The IthaQatar Ambassadors program, a group established in 2008 to connect students on Cornell's Ithaca and Qatar campuses, is growing and planning for the future. (Aug. 10, 2009)
For years, community and state services have been fragmented, problem-specific, crisis-driven and focused on "rescuing or fixing" families in trouble. From now on, New York state staff who work with families -- including those in New York City -- can use an approach developed by researchers at Cornell University that helps families develop their own capacity to solve problems and achieve long-lasting self-reliance.
Ithaca may be more than 200 miles from the fashion hub of New York City, but it has its own fashion savvy, with such subcultures as "American princesses," "hipsters" and "neohippies," each with its own style.
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About 270 undergraduates, 60 master's degree candidates, 40 Ph.D. candidates and a lone Johnson School MBA candidate participated in the fourth annual midyear graduation ceremony, Dec. 16.
A Cornell mini-conference on climate change was designed to build bridges across disciplines and departments, so faculty and staff could learn what others are doing and collaborate.
Roger Hart, internationally known for bringing the voices of children and youth to environmental and community planning tables, will give a free public talk Thursday, April 25, at 7:30 p.m.
President David Skorton got off on the right foot at the 161st New York State Fair in Syracuse Aug. 23 by taking Cornell Cooperative Extension's "Choose Health" walking challenge, a 4-H initiative. (Aug. 24, 2007)
The proposed construction of Paul Milstein Hall, the new building of the College of Architecture, Art and Planning, has sparked a debate over Cornell's plans to extend the structure above University Avenue. (Aug. 21, 2007)
A head-cooling device called CoolCap prevents brain damage in some oxygen-deprived newborn babies, providing the first evidence in humans that many birth-related neurological problems can be reversed.