nonacademic staff: one in how sick, health and personal leave are recorded and one in using accrued vacation time.
Faculty-in-residence Cheryl Finley, assistant professor of history of art, took 15 students from her residence hall to New York City for the day April 24 to learn about art, architecture and history. (May 11, 2010)
Using a genomic approach, a Cornell team has developed a test that can precisely pinpoint the exact nature and origin of food-borne bacteria with unprecedented accuracy. (Oct. 24, 2011)