The Institute for Women and Work at Cornell's School of Industrial and Labor Relations recently received a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation to hold an international conference next year.
The Lab of Ornithology's Citizen Science Program at Cornell University is the largest program of its kind in the world. It puts 35,000 volunteers from around the world to work collecting data on the behavior and characteristics of birds.
President David Skorton detailed accomplishments, new initiatives and challenges as he led Cornell's leadership on virtual tours of the university in the present day and in 2015 during his first State of the University Address.
A new program developed by three Cornell University students promises to help more of Ithaca's urban teens get into college. The 16 Leadership Service Projects developed by Park Fellows at Cornell's Johnson Graduate School of Management.
Stephen F. Hamilton, professor of human development and co-director of Cornell University's Family Life Development Center, has been named associate provost for outreach, Provost Biddy Martin announced Nov. 5. Hamilton was appointed to a three-year term beginning Nov. 1. The new part-time position of associate provost for outreach was recommended by the university's Land Grant Mission Review Task Force last spring, a year after five panels began reviewing Cornell's land-grant mission. The part-time position will allow Hamilton to continue his other academic responsibilities. (November 11, 2003)
Many of the Cornell students who live off campus call Collegetown home during the academic year. But Collegetown is also home to year-round residents and families, private homes and large apartment complexes, and a bustling business district.
A Cornell program has shown that rice yields can be hugely increased through simple changes in how plants, soil, water and nutrients are managed. The program has drawn attention worldwide and is now on the short list of a $1 million sustainability prize.
Cornell is sponsoring a regional conference to foster new farm-to-school links and to strengthen networks among farmers, school dining-service buyers, processors, distributors, educators and policy-makers. The conference, Farm-to-School Cafeteria: Partnerships for Improving Health, Supporting Farms and Building Community.
Among the many members of the extended Cornell community, trustees, alumni and friends who will be participating in the inauguration ceremonies for President David Skorton, four will play a particularly visible role. They are…