Cornell students examined Philadelphia’s Center City to disentangle traffic and create a sustainable, sociable economy for the city decades into the future. In a design competition, it won first place.
The Commission on the Humanities and Social Sciences, established by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, comes at a time when funding for the humanities is under fire on national, state and local levels. (Feb. 17, 2011)
New York Sea Grant Extension at Cornell has partnered with the Great Lakes Research Consortium to broaden their outreach and resources. (April 18, 2012)
Professors Holly Prigerson and Valerie Reyna have combined forces to study end-of-life communication between patients and their physicians and clinicians, with the goal of improved prognostic understanding and decision-making and, ultimately, better end-of-life decisions.
Cornell e-Rulemaking Initiative and the U.S. Department of Transportation seek input from air travelers with disabilities regarding new regulations. (Sept. 22, 2011)
Students in an interdisciplinary class studied murals in New York City's El Barrio, learning about neighborhood aspects such as culture, history and preservation, and organized a new campus exhibit.
Former presidential candidates Howard Dean and Rick Santorum debated a range of issues in their program, 'The Role of Government in a Free Society,' Oct. 18 in Bailey Hall. (Oct. 19, 2012)
Leila Janah, founder and CEO of Samasource, a company that connects technology firms with an untapped labor market in developing countries, will deliver an Iscol talk Sept. 30.