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)
Cornell e-Rulemaking Initiative and the U.S. Department of Transportation seek input from air travelers with disabilities regarding new regulations. (Sept. 22, 2011)
Speaking at the first of two public forums about the university's possible cost-saving measures, President David Skorton pledged to protect the university's 'human capital.' The second forum will be held Nov. 6. (Nov. 6, 2008)
The discussions about race, ethnicity, religion and sexuality are tough, really tough for the students in the College of Human Ecology's Urban Semester program. Small wonder.
Consider that the undergraduates in Urban Semester are…
Cornell just opened its new $6 million Biofuels Research Laboratory, where Cornell scientists and students from across the university are examining sustainable and economical biofuel production. (April 1, 2009)
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.
Julia Thom-Levy, professor in physics and vice provost for academic innovation, talks about Cornell’s Center for Teaching Innovation and new teaching and learning methods that are enhancing the student experience.
The Cornell DREAM (Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act) Team are this year's winners of the James A. Perkins Prize for Interracial Understanding and Harmony.
Symposium to showcase program that trained students to use interdisciplinary approaches to food systems and agriculture issues that contribute to extreme poverty.
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.