Making friends in college is not always easy, but for many international students it is even harder considering the language barrier. The Language Pairing Program's new social hours is designed to help. (Feb. 23, 2010)
Cornell's Latino Studies Program, founded 25 years ago, offers an intellectual and interdisciplinary hub for students and faculty with intersecting interests. (Oct. 17, 2012)
This fall, Cornell welcomed a Pakistani bureaucrat and a Bhutanese agricultural official to campus through the Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program. (Dec. 15, 2008)
Research published by a cognitive psychologist finds that children as young as preschoolers use intuitive statistical abilities to learn about people's inner lives, in this case, people's preferences. (Aug. 26, 2010)
Fifty Cornell students recently returned from three weeks in China over winter break as guests of the Chinese government and part of the 2009 Chinese Bridge Winter Camp for American Students.
Graduate student Erik Patel has traveled 15 times to Madagascar in his quest to study the rare silky sifaka lemur and as director of a nonprofit he founded to protect the snowy white creatures. (Feb. 7, 2011)
The trip was organized by the Cornell Public Service Center and conceived by Stephen Paletta '87, whose nonprofit organization, the International Education Exchange, hosted the students. (July 9, 2009)
Jonathan Kirshner, professor of government, talked about rebuilding the economy at a House Professor's Tea, Jan. 29, on West Campus. The teas give students venues to speak casually with professors. (Feb. 1, 2010)
Retirees who move to rural areas often have a positive impact on local economies, but they also drive up housing prices and can have other negative effects, Cornell research finds. (March 26, 2008)
Women who have cohabited more than once are less likely to marry - and much more likely to divorce - than women who have lived with only one partner, finds a new study. (Nov. 13, 2008)