Dorothy Roberts, an acclaimed scholar of race, gender and law will address racism, the new racial science and a more ethical way to study race and racism at the 2017 Institute for the Social Sciences Annual Lecture.
The Cornell Center for Social Sciences grant program, which supports social science research by Cornell faculty members and conferences that directly benefit Cornell faculty and students, has awarded $145,136 for 15 proposals for fall 2021.
According to two recent universitywide surveys, most faculty and staff members are 'very satisfied' or 'somewhat satisfied' with their work and the collegial environment at Cornell.
Qi Huang, a graduate student in the Systems Lab of the Department of Computer Science, is one of 12 winners of a Facebook Graduate Fellowship this year.
By measuring with exquisite precision the tiny wobbles of Saturn's moon Enceladus, Cornell researchers have learned that a global ocean lies beneath the moon's thick icy crust.
Jared Cohon, board chair for the Center for Sustainable Shale Development and president emeritus of Carnegie Mellon University, will share insight into incorporating diverse, impassioned opinions to frame effective policy in his talk, “Working Together on Shale Gas Policy and Practice,” April 15.
Cornell faculty and students have led a campaign seeking clemency for Lisa Montgomery, who next month is scheduled to become the first woman executed by the U.S. government in nearly 70 years.