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Reshma Saujani, founder and CEO of Girls Who Code, delivers the Iscol Family Program for Leadership Development in Public Service Lecture.

Evaluation data improves youth pregnancy prevention programs

Evaluation data improves youth pregnancy prevention programs

Using data gathered from the evaluation of health education programs to make improvements is an important component of quality adolescent pregnancy prevention programs. That’s the conclusion of BCTR staff Amanda Purington, evaluation and research director of ACT For...

Patty Thayer retires after 22 years at Cornell

Patty Thayer retires after 22 years at Cornell

Administrative Assistant Patricia “Patty” Thayer retired this summer after 14 years of working to support staff, programs and students in the Family Life Development Center (FLDC) and later in the Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research (BCTR). Thayer juggled...

Police-related fatalities may occur twice as often as reported

Police-related fatalities may occur twice as often as reported

According to a new study led by a Cornell researcher, an average of nearly three men in the United States are killed by police use of deadly force every day. This accounts for 8 percent of all homicides with adult male victims – twice as many as identified in official...