When A.D. White and Ezra Cornell founded Cornell University in 1865, coeducation was practically nonexistent. The university was one of the first in the Northeast to admit women, and later one of the first to have a Women’s Studies Program. Still, women have traditionally been discriminated against in the sciences, which many feel is a “gendered” subject.

On Tuesday, the Senate debated an amendment put forth by Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK). Coburn's Amendement proposed a cut-off of funding for the National Science Foundation's political-science program.

Whoever said you have to be rich to do good is mistaken. But whoever said you can’t be rich and also do good is mistaken as well. In the face of these two extremes — torn between the desire to accumulate wealth and the passion for social action — our generation has coined the term “social entrepreneurship” as an attempt to find a middle ground. This revolutionary idea that you can do good while still making money, has fueled the trend of applying business models to non-profits.