A solar cooker that help fry tortillas and a pink purse that lets potential thieves know it carries no cash are two ideas vying in 'The Big Idea' competition; the finals will be voted in April 16. (April 6, 2010)
Fat Tuesday (aka, Mardi Gras) comes once a year, but "Heavy Monday" is a weekly occurrence, according to an international study of weight gain rhythms.
The Ethics and Public Life program hosts a series of visitors who will lecture about the 2012 elections and meet with students throughout the fall semester. (Sept. 4, 2012)
In 1999, the U.S. State Department allowed more than 4,000 Sudanese refugees into the country -- only 89 of these young orphaned war victims were girls. The disparity has both political and cultural origins, and few understand the complexities as well as Julia Duany, author of Making Peace and Nurturing Life: Memoir of an African Woman About a Journey of Struggle and Hope. Duany, a refugee who escaped from the violence in the Sudan in 1983, will deliver a talk titled "African Women's Voices: Effects of War on Sudanese Women" on Tuesday, Nov. 16, at 4:30 p.m. in Room 423 of the School of Industrial and Labor Relations Conference Center on the Cornell University campus. The talk is free and open to the public and a reception will follow. Drawing on her experiences as a refugee and activist as well as her knowledge of Sudanese women's groups, Duany will discuss challenges to women's peace-building initiatives in the Sudan. She also will address social factors that affect women in the Sudan, including family life, religion, cultural and political complexities, and the role gender plays in her multicultural, war-ravaged country. (November 10, 2004)
The Cornell Black Alumni Association is helping first-time alumni authors with a new literary grant program. The first recipient is Dionne M. Benjamin '00, who envisioned a book series called “City Kids.”
Training Industry Inc. has named eCornell, the university's online learning company, to its 2010 list of the top 20 leadership training companies. (April 2, 2010)
Events this week include a concert celebrating Joseph Haydn, a free Ellis Paul show, a film on American financial collapse and conferences on autism and networks and mobility.
Professor Amy Villarejo new book, “Ethereal Queer: Television, Historicity, Desire,” offers a look at the ways that TV representations of queer life have changed since the 1950s.