Robert S. Harrison '76, a Cornell trustee, has endowed the directorship of Cornell's Institute for the Social Sciences. The position currently is held by sociology Professor David Harris, who recently was named vice provost for social sciences.
When Anisa Draboo receives her master's degree in International Development from the College of Architecture, Art and Planning on May 29, she will be the first Cornell University graduate among a new group of dedicated international students studying ways to make the most troubled areas of the world more livable. The students in the group know some of the world's worst problems firsthand -- and they have an extra dose of motivation to find the solutions.
Eight students from the University of the Free State in South Africa reflected on what they observed and learned toward the end of their visit to Cornell, Oct. 5. (Oct. 10, 2011)
The Third Biennial Urie Bronfenbrenner Conference, on campus Sept. 22-23, explored the connections between risky decision-making and brain mechanisms. (Oct. 7, 2011)
Panelists at an Oct. 3 discussion titled 'DREAM Act: A Pipe Dream or Eventual Reality?' explored the passage of legislation that would provide a path to legalization for undocumented youth. (Oct. 6, 2011)
Entomologist May Berenbaum, department head at the University of Illinois, discussed the lack of women in her field April 3 as part of the two-day Frontiers Symposium of leading women life scientists.
Cornell University photographer Kevin Stearns, 48, died Nov. 16 at Hospicare in Ithaca. Stearns was an artist with a lens whose work regularly graced the pages of the Cornell Chronicle.
A new website hopes to bring together scientists in Latin America and North America through exchange of ideas, information and equipment. (Aug. 25, 2010)