A new grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture will support three nutrition graduate students to focus on obesity, taking an ecological perspective. (Oct. 22, 2008)
Retail consultant and author Robin Lewis said that retailing is undergoing a virtual revolution, where consumers have the power, in an Oct. 21 lecture. (Oct. 25, 2010)
The Africana Studies and Research Center has announced a new curriculum and that its faculty will grow by 25 percent, including a Swahili instructor who will join the center on July 1.
Using a new research approach to study the medical costs of obesity, a Cornell researcher and colleague find that its costs are twice as high as previously thought. (Oct. 20, 2010)
The students waiting for their Bodies at the Border class to begin chatted enthusiastically about a movie they'd just seen, and the Cornell professor asked which film. The movie watchers were almost 8,000 miles away.
A former ambassador from Egypt to Canada stressed on campus Nov. 18 that Islam has a long history of female scholarship and gender equality, despite what many believe. (Nov. 23, 2011)
At an April 6 panel discussion, Native American and Filipino artists said that hip-hop provides an outlet for advocacy and an effective way to keep indigenous culture and values alive.
A rose by any other name may smell as sweet, but an apple by another name could fetch a much sweeter price for farmers. Cornell research finds that consumers are willing to pay as much as 27 percent more for apples with names evocative of taste and sensation.
Five fellows pursuing master's degrees in public administration recently spent a week in Uganda helping young mothers abused by soldiers led by fugitive rebel commander Joseph Kony.