A Cornell study finds that in New York state, experienced fruit pickers are paid an average $10.65 per hour, and inexperienced dairy hands make $8.39 per hour, compared with the $7.25 minimum wage. (Feb. 2, 2011)
Events on campus this week include music of the Irish-American experience from Solas, a book talk on Abraham Lincoln's rhetorical power, a Glee Club collaborative concert and new foreign films.
Mann Library is highlighting climate change, along with faculty work and student opportunities in this critical area of study, in a yearlong series of special programming including lectures and exhibits.
Dean Ritter led 15 veterans and reservists participating in the 2017 Cornell Warrior-Scholar Project through a discussion of the Declaration of Independence.
Human resource studies professor Lisa Nishii has been appointed vice provost for undergraduate education and classics professor Michael Fontaine has been named associate vice provost, Provost Michael Kotlikoff announced Dec. 1.
In the 126 years since Mary Kennedy Brown became Cornell Law School’s first woman lawyer, the school’s women graduates have gone on to become trailblazers in law, business and education, despite persistent discrimination.
Events on campus this week include free concerts and a Thai festival in Willard Straight Hall, a roundtable on genocide in Rwanda, a sustainability research panel and a talk on math and magic.
Cornell's unique combination of strengths in the humanities alongside its strengths in the sciences also gives it unique challenges, said former Cornell provost Don Randel. (Oct. 21, 2011)
Assistant professor of art Michael Ashkin has been awarded a 2011 MacDowell Colony Fellowship. He will be in residence at the colony in New Hampshire in June. (May 23, 2011)