Cornell President Martha E. Pollack recounted her experiences as both a mentee and a mentor as the keynote speaker Jan. 15 for Weill Cornell Medicine’s inaugural Mentoring Month.
Brett Fors, Karthik Sridharan and Jin Suntivich have been awarded Sloan Foundation fellowships, which support early-career researchers and education related to science, technology and economic performance.
A diverse group of researchers received a five-year, $10 million United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Specialty Crop Research Initiative grant to find a solution to citrus greening disease.
On May 3, Diversity Programs in Engineering recognized outstanding undergraduate and graduate students, student organizations, faculty and staff with awards, dinner and music. (May 7, 2009)
The Cornell University Gay and Lesbian Alumni Association held its first-ever reunion in conjunction with Cornell’s Reunion Weekend 2014, celebrating its 35th anniversary and bringing together an incredibly diverse membership.
A new book by the interim dean of the College of Human Ecology looks at the 1.6 million U.S. children who live in “grandfamilies” – households in which children are being raised by their grandparents.
The first students have been chosen for the new Milstein Program in Technology and Humanity and will begin as first-year students at Cornell this fall.
Cindy van Es, senior lecturer in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, is one of five faculty members in the nation to receive one of the new Inclusive Excellence Awards from Ernst & Young LLP. (Sept. 14, 2009)
In a Cornell Perspectives piece, Richard W. Allmendinger, associate dean for diversity and faculty development in the Engineering College, says that 'to fulfill Cornell's core mission, we must become more diverse.' (Feb. 26, 2009)