Diversity in engineering is not just about fairness, but about creativity, according to Wm. [William] A. Wulf, president of the National Academy of Engineering, who will visit the Cornell campus to deliver two lectures on April 11 and 12.
The Community Partnership Board on Dec. 2 awarded more than $20,000 in grant monies to Cornell University-student-initiated, grassroots service-learning projects.
Women and Hispanics are less likely to be diagnosed with or treated for vascular disease, a leading cause of debilitation and death among the elderly, according to two Weill Cornell studies. (Dec. 5, 2007)
Larry Palmer, professor of law at Cornell University, has been named as a member of the board of directors of the American Medical Association's National Patient Safety Foundation.
Do humans help create risks of deer-car collisions, encounters with black bears and attacks from mountain lions? Following the record number of such hazardous interactions in recent years, wildlife managers, extension educators and community leaders across North America are struggling to meet the challenge of humans and wild animals living together in harmony. Now, for the first time, the many aspects of this relationship have been folded into a new textbook: Human Dimensions of Wildlife Management in North America, by Daniel J. Decker, Cornell professor of natural resources; Tommy L. Brown, leader of Cornell's Human Dimensions Research Unit in natural resources; and William F. Siemer, researcher in natural resources. (May 10, 2002)
Between the voter and the candidate stands the machine. The voting machine, that is. In a presidential race where every vote counts, how those votes are getting counted is the subject of increasing public scrutiny.
When victims of capital crimes are white, jurors are more likely to hand down death sentences to defendants with stereotypically black features, a new study from four universities, including Cornell, shows.
The study, "Looking…
Linda Donahue has been appointed director of the Great Lakes district for the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR) Division of Extension. In her new position, she oversees the ILR school's workplace training and education programs and faculty efforts in the greater western New York area, including training and professional development workshops, college credit courses, research, economic development and technical assistance. The Great Lakes district serves private- and public-sector employers and unions, nonprofits, government agencies, trade and professional associations and community groups. Outreach is one of Cornell's founding principles as part of its land-grant mission. (November 14, 2003)
Cornell law student Charlotte Lanvers has been awarded a Skadden Fellowship, which will support her legal work on behalf of California schoolchildren with diabetes. (March 1, 2007)
The Cornell Public Service Leadership Fellows program will sponsor its fifth annual campuswide leadership conference at Willard Straight Hall, Sunday, Feb. 28.