This week, Facebook launched an advertising campaign in the U.K. seeking to help the public discern fake news online. The move, which precedes parliamentary elections in Britain, is seen as an attempt to curb the spread of false stories over Facebook ahead of critical political events.
Levels of pollution in India’s capital New Delhi soared on Tuesday, leading the Indian Medical Association to declare a public health emergency and prompting officials to close schools. The smog descending over the city can cause sickness and pre-mature death, and can lead to billions of dollars of additional health care costs according to a Cornell University environmental economist.
Cornell Cooperative Extension's “Extension Out Loud” podcasts examine output, quality and consumer impacts from this year’s vegetable, tree fruit, grapes and field crops harvests.
Josh Tetrick '04, founding CEO of 33needs, encouraged students to take action for the world, but he stressed that they didn't need to be martyrs. Work with companies that strive for social change, he said. (Sept. 28, 2011)
A slate of six projects totaling more than $1 million has been announced to generate innovative research in the combined fields of agriculture, computation and engineering.
Students in the class Race and Social Entrepreneurship: Food Justice and Urban Reform have been researching, reading about and discussing food policy, politics, access and sustainability in Ithaca.
Led by Cornell's Matthew Hall, researchers estimate racial segregation grew between Latinos and whites by nearly 50 percent and between blacks and whites by about 20 percent during the late 2000s housing bust.
Capping a historic day for Cornell University following the inauguration of Martha E. Pollack as its 14th president, a festive crowd of Cornellians, friends, family and colleagues numbering nearly 700 filled Barton Hall Aug. 25 for a reception and dinner.
A federal grant will enable the ILR School's Kheel Center for Labor Management Documentation and Archives to digitize a century of collective bargaining contracts.
