University Archivist Elaine Engst and historian Carol Kammen discussed how blacks and Jews were simultaneously 'part and apart' of the Cornell student body from the beginning in New York, Jan. 26.
The tragedy surrounding the earthquake in Haiti is the result of human failure as much as natural disaster, said geology and engineering faculty members in a panel discussion Jan. 25 in Phillips Hall. (Jan. 26, 2010)
In the second year of the Cornell Library's Information Competency Initiative, instructors once again pair up with librarians to teach students better research skills. (June 19, 2009)
The Cornell Faculty Institute for Diversity, held June 7-10 at the ILR Conference Center, helped 19 Cornell professors navigate the sometimes complex territory of diversity. (June 17, 2009)
Louise Arbour, former United Nations high commissioner for human rights, discussed the need for more human rights work around the world at a lecture Oct. 21. (Oct. 27, 2008)
A disturbingly different American landscape is on the horizon if immigration reform in Congress can’t provide enough legal workers, agribusiness panelists predicted Dec. 10 at Cornell.
Chilly workers not only make more errors but cooler temperatures could increase a worker's hourly labor cost by 10 percent, estimates Alan Hedge, professor of design and environmental analysis and director of Cornell's Human Factors and Ergonomics Laboratory.
The Cornell chapter of the Roosevelt Institution, a student-run think tank, held an expo Feb. 7 to present their proposed public policies on democracy, community development and criminal justice. (Feb. 12, 2008)
A new Cornell study describes a series of linguistic experiments showing that the sounds (phonology) of a word can indicate whether it is a noun or a verb. An article on the subject will appear in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.