Cornell President Emeritus Frank H.T. Rhodes has just published "Earth: A Tenant's Manual," a book exploring planet Earth, from its place in the universe to the evolution of life on its land and in its seas.
The Institute for the Social Sciences has kicked off its Persistent Poverty and Upward Mobility theme project, a three-year effort to understand the causes and solutions to chronic poverty. (May 6, 2009)
Jared Genser '95 founded Freedom Now to release prisoners of conscience around the world and has won the freedom of five prisoners from China, Vietnam, Burma, Pakistan and Egypt. (Dec. 8, 2009)
The University Diversity Council's Breaking Bread initiative brought together student pro-choice and pro-life groups for dinner and a discussion on abortion to help the groups find common ground. (April 27, 2009)
Speaking to students and faculty in Goldwin Smith Hall April 21, retired Marine Gen. Anthony Zinni called the Israeli-Palestinian conflict 'a core issue' in the global geopolitical landscape. (April 22, 2009)
About 80 professionals attended the the Cornell Food and Brand Lab's annual Consumer Camp April 17-18 to learn about how everyday external cues can affect how much people eat. (April 22, 2009)
Seth Cochran '00, M.Eng. '01, has started a nonprofit called Operation OF, now being piloted in Uganda, dedicated to ending obstetric fistula worldwide. (April 2, 2009)
Government professor Christopher Anderson, a former semi-pro soccer player, has launched a statistically based soccer blog. He predicts Brazil will take the cup in South Africa this summer. (June 9, 2010)
A new study using a computer algorithm developed at Cornell shows that connections between people in Great Britain coincide remarkably well with political boundaries. (Dec. 20, 2010)