Economist Robert Moffitt, a leading expert on the economics of welfare reform, recently spent a week at Cornell to lecture in classes and work with students. (March 2, 2010)
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Rae McGrath spoke in a class March 13 about the profound impact that abandoned weapons have on civilians and the responsibility of countries to clear such countries as Afghanistan of old explosives. (March 14, 2008)
The tiny Belding's ground squirrels appear to be "kissing". Instead, they are sniffing to analyze secretions from facial scent glands, hoping to learn from the complex odor bouquet who is family and who's not.
The unique Teatrotaller (Spanish for theater-workshop), a mix of academics and performance in Spanish, has been going strong ever since Cornell students founded it in 1993 to promote Latino cultures. (Feb. 26, 2010)
A new study finds that who we perceive as responsible for fixing the digital divide - those with and without Internet access - depends on how the issue is presented. (March 29, 2011)
On March 23 Cornell held a Library Salon at Lighthouse International in Manhattan that focused on the 1911 Triangle factory fire and the ILR School's Kheel Center collection and website about the fire. (March 28, 2011)
To play PhotoCity, you have to get up from your computer and walk around campus. The game knits together still photos of an object taken from many angles to create a 3-D model of the Cornell campus. (Feb. 24, 2010)
Cornell students affiliated with the Immigrant Farmworker Initiative visit farms to teach these workers English. They also work on campus to raise awareness about farmworker issues.
Despite the move of many business services overseas, call centers serving U.S. consumers are still largely at home, a Cornell-led study finds. The study examined call center management and employment practices in 17 countries. (May 29, 2007)