We know that Cornell University engineering graduates often rise through the ranks to executive positions, or found and manage new companies of their own. Is there something special about an engineering education that prepares a person for leadership? The Cornell Engineering Alumni Association (formerly Cornell Society of Engineers) will explore that question in this year's annual conference April 21-23 on campus. The conference is titled "Engineering as a Foundation for Business Leadership: Tales from the Frontlines." (April 12, 2005)
Three experts on labor in China will be part of a panel discussion, "Labor, Business and Human Rights in China," Monday, April 18, at Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations. The panel takes place from 4 to 6 p.m. in 423 ILR Conference Center, on Garden Avenue, and is free and open to the public. The event is the first in ILR International Programs Global Speakers series in which experts come to campus to discuss important global topics. It is co-sponsored with the Johnson Graduate School of Management's Suter-Staley Global Business Education Program and supported by the East Asia Program and other campus groups. (April 12, 2005)
In its efforts to land the 2012 Olympic Games, New York City has turned to Cornell University for help. To complete its application, the city has asked Cornell's Center for the Environment to put together a plan for conducting a global impact study and a team of prominent environmental.
Charles H. Bennett, a quantum computing expert and research fellow at the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, N.Y., will deliver the first in a series of lectures sponsored by the Kavli Institute at Cornell for Nanoscale Science. The lecture, "Quantum Information Processing," will be held Thursday, April 21, at 4 p.m. in 700 Clark Hall and free and open to the public. (April 12, 2005)
Gro Harlem Brundtland, former prime minister of Norway and director-general emeritus of the World Health Organization (WHO), will give the Jill and Ken Iscol Distinguished Environmental Lecture at Cornell University, April 28. Her lecture, "The Global Significance of Sustainable Development," is free and open to the public and begins at 4:30 p.m. in Call Alumni Auditorium of Kennedy Hall, on campus. It concludes Cornell's Campus Sustainability Month. (April 12, 2005)
Why have single-parent, stepparent and unmarried-parent families become so common? What are the consequences for growing numbers of children who live apart from their biological fathers? Such questions are at the heart of the first three-year theme of the Institute for Social Sciences (ISS).
Cornell University will host a forum on the controversial issue of digital copyright, titled 'The Download Debate Strikes Back,' April 14 at 7:30 p.m. in Call Auditorium of Kennedy Hall, on campus. The public is invited to attend. The forum will be streamed live on the Web. (April 11, 2005)
Cornell University will be part of a nationwide initiative to develop long-term solutions to computer security problems, the National Science Foundation has announced. The NSF expects to provide almost $19 million in funding for the program over five years, with about $3 million coming to Cornell.
Cornell juniors receive Truman, Goldwater scholarships. Junior Elisabeth Becker, double major in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been selected to receive a Harry S. Truman Foundation Scholarship, and Kevin Joon-Ming Huang, a junior in the College of Engineering, has won a Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship.
NASA has approved up to 18 more months of operations for Spirit and Opportunity, the twin Mars rovers that have already surprised engineers and scientists by continuing active exploration for more than 14 months. The mission will be extended through September 2006.
