A course developed by Angela Gonzales, associate professor of development sociology, connects her 15 students with nonprofit organizations on the Hopi Reservation in northeastern Arizona, to work collaboratively on projects that address community needs.
The Cornell University Council has been reviewing several new initiatives, including the possibility that prospective freshmen will be able to apply to both a primary and an alternate college at Cornell, beginning in the fall of 2007.
David M. Lodge, the Francis J. DiSalvo Director of the Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future discusses his priorities in the coming year and how the center is making an impact around the world.
Cornell needs to think strategically and boldly, promoting innovation by investing in thought leaders and research, said President David Skorton, addressing members of the Cornell Board of Trustees and Cornell University Council, Oct. 25.
Some people are driven to enter the corporate world, but others dedicate their professional lives to the pursuit of social justice. To give students a feel for the latter, 13 prominent labor leaders and activists made it through…
To engage teens in STEM fields through fashion design, Cornell offered a weeklong course, “Smart Clothing, Smart Girls: Engineering through Apparel Design,” July 14-18 to 33 middle school girls.
President Skorton announced that a floor of the University Health Services facility will be named in honor of Vice President Susan H. Murphy ’73, Ph.D. ’94, at a gathering held April 7 to celebrate her career.
Thirteen projects were awarded grants this year from Cornell's Center for Life Science Enterprise, one of 15 Centers for Advanced Technology designated by New York state.
Noticing the lack of portraits of women around campus, Jordana Gilman '14 assembled an exhibition of 250 notable Cornell women - along with two mirrors so visitors can consider their place in Cornell history.