In the vanguard of higher education for the past 100 years, the College of Human Ecology at Cornell will celebrate its centennial with a feast of lectures, panel discussions, exhibits and more at its Centennial Celebration Weekend on the Cornell campus.
An address by Jackson Katz, founder and director of MVP Strategies Inc., an organization that provides gender violence prevention training and materials to the U.S. military services, colleges, high schools, law enforcement agencies, community organizations and corporations, will highlight activities during Health Awareness Week on the Cornell.
Cornell will honor 35 secondary school teachers, some from as far away as Russia, Singapore and India, May 26. The teachers were selected by Cornell's Merrill Presidential Scholars program.
Is the United States too "economically correct?" In other words, do Americans adhere too rigidly to policies like deregulation, privatization and cutbacks in the public sphere and to a belief that the free market is the cure for all of society's ills?
Sarah Elizabeth Thomas, acting director of public service collections for the Library of Congress, has been named the Carl A. Kroch University Librarian at Cornell University. The appointment, effective Aug. 19, was made by Provost Don M. Randel.
Open to all, program houses can enhance students' academic learning, offer unique resources, activities and community service opportunities, and provide a sense of belonging within the giant Cornell community. (May 2, 2007)
On Nov. 1, the InterFraternity Council, the Panhellenic Council and the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs at Cornell will host a Public Service Day.
The Division of Nutritional Sciences (DNS) at Cornell University, the largest academic unit in the United States devoted to the study of and training in human nutrition, has become home to two international centers.
Cornell students participated in group study projects including cleaning out flooded houses in New Orleans, archiving local political history in Vermont and studying sustainable development along the Panama Canal.