Vijay Pendakur, who became Cornell’s Robert W. and Elizabeth C. Staley Dean of Students in January, discusses his role, student life, diversity and transformative college experiences.
An update from the Office of the Assemblies, including brief reports from the Student Assembly, Graduate and Professional Student Assembly, Employee Assembly and University Assembly.
Cornell garnered a gold medal and two bronzes in this year's CASE Circle of Excellence Awards. Photographer Jason Koski won the top prize for an individual photo. (Sept. 16, 2009)
The Mellon Foundation has given Cornell $2 million for pre- and postdoctoral fellowships to help improve the career chances of humanities scholars from underrepresented communities.
More than four dozen teachers attended a three-day workshop at Cornell to get ideas on how to integrate information about international food customs and food production into their curricula.
A new book looks at changing wars, aging laws and the need for new laws that govern warfare. It was written by a Cornell professor of law who worked at the National Security Council and by a professor of government who heads the Peace Studies program at Cornell.
The paper describes how non-suicidal self-injury in young people may open the door to more dangerous actions by lowering one's inhibitions to suicidal thoughts and behaviors. (Dec. 4, 2012)
In March 2005, Cornell scientists confirmed the fears of many Empire State public health officials, deer farmers, hunters and other stakeholders: Chronic wasting disease (CWD), an incurable and fatal condition in deer and elk, had spread to New York. On Aug. 13 in Syracuse, N.Y., experts from around the nation will address this problem at a special seminar: "Deer and Chronic Wasting Disease in New York State: A Workshop for Sportsmen, Farmers and Outdoor Writers."
When W. Kent Fuchs becomes Cornell's next provost Jan. 1, among his priorities will be bolstering individual academic departments and encouraging optimism across campus.