Fewer than 4 percent of the nation's firefighters are women, and more than half of paid fire departments have never hired a female firefighter, finds a new report issued by the ILR School's Institute for Women and Work. (May 5, 2008)
About 450 faculty members attended a special meeting March 9 to listen to - and ask questions of - President David Skorton, who discussed the university's financial situation.
Dyson School professor Deborah Streeter is training faculty to embrace the use of various apps by students during class to engage them in new ways. (Oct. 31, 2012)
Prabhu Pingali, professor of applied economics and management and founding director of the new Tata-Cornell Agriculture and Nutrition Initiative, is working to improve nutrition in India.
Each semester, volunteer faculty and teaching assistants teach a liberal arts curriculum free of charge to inmates at the Auburn Correctional Facility who can now work toward an associate's degree. (March 5, 2009)
Josephine Allen, professor emerita of policy analysis and management, was the first African-American woman to receive tenure at Cornell. Retiring after 32 years, she looks back at her career. (March 3, 2009)
Eight faculty members have received Stephen H. Weiss Awards for excellence in their teaching of undergraduate students and contributions to undergraduate education.
A Nov. 2 trip to the United Nations helped increase awareness of diversity among students and stimulated discussion of about international problems, says Professor N'Dri Assie-Lumumba, who organized the trip. (Nov. 7, 2007)
Vice Provost Robert L. Harris Jr. writes a response to an article that appeared in the September issue of The Cornell American, an independent conservative journal.
The Mellon Foundation has given Cornell $2 million for pre- and postdoctoral fellowships to help improve the career chances of humanities scholars from underrepresented communities.