Staff from the Bellevue Program for Survivors of Torture at New York University spoke to a Cornell audience Nov. 20 about how they help victims of torture heal. (Dec. 1, 2008)
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Rae McGrath spoke in a class March 13 about the profound impact that abandoned weapons have on civilians and the responsibility of countries to clear such countries as Afghanistan of old explosives. (March 14, 2008)
Serving in the Peace Corps is not only life-changing, but it also stands out on resumes, said five former Peace Corps volunteers, March 2 in a Barnes Hall. The event was part of Peace Corps Week. (March 4, 2010)
Students affiliated with the Cornell Elderly Partnership regularly visit local seniors to help reduce the elders' social isolation and to better understand issues related to aging. (Sept. 27, 2010)
Economist Robert Moffitt, a leading expert on the economics of welfare reform, recently spent a week at Cornell to lecture in classes and work with students. (March 2, 2010)
Liberation, not equality, should be the goal of social justice, asserted Amber Hollibaugh, an activist for the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, in Cornell's Lewis auditorium, March 4.
Members of the Campus-Community Coalition discussed mental health strategies and services at Cornell, the Ithaca City School District, Ithaca College and Tompkins Cortland Community College Sept. 22. (Sept. 24, 2010)
Rural preschoolers in poor communities in New York state have significantly less access to quality early education programs than their urban and suburban counterparts, finds a new Cornell study. (March 3, 2008)