Ten faculty-led projects are receiving approximately $170,000 in Internationalizing the Cornell Curriculum grants this year, the Office of the Vice Provost for International Affairs has announced.
Chris Barrett's economic development research takes him into the most poverty-stricken areas of rural Africa, the halls of Washington, D.C., and back to Cornell University, where he collaborates with biophysical and social scientists on innovative ways to improve the lives of some of the poorest people on Earth.
New research by anthropologist Saida Hodzic challenges the idea that cutting is intractable and analyzes what happens when such a practice ends. Her focus is on Ghanaian anti-cutting activists.
Psychology professor David Dunning and Emily Balcetis, Ph.D. '06, found that when an object is desirable, we perceive it to be closer than it actually is. (March 11, 2010)
Liberation, not equality, should be the goal of social justice, asserted Amber Hollibaugh, an activist for the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, in Cornell's Lewis auditorium, March 4.
Cornell history professor Durba Ghosh will discuss the evolution of Ghandi's philosophy of nonviolent civil disobedience given his exposure to those who favored violence against the British empire.
A new Cornell study reports that the 2008 election changed African-American college students' perceptions of being black. The study is published in Developmental Psychology.
Through DCAPS, the Cornell Library is extending its expertise in creating, managing and archiving digital content to support faculty in a wide range of e-scholarship initiatives.
Nine projects, many multidisciplinary, are receiving grants of approximately $155,000 this year from the Office of the Vice Provost for International Affairs.
For entrepreneurial Cornell students, the 168 entrepreneurship classes offered on campus prepare them for a business future -- but many students don't wait until graduation to start a business. (Dec. 18, 2008)