Bolivian writer Jose Edmundo Paz-Soldan, a professor of Hispanic literature in the Department of Romance Studies, is helping young and emerging Latino and Latin American writers at Cornell. (Jan. 16, 2012)
Anthropology professor Nerissa Russell has published the first systematic overview of social zooarchaeology, and finds that guilt and gender play a major role in human-animal relations. (Jan. 16, 2012)
Seven undergraduates in the Department of Fiber Science and Apparel Design have each received $5,000 scholarship awards in a prestigious national fashion design and management competition. (Jan. 16, 2012)
A new program for accessible parking for employees will require municipal parking placards and instituting a payment structure for long-term parking; the process for short-term parking remains as is. (Jan. 12, 2012)
In his new book, ILR School professor Gary Fields describes living with families in developing countries and policy issues relating to their poverty. (Jan. 12, 2012)
Events on campus include art exhibitions at the Johnson Museum and Mann Library, a Soup and Hope lecture in Sage Chapel, outdoor photography workshops and a veterinary medicine seminar.
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. (Jan. 12, 2012)
Two tiny wasps have been found in Geneva, N.Y.: One hasn't been seen on this continent since its initial discovery by Cornell scientists in 1915, and the other has never been seen here.