Professor S. Kay Obendorf has garnered the top award from the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists for her achievements. (May 4, 2010)
College of Human Ecology legend Urie Bronfenbrenner, who taught at Cornell for 50 years and died in 2005, was the subject of a symposium on campus Sept. 18.
As a respite from summertime weed-whacking, fly-swatting and pest-repelling, a new book edited and co-authored by Cornell's ecologist David Pimentel makes compelling reading.
Cornell alumna and legal scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw, professor of law, Columbia University and the University of California-Los Angeles, will deliver the keynote address for the Africana Studies and Research Center's conference "Brown vs. Board of Education: Race and Education 50 Years Later."
A Dec. 16 conference, co-organized by Weill Cornell Medical College researchers, examined the psychological and neurological consequences of war. (Dec. 18, 2009)
The year in which IQ is tested can make the difference between life and death for a death row inmate. It also can determine the eligibility of children for special services, adults' Social Security benefits and recruits' suitability for certain military careers, according to a new study by Cornell University researchers. That's because IQ scores tend to rise 5 to 25 points in a single generation. This so-called "Flynn effect" is corrected by toughening up the test every 15 to 20 years to reset the mean score to 100. A score from a test taken at the end of one cycle can vary widely from a score derived from a test taken at the beginning of the next cycle, when the test is more difficult, says Stephen J. Ceci, professor of human development at Cornell. (December 3, 2003)
Agronomist and business strategist Daniel Fungai Mataruka, Ph.D. '92, has been appointed executive director of the African Agricultural Technology Foundation in Nairobi, Kenya. (March 4, 2009)