Seven Cornell students have been selected to participate in the inaugural Henry and Nancy Horton Bartels Undergraduate Action Research Fellowship Program.
A two-day symposium, "American Society: Diversity and Consensus," will be held at Cornell Oct. 20-21, both to honor Robin W. Williams Jr., the Henry Scarborough Professor Emeritus of Social Science at Cornell.
People who use credit cards to purchase food tend to buy more junk food than those who pay cash, finds a new Cornell study. The findings may help people cut down on impulsive shopping. (July 12, 2011)
Dr. Joseph Fins, professor of medicine in psychiatry and chief of the Medical Ethics Division at Weill Medical College of Cornell University, will deliver a talk titled "Back to the Future: Cultures of Death and Dying in America," Thursday, Feb. 19, at 4 p.m. in the Guerlac Room. of the Andrew Dickson White House on the Cornell campus. The keynote presentation inaugurates the Society for the Humanities at Cornell's inter-disciplinary colloquium, "Humanism at the Cross-Roads," a collaboration among faculty members at Cornell's Ithaca campus and the Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City. (February 17, 2004)
Such working conditions as irregular work schedules, long hours and job dissatisfaction of parents in low-income families significantly impact family food choices, reports a new Cornell study. (Sept. 14, 2009)
Bill Shore, the founder and CEO of Share Our Strength, a leading organization that mobilizes industries and individuals to fight hunger and poverty, will speak at Cornell University Tuesday, Sept. 14, at 4:30 p.m. in G73 Martha Van Rensselaer (MVR) Hall. The title of Shore's talk is "The Light of Conscience: How a Simple Act Can Change Your Life," which is also the title of Shore's most recent book (Random House 2004) that explores how acts of conscience can and have changed the world. (September 09, 2004)