Virginia V. Valian, professor of psychology and linguistics at Hunter College and author of Why So Slow? The Advancement of Women, will give a lecture on women in academic careers Friday, April 1, at noon in the James Law Auditorium, College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell University. Valian, who also is the co-director of the Hunter College Gender Equity Project, will draw on psychology, sociology, economics and neuropsychology to examine the invisible barriers and explain the disparity in salary, rank and rates of promotion for men and women in the professions, science and academia.
William Julius Wilson was the opening speaker Oct. 19 at a symposium titled "American Society: Diversity and Consensus," honoring another heavyweight sociologist, Cornell's Robin M. Williams Jr., the Henry Scarborough Professor of Social Sciences Emeritus.
After two decades, a fine gold specimen has come home. But instead of forming a Tiffany necklace, it will rest permanently in a special display case in the mineralogical museum in Cornell's Snee Hall.
Events on campus this week include: a teaching conference, Nano exhibit, talks on renewable energy and caregivers, first 'Soup and Hope' lunch, book reading and opening 'Light in Winter' events. (Jan. 13, 2011)
The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute has awarded Weill Cornell Medical College $14.2 million for genetic research into chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. (Jan. 18, 2007)
New genetic analysis holds promise to prevent dangerous pathogen Listeria, which kills 300 Americans each year. Food scientist Martin Widemann's research tested for the presence of several genes. (Jan. 11, 2011)
Working long hours has increasingly become expected in the work culture, yet seemingly gender-neutral workplace norms can result in discriminatory outcomes, the study says. (Aug. 1, 2008)
Unless new partnerships and less partisanship occur, America's status as the world leader of technological innovation is seriously threatened, warned authors of a report released by the Council on Competitiveness during a press conference in Washington, D.C.
Growers who follow U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rules in applying sewage sludge as fertilizer to their land may be inadvertantly endangering human health, the environment and the future productivity of their own crops.