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.
The Cornell International Students Programming Board is having a party, and everyone's invited. April 4 through 20, students will host an "International Festival" celebrating Cornell's cultural diversity.
Events on campus this week include a new survey of environmental art at the Johnson Museum; a silent screen adventure in Sage Chapel and other films; and Soup & hope speaker Gretchen Ryan '97.
Funding from the NSF and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will partner advanced research expertise with the developing world to improve soil and plant breeding. (Sept. 2, 2010)
Martin Luther King's legacy of activism and commitment to social justice is reflected in the lives of four Cornell students who discussed their work on behalf of social change in Sage Chapel Feb. 19. (Feb. 20, 2008)
Cornell and the Africana Studies and Research Center are co-sponsoring a major international conference, 'Darfur and the Crisis of Governance in Sudan,' at the University of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Feb. 21-22. (Feb. 19, 2008)
Finishing its first year as a university-supported organization, SWAG: Scholars Working Ambitiously to Graduate had 30 pairings of mentors and mentees, with 13 seniors on track to graduate this May.
Cornell plans to invest up to to $46 million in energy conservation. The goal? Reducing energy use by as much as 20 percent and taking a big step toward a zero-carbon footprint. (March 10, 2011)
Whether the European Union or Asia will reign as the global regional power was a focus of a panel discussion to celebrate a new Cornell student journal, the Cornell International Affairs Review. (Feb. 15, 2008)
Peggy Beach, director of marketing and support services for Cornell's Department of Campus Life, has been named director of Campus Information and Visitor Relations in the Division of University Relations.