The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/author/oliviaweinberg/)
Does where you are from affect how you learn? Does the social environment changes parents’ role in their children’s education? Cornell Prof. Anna Haskins, sociology, hopes to answer this question with her research.
President Martha E. Pollack ran through a laundry list of ongoing initiatives at the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly on Monday, including efforts to improve mental health, provide more assistance for international students and students with disabilities, and increase diversity of both the undergraduate and graduate student bodies.
On March 28, Provost Michael Kotlikoff announced the University’s new Center for Social Sciences, intended to improve the University’s research and collaboration efforts among social science disciplines.
A swastika was found emblazoned on the facade of the west side of Goldwin Smith Hall facing the Arts Quad, drawing concerns from students over the current campus climate.
On March 31, New York became the second state to pass state-wide legislation banning single-use plastic bags, following California’s ban in 2016.
Monday’s sprinkler malfunction was the second time this semester that Low Rise 6 experienced flooding — the last time because of a burst pipe on Jan. 31.
For South African activist and former sexual assault survivor, Jenny Nijenhuis, visual art is not a mere form of communication, but something which represents the “first step in healing.”
E.D. Intemann, M.F.A. ’84, senior lecturer in the performing and media arts department and resident lighting designer at the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts for over 20 years, died on Feb. 21. He was 60 years old. Intemann died suddenly at Upstate University Hospital in Syracuse, surrounded by family and friends. He is survived by his partner, Ellen Chase, his two sons and his two sisters.
Reggaeton pulsed through Agava last Friday night, packed with students dancing and — if they were of age — enjoying a variety of drinks.
Nasties, formally referred to as Bear Necessities, hosts rowdy crowds of freshmen and upperclassmen in search of a greasy fix. Cooks stay up well into the night in order to supply students with burgers, fries, mozzarella sticks, wings and the like.