Keesha Hayes wins 2009 Cook Award
May 6, 2009Keesha Hayes, a Ph.D. candidate in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, received the 2009 Constance E. Cook and Alice H. Cook Recognition Award for commitment to women's issues and for improving the climate for women at Cornell. Hayes helped plan the Empowering Women in Science in Engineering conference held in June 2007, was selected by Diversity Programs in Engineering as a "student of the month" and is currently a co-leader of the Chemical Biomolecular Engineering Graduate Women group.
The awards, granted by Cornell's Advisory Committee on the Status of Women (ACSW), are named for Constance E. Cook, Cornell's first woman vice president, and Alice H. Cook (no relation to Constance), founding member of ACSW and a long-standing faculty member at the ILR School.