Mary Jo Bane, former assistant secretary of Health and Human Services (HSS) for Families and Children and commissioner of the New York State Department of Social Services prior to her appointment with the Clinton administration, will speak Friday, Nov. 14, from noon to 1:30 p.m. in E405 Martha Van Rensselaer Hall at Cornell.
A Cornell student and a recent grad have hit it hot: Their hip-hop song jumped to No. 2 on the iTunes' singles chart just days after its release and has been recorded by stars Eminem and B.o.B. (May 3, 2010)
Speaking in New York City June 2, Professor Robert Hockett showed how much of the U.S. political structure and national policy stems from the conflict between Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton. (June 7, 2011)
Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar enrolled its largest medical class to date and has added a third year to its two-year premedical program for students who enroll in August 2010 or later. (Sept. 21, 2009)
Cornell will serve as one of the viewing sites for the 17th annual World Food Day teleconference, "Poverty and Hunger: The Tragic Link," featuring a conversation with Amartya Sen, winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Economics.
Helena María Viramontes, assistant professor of English at Cornell, has received the John Dos Passos Prize for Literature for 1995. Her books include a collection of short stories, The Moths and Other Stories, and the novel Under the Feet of Jesus.
Such activities as visiting museums and zoos and watching science documentaries significantly contribute to scientific literacy, according to a new report from the National Research Council. (Jan. 20, 2009)
Panelists spoke on the causes and possible outcomes of the financial crisis Sept. 15 in a debate that is part of Cornell's Foreign Policy Initiative led by the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies. (Sept. 17, 2009)
Seven students in the Undergraduate Startup and Venture Capital Club have landed much-coveted internships this semester with venture capitalists. The venture capitalists are all Cornell alumni. (April 28, 2010)
The French public was led to believe that heads rolled willy-nilly and that blood ran in the streets of Paris in 1793-94, when, in fact, that wasn't quite the case. (April 28, 2008)