The Class of 1937 looks to set an attendance record for its 75th reunion and Michelle Rhee '92 will deliver the annual Olin Lecture June 8 in Bailey Hall, as part of Reunion 2012 weekend, June 7-10.
A new Cornell program funded by the National Science Foundation will train graduate students to use interdisciplinary approaches to tackle food systems problems that contribute to extreme poverty. (Aug. 26, 2009)
With Flora Rose House opening its doors to a new house dean and intellectual programming, the West Campus Residential Initiative is complete. (Aug. 25, 2009)
New York City has a commitment to plant 1 million trees by 2017, and Cornell researchers are helping by aiding in the development of the research agenda for the large-scale urban forestry project. (March 9, 2010)
Speaking Jan. 19 at the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Celebration in Ithaca, professor Locksley Edmondson said that Barack Obama's election does not indicate that America has become a 'post-racial society.' (Jan. 20, 2009)
Two Cornell researchers provided a Congressional briefing on the potential effects of hydraulic fracturing, used to extract natural gas in rocks deep within the earth, Feb. 22, in Washington, D.C. (March 2, 2010)
Funding from the NSF and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will partner advanced research expertise with the developing world to improve soil and plant breeding. (Sept. 2, 2010)
Dean L. Joseph Thomas and MBA program class officers in the Class of 2008 celebrated global achievements at the Johnson Schools 61st commencement ceremony, May 24 in Newman Arena. (May 24, 2008)
'The Oxford Handbook of Methods in Positive Psychology,' edited by Cornell's Anthony Ong, explores research methods for studying hope, laughter, resilience and other aspects of positive psychology.
Cornell students affiliated with the Immigrant Farmworker Initiative visit farms to teach these workers English. They also work on campus to raise awareness about farmworker issues.