Diversity lecturer Jane Elliott said racism is still rampant in this nation in delivering the Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative lecture April 5 in Sage Chapel. (April 7, 2010)
Thanks in part to an aggressive new fellowship program, Cornell's Graduate School enrollment shows a healthy increase this fall, boosted primarily by a big jump in doctoral students in the physical sciences and engineering.
ILR School will present its highest honors for outstanding professional achievement and contributions to the school to Mark Brossman, Robert Molofsky and Ruben King-Shaw. (March 13, 2008)
Possible risks and benefits of genetically engineered foods and crops will be reviewed when Cornell's Program on Breast Cancer and Environmental Risk Factors in New York State (BCERF) holds an ad hoc discussion group meeting Oct. 5.
Ellen Barry, founding director of Legal Services for Prisoners with Children, discussed African-American women prisoners in the United States while she was on campus Oct. 28. (Nov. 1, 2010)
The Leadership Initiative in the College of Human Ecology teaches that we are all born with the potential to lead, but that most leadership traits require effort and experience to develop.
Leading activist writers Amiri Baraka and Sonia Sanchez will give a joint poetry reading and hold a book signing on campus April 1. On April 8, the Africana Center will host poet and literary critic Édouard Glissant for a 4:30 p.m. panel discussion at the center. (March 26, 2010)
Laura Spitz, J.S.D. '05, vice provost for international affairs, oversees Global Cornell, a university initiative aimed at strengthening Cornell's international dimension, as well as Cornell Abroad, the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies and Cornell University Press.
Time management, a healthy diet, exercise and a regular sleep schedule are some of the most effective tools available to students to help combat mental illness, agreed a panel of experts Feb. 8. (Feb. 12, 2008)
A movement to immortalize famed Cornell astronomer Carl Sagan with a U.S. postage stamp was launched Feb. 11 for local media at the Ithaca Sciencenter. (Feb. 12, 2008)