President Martha E. Pollack has committed the university to a new multi-institution initiative to make public data pertaining to career outcomes for life sciences doctoral students and postdoctoral researchers.
At the third annual Faculty Institute for Diversity June 13-16, 19 faculty members learned about new ways to incorporate elements of diversity into the courses they teach. (June 28, 2010)
Geri Gay, chair of Cornell's Department of Communication, studies digital applications and then recommends improvements in how humans can better use technology. (June 6, 2008)
Pulitzer Prize-winner Professor Fredrik Logevall will give a weeklong Cornell Adult University summer seminar, “America’s Vietnam: How Did it Happen?” July 6-12 on campus.
Events this week include traditional Javanese and new electronic music, a talk on the history of synthesizers, the Locally Grown Dance Festival, a panel on Latin American violence and Slope Day.
Jennifer Lawless, a nationally recognized expert on women in politics, examined the reasons for the underrepresentation of women in politics in the final Making of the President Series talk Nov. 14.
Success did not come easy to Sonia Sotomayor. She knows how much pain there is in life. But hard work, a determination to fight for her beliefs and an “innate optimism” helped propel her from a childhood in a Bronx housing project to her role as associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
When the grind of classes or work intensifies, Cornell students, faculty and staff have a new retreat: a meditation and reflection space in Mews Hall, designed and built by students. (Dec. 11, 2012)
About 140 staff members gathered Feb. 28 in the Biotechnology Building at a forum to discuss immigrants, refugees, green card holders and citizens, while others participated online through Zoom.
Marcia Pappas, president of the N.Y. chapter of the National Organization of Women, was one of four panelists discussing sexism in the workplace as part of the International Women's Day celebration March 11. (March 20, 2009)