Style Engineers, an NSF-funded program to engage girls with STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) topics, is being distributed to educators nationwide following successful testing.
Shawkat Toorawa, associate professor of Arabic and Islamic studies, will help develop a comprehensive new Library of Arabic Literature, with English translations of classical and other Arabic works. (Dec. 1, 2010)
William Thurston, the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of Mathematics, received the 2012 AMS Leroy P. Steele Prize for a Seminal Contribution to Research, Jan. 5. (Jan. 5, 2012)
Iconic hip-hop DJ Rich Medina '92 will teach Cornell Adult University's first-ever class on hip-hop, July 10-16. His real-life experience in the hip-hop community will enrich the class, he said.
Sherry Martin, associate professor of government, won a Fellowship for Advanced Social Science Research on Japan from the U.S. National Endowment for the Humanities. (Dec. 14, 2010)
Events on campus this week include lectures on mental health, sustainability and care for seniors; Cornell Winds concert; Turkish cinema; book readings; and an underwater vehicle demonstration. (Nov. 18, 2010)
The Department of Fiber Science and Apparel Design hosted its annual end-of-semester show Dec. 7, with samples of student projects from nine courses. (Dec. 13, 2010)
Each semester, volunteer faculty and teaching assistants teach a liberal arts curriculum free of charge to inmates at the Auburn Correctional Facility who can now work toward an associate's degree. (March 5, 2009)
Anthropologist Sarah Blaffer Hrdy and Margaret McFall-Ngai, a biologist and ecologist, will enliven Cornell's intellectual and cultural life as newly appointed A.D. White Professors-at-Large. (Aug. 15, 2011)