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Mutual funds do best when fund managers have 'skin in the game'

A study by a finance expert at Cornell's Johnson Graduate School of Management and three colleagues shows that mutual funds do better when the fund manager has "skin in the game" -- and gains financially when the fund prospers.

Now you're cooking -- with sunlight: Engineering student pioneers solar ovens for impoverished nations

Engineers for a Sustainable World, a nonprofit organization based at Cornell, sponsored students to work on engineering projects in developing countries this summer.

Like mothers, like daughters: Female offspring of cohabiting moms tend to cohabit, too, study shows

Young adult women whose mothers cohabit are 57 percent more likely than other women to report cohabitation themselves, according to a study by Cornell's Dan Lichter and Ohio State University colleagues.

United States urged to keep doors open to international students, in Cornell-led report on visa policy

A report by a Cornell immigration policy expert, a researcher with the Migration Policy Institute and the institute's president states that visa, travel and border inspections need to be made easier for legitimate foreign visitors, while still keeping the United States safe.

Union women from around the world meet to learn at Cornell

The 30th Annual Northeast Regional Summer School for Union Women took place on Cornell University's campus Aug. 7-12, in association with the United Association of Labor Education (UALE) and Cornell's School of Industrial and Labor Relations.

Terrorism requires new laws of war, say Cornell experts

A new book looks at changing wars, aging laws and the need for new laws that govern warfare. It was written by a Cornell professor of law who worked at the National Security Council and by a professor of government who heads the Peace Studies program at Cornell.

Weeklong summer school brings students and researchers to Arecibo Observatory to learn and to wonder

Students from around the world learn to use the Arecibo telescope at the weeklong Single Dish Summer School.

Puerto Rican students, teachers, families learn from Arecibo scientists

Programs at Arecibo Observatory focus on improving science education in Puerto Rico.

Dean of Students Kent Hubbell moonlights as fabric architect

Kent Hubbell, Cornell's dean of students, moonlights as an architectural designer of such Fiberglas fabric structures as the one sheltering the Chene Park Performing Arts Complex.

Navigating the world: Einaudi Center launches international Web site

In production since 2003, the Einaudi Center has launched the International Gateway, offering a single point of access online to Cornell's international programs and the international research, teaching and outreach work of its faculty and students.

Gift helps Komansky Center cater to needs of children and families

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center's newly named Komansky Center for Children's Health is designed to meet the special needs of children and families.

How 'good' bacteria could counter overuse of antibiotics

Antibiotics are everywhere -- from the dry cleaners to your soap dispenser -- killing off the bacteria that threaten to make you sick. But a sterile, antiseptic world might do more harm than good, and the onslaught of antibiotics might undermine their very purpose.