The New York State Senate has honored Tashara M. Leak, associate professor and associate dean of Cornell Human Ecology in New York City, as a 2025 Woman of Distinction.
Cornell faculty members, academic departments, or groups of departments are invited to submit nominations of distinguished scholars and artists for the A.D. White Professors-at-Large Program by Monday, November 24.
Failing to express expected levels of emotion and urgency may trigger suspicion that 911 callers are participants in the crime they are reporting – potentially the first step toward a wrongful conviction.
Liberals and conservatives both oppose censorship of children’s literature – unless the writing offends their own political ideology, showing how a once-bipartisan issue has become polarized.
The award provides catalytic seed funding to faculty and other researchers at the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) to spur innovation and leadership, generate on-the-ground results, and ultimately deliver real-world conservation impact for wildlife and wild places.