The McNair Scholars Program, which seeks to increase the number of first-generation, low-income or underrepresented students in doctoral programs, inducted 15 new members April 11.
David Feldshuh, Cornell professor of theatre, film and dance and artistic director of the university's Center for Theatre Arts (CTA), will launch the popular 'Mind and Memory' lecture series Monday, Jan. 24, from 2:55 to 4:10 p.m. in Uris Auditorium.
The Institute for the Social Sciences has kicked off its Persistent Poverty and Upward Mobility theme project, a three-year effort to understand the causes and solutions to chronic poverty. (May 6, 2009)
The Building Ourselves through Sisterhood and Service (B.O.S.S.) Mental Health Summit April 11 on campus examined mental health issues among minority women.
Activist, scholar and writer Barbara Ransby led a community conversation April 8 about the state of the current civil rights movement in the U.S., including the "black lives matter" push.
President David Skorton, Vice President Mary Opperman and Dean of the Faculty Bill Fry will give brief remarks in honor of Cornell's departing staff and faculty. (May 26, 2009)
Metzger Grants were awarded to three Arts and Sciences students - Rachel Jacobs '10, Mara Perman '11 and Emma Tall '11 - who used the funds for service projects in the U.S. and abroad. (Oct. 6, 2009)
The late Erna Gramse, MP '33, a longtime librarian and a graduate chemistry student at Cornell during the Great Depression, has bequeathed a gift to Clark Physical Sciences Library. (March 1, 2010)