Dyson School professor Deborah Streeter is training faculty to embrace the use of various apps by students during class to engage them in new ways. (Oct. 31, 2012)
Cornell's Institute for the Social Sciences has announced the recipients of its biannual small-grant award for interdisciplinary research and conference support. (April 24, 2012)
Cornell students examined Philadelphia’s Center City to disentangle traffic and create a sustainable, sociable economy for the city decades into the future. In a design competition, it won first place.
Co-authored by Malden Nesheim, professor emeritus of nutritional sciences, the book explains in clear, accessible language what calories are and how they work, biologically and politically.
The annual Cornell Mathematical Contest in Modeling is scheduled for Nov. 12-15. Information sessions are set for Tuesday, Nov. 2, and Wednesday, Nov. 11; both at 6 p.m. in 253 Malott Hall. (Oct. 27, 2010)
An academic symposium, “Universities and the Search for Truth,” held Aug. 24 in Bailey Hall, was part of the celebrations of Martha E. Pollack’s inauguration as Cornell’s 14th president.
The College of Veterinary Medicine will begin a $63 million capital project to upgrade and expand its infrastructure and teaching facilities to accommodate increasing the pre-clinical class sizes to 120 students from 102 students.
Injured and endangered raptors have a new place to roost at Cornell University: the Esther Schiff Bondareff '37 and Daniel N. Bondareff '35 Raptor Facility. The new home of the Cornell Raptor Program was dedicated Oct. 21.
Institute for the Social Sciences grants support several faculty research projects in human development, government, communication, engineering and anthropology.