Cornell Students Against Sweatshops will be presented with the American Labor Museum's social justice award for its role in promoting college apparel manufacturers who pay a living wage. (Nov. 15, 2010)
Community engagement is the key for an energetic team of Cornell undergraduates working to build an inclusive-education school in earthquake-ravaged Haiti.
At the April 13 meeting of the Faculty Senate, university leaders and a graduate student organization seeking to unionize at Cornell discussed their negotiations in drafting rules of conduct.
'Release' was just published online. The book is a collaborative effort between students in Tamar Carroll's fall 2009 service-learning course and young women in the Lansing Residential Center. (April 1, 2010)
Nearly 4,000 new first-year and transfer students will take part in Orientation Weekend, which runs through the first day of classes, Aug. 23. Use the hashtag #CornellWelcome to post your Orientation stories throughout the weekend.
This fall, Cornell welcomed a Pakistani bureaucrat and a Bhutanese agricultural official to campus through the Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program. (Dec. 15, 2008)
When it comes to teamwork, familiarity breeds productivity, rather than contempt, according to a new study from Cornell University's School of Hotel Administration.
At an April 6 panel discussion, Native American and Filipino artists said that hip-hop provides an outlet for advocacy and an effective way to keep indigenous culture and values alive.
When expectant mothers consume sufficient amounts of the nutrient choline during pregnancy, their offspring gain enduring cognitive benefits, a new Cornell study suggests.
Mannix, professor of management at the Johnson School and director of the Institute for the Social Sciences, has been named vice provost for equity and inclusion, effective July 15. (July 29, 2008)