Events this week include: Cornell Cinema movies; Spring Garden sale, bike race, games designs, higher education in Africa, Mayfest music, Cornell Prison Education Program and wildflowers.
James Yee told a campus audience April 5 of the human rights violations at Guantanamo prison and of his arrest and release documented in his book, 'For God and Country: Faith and Patriotism Under Fire.' (April 6, 2007)
The number of children living in poverty in the United States is down to 16 percent --the lowest in 20 years. The reason is largely that more mothers -- especially single mothers -- are working and not because of changes in family structure, reports Cornell University's Daniel Lichter, in Social Sciences Quarterly. (November 28, 2005)
In his keynote address at the 2005 Beijing Forum, Cornell President Hunter Rawlings suggests a "two-way street" for educational exchange with China. Former President George H.W. Bush, in remarks before the speech, salutes Cornell. (November 16, 2005)
Cornell is putting more than 1,500 volumes -- more than 600,000 pages -- in an online archive documenting the history of home economics, thanks to a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
Martha Fineman, the Dorothea S. Clarke Professor of Feminist Jurisprudence at Cornell Law School, has been awarded the Harry Kalven Prize by the Law and Society Association (LSA).
The 2006 premium rates for endowed health care and prescription drug co-pays have been approved, and staff and faculty can expect an Open Enrollment packet to arrive at their homes in early November.
Courses within the Faculty Fellows-in-Service (FFIS) program aim to combine the theory of service-learning with practical challenges of applying those theories.
As Cornell's Presidential Search Committee members continue to seek input from various groups and individuals, several themes have emerged pertaining to the search.
Events this week include campus and community remembrances of Sept. 11; folk music and jazz concerts, a hip-hop documentary, and Chekhov's 'The Cherry Orchard' staged outdoors. (Sept. 8, 2011)