Benjamin Franco Suarez took a break from his doctoral sociology studies at Cornell in 1972. He finished his study of fertility behavior of Bolivian Aymara women this year at age 90.
In his new book, “Reordering Life: Knowledge and Control in the Genomics Revolution,” Stephen Hilgartner examines how the governance and control of knowledge changed during the Human Genome Project.
The White House has recognized Cornell faculty members – Thomas Hartman, Jenny Kao-Kniffin, Kin Fai Mak and Rebecca Slayton – with Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers.
Teaching & Learning in the Diverse Classroom, created and piloted last year at Cornell, will be available to all educators in November as a massive open online course.
Arjun Kumar Karki, Nepal's ambassador to the United States, was on campus to give the opening keynote address for the Cornell-Nepal Earthquake Recovery Partnership spring workshop, held May 6-7.
Sam Magavern, a public interest lawyer and community leader in his hometown of Buffalo, New York, is the new Cornell Buffalo Co-Lab Visiting Activist Scholar for the 2019-20 academic year.
Eliza Bettinger, the digital humanities librarian at Cornell University, says the case, Carpenter v. United States, is likely to have major consequences for law enforcement and personal privacy.
Delve Deeper, a course co-taught by Cornell research librarians in partnership with faculty and staff mentors, is preparing undergraduates as scholars with advanced research skills.
President Martha E. Pollack lauded faculty for recent honors, thanked donors for recent major gifts to Cornell and touted the university’s efforts on diversity and inclusion.
"Pan-African Connections," a symposium in honor of Africana professor Locksley Edmondson, to be held April 13-14 at the Africana Studies and Research Center, is free and the public is welcome.
