ITHACA, N.Y. -- Claude Steele, professor of psychology at Stanford University, will present the 1995-1996 Flemmie Kittrell Lecture at Cornell University on Monday, April 29, at 7:30 p.m. in Uris Auditorium.
Hip-hop collector, historian and author Johan Kugelberg praised the leadership of Cornell librarians during a Library Salon, held Oct. 6 at the Union League Club in New York City. (Oct. 8, 2009)
The $30,000 awards recognize outstanding tenured faculty members early in their careers for distinguished research and scholarly achievements, combined with their continuing commitment to Cornell.
Journalists Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn '81 discussed how the economic empowerment of women is the best strategy for fighting poverty worldwide in a talk April 29 on campus. (May 4, 2010)
Nobel Laureate and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel spoke of faith, hope, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, the power of children, and the value of memory and 'bearing witness' in a talk April 29. (April 30, 2010)
Venture capitalist Lee Pillsbury '69 and sustainability advocate Mathis Wackernagel have been appointed as Frank H.T. Rhodes Class of '56 Professors at Cornell for three-year terms. (April 26, 2010)
Seven students recently returned from a three-week service-learning trip to Kenya, where they taught nutrition and HIV prevention. The students found that teaching and learning went both ways.
Cornell officials have unveiled a new strategic plan aimed at strengthening the Greek system and helping to integrate fraternity and sorority residential life with the undergraduate educational experience.
"Biocomplexity in the Environment: A 21st Century Odyssey" will be the topic April 16 for Rita R. Colwell, director of the National Science Foundation (NSF), when she will be the 2002 Jill and Ken Iscol Distinguished Environmental Lecturer at Cornell.
Two peer-oriented programs, Cornell Minds Matter and Empathy, Assistance and Referral Service, are finding new ways to help students cope with stress and access the resources and help they seek. (May 5, 2011)