Dean Ritter led 15 veterans and reservists participating in the 2017 Cornell Warrior-Scholar Project through a discussion of the Declaration of Independence.
The Institute for the Social Sciences' new three-year theme project will examine causes and outcomes of U.S. mass incarceration and contribute to the prison reform policy debates on incarceration.
Twelve individuals and three groups were recognized with President's Awards for Employee Excellence Nov. 13, which honored staff members in five new categories including the first-ever team award, emphasizing the collaborative nature of work at Cornell.
Constitutional scholars – Michael Klarman and Michael Dorf – offed their thoughts on the history of the U.S. Constitution at a panel during the May 26 Klarman Hall dedication.
Thirteen students and two faculty members from the Department of Fiber Science & Apparel Design traveled to India Jan. 2-16 in a class trip to visit textile and apparel production centers.
Students explored texts and artworks with themes of movement, escape and water and curated a gallery installation at the Johnson Museum in a course in the "Connecting Research With Practice" initiative funded by the Mellon Foundation.
The results of Cornell's Housing Master Plan survey taken last spring show that housing preferences for first year, upper division undergraduate and graduate/professional students differ somewhat, but all look for easy access to many of the same amenities.
Vijay Pendakur, associate vice president for the Division of Student Affairs at California State University, Fullerton, has been named Cornell's next dean of students. He will assume the post Jan. 3, 2017.