Max Liu '11, Allison Truhlar '11 and Ben Cole '10 have received 2011 Gates Cambridge scholarships, which support post-baccalaureate study at Cambridge University. (March 17, 2011)
Preventing insurance and telephone fraud, learning which state agencies and legislative committees do what in serving consumers and better understanding consumer legislation and regulatory processes and policies in New York will be the focus of a free workshop, Making and Enforcing Consumer Policy, on Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 16-17, at the Empire State Plaza in Albany.
At the Conference on the Histories of Capitalism on campus Nov. 7, Harvard sociologist Orlando Patterson said the U.S. is devolving into a plutocracy due to disengaged voters.
Growing up on a family farm in western Massachusetts, David R. Lee internalized early the small-town New England ethic of strong civic engagement, which in many places has dramatically weakened over the years due to suburban sprawl, changes in work and family patterns and income inequality. That ethic, however, has largely shaped who Lee is today. For nearly 25 years this Cornell professor of applied economics and management has been caring about his neighbors, both far and near.
In a pilot internship program at Cornell, a group of 20 top-tier undergraduates from Colombia are conducting research in labs across campus until mid-July.
Cornell's Africana Studies and Research Center marks its 40th anniversary with exhibitions, symposia and other events celebrating its history and considering the future of the field it pioneered.
A member of the faculty for 53 years, Henry N. Ricciuti, 93, professor emeritus of human development and an expert on early childhood development, died March 14 at his home in Ithaca. (March 15, 2011)
The Dyce Laboratory for Honey Bee Studies at Cornell is offering Master Beekeeper Program courses this spring at various locations throughout New York state.
Cornell professor of musicology Judith Peraino will speak at Charter Day: A Festival of Ideas and Imagination, Sunday, April 26, 9-10:30 a.m., at Alice Statler Auditorium.
A passion for travel and computers has taken Ben Cole '10 halfway around the world and led him into a career making technology a pervasive, positive and integral part of people's lives everywhere. (March 14, 2011)