The Third Biennial Urie Bronfenbrenner Conference, on campus Sept. 22-23, explored the connections between risky decision-making and brain mechanisms. (Oct. 7, 2011)
Cornell's Institute for African Development will host a two-day symposium, 'Failed and Failing States in Africa: Lessons From Darfur and Beyond,' April 18-19, in the ILR Conference Center. (April 4, 2008)
Panelists at an Oct. 3 discussion titled 'DREAM Act: A Pipe Dream or Eventual Reality?' explored the passage of legislation that would provide a path to legalization for undocumented youth. (Oct. 6, 2011)
'Rural Retirement Migration,' a book written by Cornell development sociologists David L. Brown and Nina Glasgow, details the positive and negative effects of older people moving into communities. (Aug. 21, 2008)
Filmmaker John Waters led a Cornell audience on a tour through his 'negative influences' and his many films including 'Hairspray' and 'Pink Flamingos' March 31 at the 'Resoundingly Queer' conference.
A new website hopes to bring together scientists in Latin America and North America through exchange of ideas, information and equipment. (Aug. 25, 2010)
The Second Annual Young Social Scientists' Sustainability Research Forum, which took place Sept. 29, promoted dialogue between junior natural and social scientists working on sustainability issues. (Oct. 3, 2011)
On April 29, the 2006-09 Contentious Knowledge team summarized its research on how scientific and social scientific expertise shapes public policy and becomes a focal point of social and political conflict. (May 6, 2009)
A dozen undergrads were thrust into the teaching trenches this fall at DeWitt Middle School in Ithaca, where they shepherded 20 teenagers through a storytelling project in an after-school program they helped design.