Though promiscuity may be risky behavior for humans, it's healthy for honeybees: Queen honeybees who indulge in sexual surfeits with multiple drones produce more disease-resistant colonies than monogamous monarchs, according to a new study.
Kimberlé Crenshaw '81, a professor at the University of California-Los Angeles, School of Law and Columbia Law and specialist in race and gender theory, will present a lecture and several other talks and participate in meetings.
"My talk today will be mostly from the vantage point of black Americans, which, of course, is my perspective. But I want to be clear that I view the celebration of diversity to be inclusive of all groups in our society." The Hon. Harry Edwards '62, chief judge emeritus, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, prefaced his speech with these words April 30 when he spoke about his experiences as an African-American student during the 1960s and about issues facing minority students, then and now. Edwards, who received a standing ovation after his speech in Bartels Hall at Cornell, was one of several keynote speakers at last weekend's conference, "Cornell Mosaic: Celebrating Diversity and Advancing Inclusion."
Students from universities across the country who spent the summer working in Cornell or Syracuse University research labs presented their work at an Aug. 10 symposium in Hollister Hall. (Aug. 11, 2010)
Kenneth Clarke and Ross Brann led an April 18 event, “Blacks and Jews in America: A Conversation,” that considered the history of a complex relationship.
An April 7 seminar will provide an overview of the support programs that Cornell has developed for its faculty and staff. Advance registration is required. (March 27, 2009)
A memorial service for the late Cornell administrator Margaret Mary Reynolds Arion will be held June 23 at 4 p.m. at the Biotech Building Terrace, between Weill Hall and the Biotech Building. (June 3, 2009)
Roger Shimomura, who was interned as a young child for two years in a Japanese American internment camp during World War II, discussed his art at the Johnson Museum Sept. 19.
A Charter Day Weekend panel explains how the famous "Six Degrees of Separation" experiment has led to new understanding of networks across a variety of disciplines.