The Equal Protection Project — founded and led by Prof. William Jacobson, law — filed a Civil Rights Complaint against the Ithaca City School District on Aug. 12, accusing the district of…
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Where Agriculture and Education Meet: The Ithaca Waldorf School
Located on an 80-acre plot of farmland, the Ithaca Waldorf School takes a non-traditional approach to a student’s education. Students undergo a hands-on learning process that utilizes the farm to teach students…
Resist, Adapt or Embrace: Cornell Instructors Grapple With AI’s Permeating Presence in Higher Education
Debugging code. Fixing grammatical errors. Summarizing research papers. Composing entire essays. Artificial intelligence has significantly broadened academic resources, prompting professors to resist, adapt or embrace an educational shift. A July 2023 report…
Cornell NanoScale Facility Innovates Nanotechnology Education for Students of All Ages
The Cornell NanoScale Facility is partnering with Micron Technology — one of the largest semiconductor companies in the world — on workforce development initiatives to prepare for Micron’s upcoming semiconductor fabrication facility…
CDC Grant Funds Vector-Borne Disease Research, Education at Cornell
Led by a team of Cornell faculty, the Northeast Regional Center for Excellence in Vector-Borne Diseases received a five-year, $8.7 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in July….
Don’t Throw Your Education Away: Compost it Instead
Imagine this. You’ve just had a delicious breakfast at Morrison. You filled your plate high with steaming pancakes and berries, tater tots, and a couple of hard-boiled protein-packed eggs. You even went…