"My talk today will be mostly from the vantage point of black Americans, which, of course, is my perspective. But I want to be clear that I view the celebration of diversity to be inclusive of all groups in our society." The Hon. Harry Edwards '62, chief judge emeritus, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, prefaced his speech with these words April 30 when he spoke about his experiences as an African-American student during the 1960s and about issues facing minority students, then and now. Edwards, who received a standing ovation after his speech in Bartels Hall at Cornell, was one of several keynote speakers at last weekend's conference, "Cornell Mosaic: Celebrating Diversity and Advancing Inclusion."
Cornell officially strengthened its already sizable New York City presence Sept. 13 with the dedication of the glittering, futuristic Cornell Tech campus on Roosevelt Island.
How do children influence their parents' eating habits? Can a polymer be used to deactivate chemical warfare agents? What are the differences in how jurors process information in criminal trials?
Jason Koski/University PhotographyThe Cornell Wind Ensemble plays during inauguration, Sept. 7 on the Arts Quad.Lindsay France/University PhotographyThe Cornell Klezmer Ensemble performs "Tzi Azoy," with lyrics in Yiddish that…
At 11 a.m. on Sept. 7, Cornell President David Skorton's inauguration day, the grass on the Arts Quad was still wet from the morning fog. A sea of 3,399 empty, white chairs fanned out from the round stage on the west side of the…
In a provocative and often-humorous guest sermon, "So Far, So Good, So What?," on April 10, the Rev. Professor Peter J. Gomes discussed the past, present and future of Sage Chapel and expressed his views on the role that religion plays at modern universities.
Joel Perlman, BFA '65, was 14 when he decided to become a sculptor. He was a scrappy scholarship kid at Fieldston School in the Bronx then, hard hit by the recent, sudden death of his father from a heart attack at 47.
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Some pundits are predicting that Ralph Nader could be President Bill Clinton's nemesis come November. Members of the Cornell and Ithaca communities can make that judgment for themselves on Tuesday, April 23, at 8 p.m., when the consumer advocate, lawyer and presidential hopeful gives a lecture in Cornell's Bailey Hall.
Does obesity play a role in employment disability? Can certain neighborhood designs influence residents' physical activity? Does level of education relate to whether people will start or quit smoking? Can daily telephone interviews capture how busy working parents cope with family meals?
NEW YORK, N.Y. -- No longer the "me generation," American engineering students are actively taking on some of the world's toughest problems. A Cornell University-based national engineering service organization will bring stories of students and professional engineers working to improve the lot of some of the world's poorest communities, many in the developing world, to New York City next week. The group, Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW), will host students and supporters from across the United States at the Mezzanine Conference Room, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, at 5:30 p.m. May 12. The event, which will be both fund-raiser and a call for volunteers, will feature students recently returned from Bosnia, South Africa and Nigeria describing their community-service engineering projects that have made a big difference in people's lives by enabling self-help, making the projects sustainable. (May 06, 2004)