As part of the Finger Lakes Social Entrepreneurship Institute, the Center for Transformative Action hosted a discussion on the promise of social entrepreneurship Sept. 13. (Sept. 17, 2012)
Memo to bill collectors, hoping to squeeze another payment from the working-poor debt jugglers surveyed by Cornell and Harvard sociologists: Do not threaten.
The Cornell Undergraduate Information Competency Initiative held its summer institute May 24-28 to help faculty members develop new ways to improve student research skills in their classes. (June 3, 2010)
Justin Yifu Lin, chief economist of the World Bank, said that understanding China's historic growth rate can provide valuable insight for developing countries, when he was spoke on campus Feb. 20.
Cornell University Library and the College of Arts and Sciences have awarded 11 grants to create new digital content in support of visual and interactive learning, teaching and research. (Aug. 22, 2012)
Maria Cristina Garcia and alumnae Renee Alexander '74, Mary Berens '74 and Kristen Rupert '74 were elected honorary members of Sphinx Head recently for service to Cornell. (May 4, 2010)
International development expert Ramaswami Balasubramaniam has been named a Frank H.T. Rhodes Class of '56 Professor at Cornell. He will be in residence Sept. 23-30. (Aug. 16, 2012)
Valerie Jean Bunce, Theodore Eisenberg, Ronald Hoy and Roberto Sierra have been named fellows by one of the nation's oldest and most prestigious honorary societies and independent policy research centers. (April 22, 2010)
The Institute for the Social Sciences at Cornell is hosting 11 faculty fellows as part of its new in-residence program, awarding each a $10,000 grant to pursue their research beginning in September. (June 9, 2008)