Are young children reliable witnesses in court? How easily are their memories distorted? How can interviewing techniques and repeated questioning affect children's reports of events? What can professionals do to elicit accurate testimony from children?
The Cornell Board of Trustees recently elected two new at-large trustees, two new trustee fellows, and it re-elected three at-large members, one member from the field of labor and three fellows. Board members also welcomed two new alumni-elected trustees, one new faculty-elected trustee and one new student-elected trustee.
Cornell Professor K.V. Raman teaches Agriculture in Developing Nations by taking some 50 Cornell students to India in January after a semester of preparation, followed by a semester of reflection. Indian students take the course, too, from India. (November 09, 2005)
An exhibit of archival materials related to the Vietnam War as well as talks, films and a conference for teachers sponsored by the Southeast Asia Program (SEAP) at Cornell is being held Nov. 10 and 11. (November 9, 2005)
In a follow-up to a June 17 Cornell Chronicle story, the university answers questions about a consultants' report with recommendations on suicide prevention and bridge safety. (July 8, 2010)
ITHACA, N.Y. -- David A. Hollinger, a professor of history at the University of California at Berkeley, will give a lecture titled "The Will to Descend: Culture, Color and Genealogy" at Cornell University on Monday, April 28, at 4:30 p.m. in the Bethe Room, 700 Clark Hall. The lecture, which is free and open to the public, will focus on current debates over the relation of culture to ethnoracial classifications and is presented as the 1996--97 Nordlander Lecture in Science and Public Policy, sponsored by Cornell's Department of Science and Technology Studies.
Kwame Ture, who as Stokely Carmichael was a leading spokesman for the Black Power Movement of the 1960s, will give a lecture at Cornell on Saturday, April 19, at 2 p.m. in Robert Purcell Union.
Last summer two Cornell students and one alumna lived alongside locals in rural and urban communities in Kenya, engaging them to generate ideas for sustainable micro-enterprises that may lift them out of poverty.
Susan Murphy, Cornell University vice president for student and academic affairs, has announced that a task force has been formed to address issues confronting Cornell's Asian and Asian-American student community. Murphy said the task force was established in response to the need for a campuswide approach to address campus climate, services and program issues as they relate to Cornell's Asian and Asian-American community. She noted that students of Asian descent comprise the largest single community of color at Cornell, at 14 percent of the total student body, 16 percent of all undergraduates and 55 percent of all international students. Any improvement in the well-being for this community will likely improve the campus climate for the university at large, she said. (January 22, 2003)
Daniel Libeskind, an influential architectural educator, theoretician and practitioner from Berlin, will deliver the 1998 Preston H. Thomas Lectures April 1 and 2.