During the Jewish Diaspora, rabbis maintained a sense of community by developing eruvim - ritual boundaries around communities, said a Jewish scholar May 4 in an Arts and Sciences Humanities Lecture. (May 6, 2010)
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian James McPherson gave a lecture Oct. 20 to launch Cornell Library's celebration of the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth and a new exhibition on Lincoln.
Understanding of honeybee interactions could have implications for why people act selfishly in a communal system, said Professor Kern Reeve, one of the presenters at the Oct. 16 conference. (Oct. 21, 2009)
In his campus visit Oct. 15, Asaf Shariv, consul general of Israel in New York, said he is still optimistic about the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. (Oct. 20, 2009)
Marcia Pappas, president of the N.Y. chapter of the National Organization of Women, was one of four panelists discussing sexism in the workplace as part of the International Women's Day celebration March 11. (March 20, 2009)
Working long hours has increasingly become expected in the work culture, yet seemingly gender-neutral workplace norms can result in discriminatory outcomes, the study says. (Aug. 1, 2008)
The decision was made after considering an extensive review of options, in the context of the college's strategic planning objectives. Faculty and staff will be transferred to other departments within CALS. (Oct. 26, 2010)
Michelle Rhee '92, chancellor of the Washington, D.C., public school system, returned to campus to discuss her plans to reform one of the nation's most troubled districts. (Oct. 8, 2009)
'Big Idea' competition winners included a system to alert consumers to potential savings with their credit cards and an invention to deter robbers in poor countries. (April 22, 2010)
The CEO of the Olayan Financing Co. delivered Entrepreneurship@Cornell's Celebration weekend's keynote address April 15 in Bailey Hall. (April 21, 2010)