One of the hidden costs of welfare reform, both at the federal and state levels, is addressed by a new study at Cornell University. It finds that the marginally employed are almost four times more likely to be violent with their families than workers not on welfare.
Nearly the entire incoming class of Johnson School students attended this year's Johnson Outdoor Experience, organized and facilitated by second-year students. (Aug. 26, 2008)
Ithaca doesn't qualify for membership in the G8, but it has its own powerhouse group of eight. This cluster does not discuss aiding children in Africa, but rather, it seeks to educate every child and adult in Ithaca via hands-on learning.
Violet, a satellite designed by Cornell engineering students, won second place in the sixth University Nanosatellite Program, a competition sponsored by the Air Force Research Laboratory. (March 3, 2011)
Events this week include plays about love and sexuality, films about math and physics, Concerto Competition winners in concert, and a Community-Supported Agriculture Fair.
While humans stray from their mates for any number of reasons, superb starling females appear to stray for the sake of their chicks, according to recent Cornell research. (June 19, 2007)
Jerome M. Ziegler, former dean of Cornell's College of Human Ecology, is applying a lifetime of acquired knowledge and skills related to education and passing them on to school principals in an innovative professional education program.
The Cornell Board of Trustees will meet in Ithaca March 11 and 12. The board will meet from 9 a.m. to 11:45 p.m. and again from 2 to 4 p.m. Friday, March 12, in the Trustee Meeting Room of the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art.
Even though Diamond, Country Value and Professional brand dog foods have been recalled for containing highly toxic aflatoxins, they have caused an estimated 100 dog deaths in recent weeks, say Cornell veterinarians.