Two peer-oriented programs, Cornell Minds Matter and Empathy, Assistance and Referral Service, are finding new ways to help students cope with stress and access the resources and help they seek. (May 5, 2011)
For the fifth time, Cornell has been named to the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption's 'Top 100 Adoption-Friendly Workplaces' list. It has also made the AARP and Working Mother lists this fall. (Sept. 21, 2011)
The System of Rice Intensification, a method of growing rice that enhances crop yields and is resilient to climate change, won the international Olam Prize for Innovation in Food Security.
Employees and their family members enrolled in an endowed health plan will be covered for transgender services and treatment of autism spectrum disorder.
Hip-hop founding father, electro-funk pioneer and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominee DJ Afrika Bambaataa has been appointed to a three-year term as a visiting scholar. (Aug. 20, 2012)
As Cornell prepares to celebrate the 5th anniversary of its Statement on Diversity and Inclusion: Open Doors, Open Hearts, and Open Minds, The Cornell American (September 2005; Vol. 8, No. 2).
Michael B. Polk, president and CEO of Newell Rubbermaid, delivered the annual Durland lecture March 14 at the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management.