Jan Willis '69, M.A. '71, the daughter of a Baptist deacon from Alabama and former campus activist, now is a chaired professor of social sciences at Wesleyan University and a prominent scholar-practitioner of Tibetan Buddhism.
Cornell's Big Red Relief will host a panel discussion of experts about Iraqi refugees on April 8 and a benefit concert April 11 in Bailey Hall to aid those refugees.
Researchers at the University of Hawaii and Cornell have selected a crew of six for a four-month simulated Mars mission to test food and food preparation strategies.
The Avon Global Center for Women and Justice at Cornell calls for legal system reforms regarding survivors of domestic violence who are convicted of crimes when protecting themselves from abuse. (June 7, 2011)
A Weill Cornell Medical College research team surveyed nearly 350 LGBT doctors, nurses and other health care professionals and trainees to better understand the support they receive and the obstacles they face in academia.
Ryan Lombardi, vice president for student and campus life as of Aug. 1, shares his thoughts on the division's role on campus, his role as leader of a student-focused organization and the challenges facing students today.
Karen Comstock has been named the first assistant dean for public service law at Cornell Law School. The new position and Comstock's appointment to it were announced recently by Stewart Schwab, the Allan Tessler Dean of the Law School.
A new study, published in the Feb. 12 issue of Science, finds that the bacterial protein VpsT serves as the master regulator in the bacteria Vibrio, which is the cause of cholera and other diseases.
A new Cornell Cooperative Extension blog, written by a Cornell professor and a consumer scientist, tries to help consumers decipher good science information from bad.
A new set of simple Web and iPad applications from Cornell gives New York state school districts access to data to create projects for decision making. (June 27, 2012)