Students in an introductory marketing course received free samples of Wrigley's new brand of gum, '5.' Professor Ed McLaughlin discovered that those who chewed it during their prelim scored remarkably better. (Sept. 25, 2007)
Campus leaders learned about accessibility and inclusion for people with disabilities during a series of building tours led by the Cornell Union for Disabilities Awareness Nov. 25.
In a message to faculty and staff, Cornell President Elizabeth Garrett announced the appointment of Michael Kotlikoff as the university's 16th provost.
Math professor Steven Strogatz and his team secures a $2.5 million grant from National Science Foundation to help students learn how to do research, then communicate their results more clearly.
Students in a Mellon collaborative studies seminar in architecture, urbanism and the humanities spent eight days in Cuba this semester to study the island's changing politics and environment.
Model minority is a 'myth of the American dream,' says a panelist at the April 20 'Deconstructing the Model Minority' discussion, sponsored by the Asian Political Action Committee, a Cornell student group. (April 25, 2007)
Cornell has moved up one spot in the annual college rankings from U.S. News and World Report, which places the university at No. 15, up from 16 last year, out of 280 schools that offer a wide range of undergraduate majors along with master’s and doctoral degrees.
The Program Work Team on Poverty and Economic Hardship met to brainstorm ways to eradicate poverty in upstate New York. In the United States, 40 percent of people will be poor at some point during their adult life, they said.
LGBT activists Brittany Ferrell and Alexis Templeton spoke on marginalization of people of color in a civil rights movement dominated by heterosexual men and the need for female leadership.