A 'workshop celebration' in honor of Sidney Tarrow, the Maxwell M. Upson Professor of Government, will take place June 3-4 at the A.D. White House to commemorate Tarrow's 40-year career at Cornell. (May 26, 2011)
About 6,000 graduates will receive their degrees this weekend, May 23-24. Obama strategist David Plouffe is the Convocation speaker May 23, and President David Skorton will deliver the Commencement address May 24.
Human Ecology students unveiled apparel and product ideas designed to help seniors prevent falls and minimize harm, stay warm and alert in winter, and achieve greater mobility and independence.
Shariah Harris ’20 has been called “trailblazer” and “barrier-breaker,” and the Cornell women’s polo star and animal science major does embody those labels. But she doesn’t let them define her.
Max Pfeffer, chair of the Department of Development Sociology, has been appointed senior associate dean in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. (March 22, 2010)
Three faculty members in the College of Arts and Sciences shared their experiences of transforming their classrooms from traditional lectures to active learning spaces at an Oct. 25 workshop.
The Cornell alumna is battling acute myelogenous leukemia. With no genetic match currently available to her, her family and friends are using social networking and a vast web of contacts to change that. (May 14, 2009)
Martin Gardiner Bernal, professor emeritus of government and Near Eastern studies at Cornell and author of "Black Athena: The Afroasiatic Roots of Classical Civilization," died June 9, 2013 in Cambridge, England. He was 76.
A new study using a computer algorithm developed at Cornell shows that connections between people in Great Britain coincide remarkably well with political boundaries. (Dec. 20, 2010)