Political scientist Larry Bartels addressed our 'unequal democracy' Sept. 24 in a lecture on campus based on his book, 'Unequal Democracy: The Political Economy of the New Gilded Age.' (Oct. 4, 2012)
The College of Arts and Sciences is a leading center of scholarship on inequality, drawing from its many departments and collaborations across the university.
Robert Harris, vice provost for diversity and faculty development, is stepping down in July 2008 after eight years in that position to return to his faculty position at the Africana Center. (Dec. 5, 2007)
David Wippman, vice provost for international relations and professor of law, will be leaving Cornell to accept a position as the 10th dean of the University of Minnesota Law School. (Dec. 17, 2007)
Such activities as visiting museums and zoos and watching science documentaries significantly contribute to scientific literacy, according to a new report from the National Research Council. (Jan. 20, 2009)
Paul Chirik, the Peter J.W. Debye Professor of Chemistry, has received the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award from the Humboldt Foundation in Bonn, Germany. (May 14, 2009)
Cornell representatives attended in the first board meeting in Chile of the institutions planning to build the world's largest submillimeter wavelength telescope.