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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.

Retirement can bring health risks

Retirement can bring health risks

Most people think of their retirement as golden years when they will pursue hobbies and passions they did not have time for when working full-time. But a study by Maria Fitzpatrick, the BCTR’s Milman Fellow, finds that the post-work years may not be so idyllic....

BCTR and the new Cornell Center for Health Equity

BCTR and the new Cornell Center for Health Equity

The newly-formed Cornell Center for Health Equity (CCHEq) held its inaugural symposium on March 15 and 16 at Weill Cornell Medicine. Dr. David Satcher’s keynote address emphasized that health equity means “everyone has the opportunity to achieve their highest state of...

Cornell Project 2Gen sponsors early education research

Cornell Project 2Gen sponsors early education research

Cornell Project 2Gen sponsored two researchers’ presentations at the Child Care and Early Education Policy Research Consortium meeting last month in Washington D.C. BCTR research associate Lisa McCabe, Cornell sociology professor John Sipple and Cornell alumnae Hope...