This feature highlights the academic life of the university. The stories are edited by Susan S. Lang. To suggest a story idea, email SSL4@cornell.edu.

April 20, 2012
Durland Alternatives Library promotes social justice
Population Center a 'hub for social sciences' at Cornell
College of Arts and Sciences offers four new minors

March 2, 2012
Turkish director empowers students in filmmaking workshop
Playing with little ones brings child development to life
eCornell gets Stevie Award for customer service

Jan. 20, 2012
Punk rocker becomes lecturer, preaching evolution
College of Arts and Sciences offers six new minors
Theatre, Film and Dance announces new major in performing and media arts

Nov. 4, 2011
Joint grad program trains wildlife conservation scientists
Science and humanities wed to explore origins and consequences of domesticated rice
Christine Leuenberger to develop interactive course in Israel

Sept. 23, 2011
Law School and Department of Human Development launch dual degree program
Typical fall challenge: Getting 3,000 chemistry students into a 22-person lab section
Vet College's new program trains grad students to be teachers, too

June 3, 2011
Class on garden-based learning develops useful products for Belize
Engineers 'learn to learn how' in communications course
Spotlight on environmental history

April 22, 2011
Course on Cornell history tells story of names behind halls
Shoals Marine Lab open to familes, high school students and adults
Spotlight on Summer Session

March 4, 2011
Students flock to learn about slime molds and 'magical mushrooms'
Johnson Museum docent program prompts more student tours
Spotlight on Moodle

Jan. 21, 2011
Student engineers devise ways to soundproof local nonprofit
Hotel students help local organizations grow
Spotlight on upcoming events

Nov. 5, 2010
One role of a professor is to 'think otherwise,' says LaFeber
Weekly 'Hitchhiker's Guide' offers education in pop culture
Spotlight on Winter Session

Sept. 24, 2010
For undergrads, Shoals experience can be a life changer
New English course to revive spirit of 'Romp-n-Stomp'
Cornellians can now stream the news from 104 countries

June 11, 2010
TV shows, films enhance Russian language studies
CU assesses student learning -- the key to reaccreditation
Institute equips faculty with new teaching skills, produces 'stunning' results

April 30, 2010
Exiled writer, students explore nonviolence and the arts to resolve political conflict
Milstein Hall site is a teaching lab for architecture students
eCornell named a top 20 leadership training company

March 12, 2010
New course of exploration: Land, sea and space
Some take Hispanic theater course over and over
Blog helps sort good info from bad

Jan. 29, 2010
David Levitsky -- part teacher, part showman -- wins USDA teaching award
Students help plan project to give Harlem students hospitality education
Spotlight on CyberTower

Nov. 20, 2009
Cornellians learn about inner workings of United Nations
New CALS option teaches biology for the real world
Summer program on green design in London, Paris

Oct. 9, 2009
Model U.N. debate helps students 'live' other languages
Instructors offer tips on teaching large lecture courses
Grants available to enhance teaching and learning

Aug. 28, 2009
Faculty learn to add diversity into classes
Cornell hosts science teachers for summer workshops
Summer students present 'Othello' in five languages

May 1, 2009
Biology undergrads do original research in class -- and then learn how to write it up
Africana Center introduces 17 new courses
Course on Transformative Action begins May 4

March 13, 2009
Library starts undergrad information project to get students beyond Google
New environmental major preparing to graduate its first group of students
New course explores alternative careers in the life sciences
Study the birds of spring

Jan. 30, 2009
Hotel and Johnson schools team to offer real-world sustainability course
Students create new concepts to help elderly in everyday life
Visual computing expert Tsuhan Chen leads School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Mann Library expands access to rare beekeeping volumes

Nov. 14, 2008
Engineering teaching institute supports faculty with innovative classroom ideas
New Ph.D. combines ergonomics, environmental psychology, facility planning, design
Got cattle? Cornell does, and trains students to prepare them for market
High school students visit with women engineers at Cornell

Oct. 3, 2008
'Power of the Page' writing seminar explores print and American literature
Cornell's Adult University celebrates 40 years of education for alumni and others
Engineering students can now minor in business

Aug. 22, 2008
Cornell-initiated course promotes rice expertise for the developing world
Mann Library upgrades ag 'library in a box' for world's poorest countries
Cornell launches Center for Teaching Excellence
Policy analysis and management students now can customize their concentrations

May 9, 2008
To learn computer science, first-year students program robots
Cornell marketing students take on alum's wine for charity
Green energy: Alum teaches course on renewable fuel sources
Cornell schedules summer courses

April 4, 2008
Engineering teams create cutting-edge designs while honing entrepreneurial skills
New course on best practices for social change will study how Davids conquer Goliaths

Feb. 22, 2008
Pinstrup-Andersen pioneers a program to take issues of hunger and poverty to their global grassroots
Students' annual UN visit replaces lecture hall with global awareness

Jan. 18, 2008
Human Ecology students invent innovative products for seniors
International students form speakers bureau for area schools

Nov. 2, 2007
Students get a 'Second Life' in first 'metanomics' course
Cornell helps launch first academic program in social responsibility in apparel industry

Sept. 28, 2007
Student's animated video makes fractals fun and ends up on YouTube
200 New York teens explore Governors Island to learn about its trees, harbor -- and themselves

Aug. 17, 2007
Chinese educators, learning about U.S. education, share insights with Cornell and Ithaca colleagues
Why 'Thinking Like a Scientist' is relevant to kids

May 17, 2007
Science grad students become media savvy
Guess who's coming to dinner: 55 seniors dine at Becker House

April 5, 2007
Finding and fostering the entrepreneurial spirit in every college, every field and every stage of life
The alumni connection: Cornell Entrepreneur Network fosters links in Cornell's enterprising community

Feb. 22, 2007
Students discover that computer games are serious fun
New Ph.D. combines law, psychology and human development

Dec. 5, 2006
Co-op lets engineering students take real world for a test drive
NASA astronaut describes for students how to 'test to failure'

Oct. 19, 2006
Campus to Coast program fosters interest in marine science
Leaders are made, not born, as they learn to build teams, trust others and take risks

September 6, 2006
Urban Semester: Immersed in New York's diversity

June 13, 2006
Cornell opens doors for Emily Levitt to study malnutrition in Afghanistan
Cornell students have deep desire to use education to change lives of 600 children in rural China

March 16, 2006
Cornell becomes first in nation to offer Ph.D. in apparel design
Fashionistas in Ithaca include 'princesses,' 'hip-hops,' 'hipsters'

Feb. 8, 2006
Center for Learning and Teaching improves how students learn and instructors teach

Dec. 7, 2005
Intelligent design? No smart engineer designed our bodies, Sherman says
Cornell students serve as mentors to build virtual worlds

Nov. 9, 2005
Agriculture in Developing Nations course takes students to India
CU undergrads given extraordinary research opportunities

Oct. 12, 2005
Students go around the world in 8 days with Shawkat Toorawa
New IS major is not just about computers -- it's about people

Sept. 8, 2005
Any field, any study? How about a major in grape growing and winemaking
Giraffe dung and lions devouring zebras are part of new course that takes students to the African bush

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