New marriage-promotion welfare rules proposed by the Bush administration will violate poor women's privacy rights and will not work, says a position paper written by three academics associated with Cornell University. The rules are expected to be reintroduced in the House of Representatives next week as part of the welfare bill, and brought to a vote as early as Tuesday, Feb. 11. (February 7, 2003)
At a time when birds in North America face survival challenges -- ranging from loss of habitat to introduced predators and diseases such as West Nile virus -- ornithologists are counting on birders of every age and skill level to keep their eyes open Feb. 14-17. That's the date for the sixth annual Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC), an Internet-based event that last winter had 47,000 participants identifying millions of commonplace and rare birds. "This time we need every birder to join us," said Frank Gill, senior vice president of science of the National Audubon Society. "The Great Backyard Bird Count has become a vitally important means of gathering data to help birds, but it can't happen unless people take part. Whether you're a novice or an expert, we need you to take part and help us help birds." (February 05, 2003)
Cornell is establishing a lecture series to honor two of the nation's most eminent mathematicians, David Blackwell of the University of California at Berkeley and Richard Tapia of Rice University.
More than 4,300 new students are arriving at Cornell starting this Friday, Aug. 20, when campus residence halls open their doors at 8 a.m. This year Cornell expects to enroll roughly 3,100 freshmen, 564 new undergraduate transfer students and 610 new graduate and professional students.
The School of Industrial and Labor Relations will hold a symposium in memory of noted Cornell sociologist William Foote Whyte, Friday, April 6, at 2 p.m. in Room 115 of Ives Hall on campus.
Cornell students dove headlong this semester into the works of some of the university's most acclaimed writers, including alums Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Toni Morrison and Thomas Pynchon. (December 06, 2005)
The Johnson Graduate School of Management has established the Center for Leadership in Dynamic Organizations, which will host its first Leadership Week, slated for March 26 to April 1, 2001, on campus. The week is comprised of three major events: an academic symposium, a corporate conference and a graduate student business conference.
At the panel discussion 'Censor This!' on Oct. 24, eight panelists discussed the limits of free speech on campus after an article, 'The Color of Crime,' was published in the Cornell American.