Jerome Ziegler, former dean of the College of Human Ecology and a leading expert on urban education, higher education and intergovernmental relations, died May 3 at age 88.
Rosa A. Clemente, who received a master of professional studies degree from Cornell in 2002, has been named the 2008 vice presidential candidate by the Green Party. Her running mate is Cynthia McKinney. (July 16, 2008)
Mats Rooth, a Cornell linguist, will use software to study distinctions of prosody (rhythm, stress and intonation) in language by hunting for word patterns on the Internet. (Jan. 4, 2010)
In a campus lecture, John Psaropoulos, an independent journalist for NPR, PBS and Al-Jazeera, explained how and why Greece is on the brink of bankruptcy. (Oct. 23, 2012)
Alumni, faculty and members of the incoming Class of 2012 attended the Cornell Mosaic conference, which offers Cornellians, particularly African-American, Latino and Asian alumni, opportunities to network and keep current on Cornell events.
An alumni panel of experts discussed the nation's legacy of debt and future of global recovery at a Cornell Wall Street event April 24 in Washington, D.C. (April 26, 2012)
International relations scholar Robert Keohane, speaking on campus Oct. 13, stressed that the United States needs to exercise great caution when it considers military interventions around the world. (Oct. 18, 2011)
Words can be a window on the soul, and computers are learning to peer through that window. A new Cornell study shows that computer analyses can identify the speech patterns that psychopaths tend to use. (Oct. 17, 2011)
Professor John Cawley and Dr. Mehmet Oz of TV fame find that peer mentors in at-risk high schools help students improve their diet and exercise regimens. (Oct. 17, 2011)
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded a $699,000 grant for research and training in higher education economics to the Cornell Higher Education Research Institute.