Political scientist Jamila Michener expands the "broken windows theory" - used by social scientists to explain bad behavior in bad neighborhoods: criminals feel comfortable there - to show how some people's discomfort with bad neighborhoods inspires good behavior.
Cornell Cooperative Extension parent educators from 11 New York counties met on campus 28-29 to hear Cornell experts discuss their latest findings on raising children.
Cornell’s recently expanded student winery is preparing students for the future of the wine industry. Viticulture and enology students use the facility to explore regional winemaking challenges.
Cornell trustee Jan Rock Zubrow ’77 fulfilled a lifelong dream in December with a year-end gift to Cornell’s Department of Economics to establish the Zubrow Professorship of Economics.
Ratan N. Tata '59, B.Arch. '62, chairman of Tata Sons, has been named Cornell Entrepreneur of the Year 2013. He will be honored Oct. 12 at the first Cornell Entrepreneurship Summit in New York City. (Aug. 22, 2012)
Economist Christopher Barrett will lead the Charter Day panel, "Cornell and Global Poverty Reduction: Philanthropy, Policy and Scholarship," will be held Saturday, April 25.
Entrepreneurs from throughout the country joined with Cornell alumni, students, faculty and staff Nov. 7 in New York City for a daylong conference, “Beyond the Horizon,” hosted by Entrepreneurship at Cornell.