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Provost names Robert Smith interim ILR dean

Provost Kent Fuchs has named Robert Smith, ILR associate dean, professor of economics and a Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow, interim dean of the ILR School, effective Nov. 14.

Foodies dig into 'Furrows to Boroughs' in NYC

Big Red alumni gathered at “Furrows to Boroughs: A Taste of New York State in New York City” Oct. 22 to sample upstate foods in the Big Apple.

ILR School establishes Ronald G. Ehrenberg Professorship

The ILR School has established a new professorship honoring the scholarly contributions and distinguished career of professor Ronald G. Ehrenberg.

USDA designates Cornell as obesity prevention hub

Cornell's Northeast Regional Nutrition Education and Obesity Prevention Center of Excellence has won a $856,250 award to fight obesity.

NYC restaurateur visits Oct. 23 to discuss careers

Jeff Zalaznick ’05, co-founder of Major Food Group, will visit campus Oct. 23 as this semester’s Arts and Sciences Munschauer Career Series speaker.

Alum urges students to drive clean tech revolution

Venture capitalist Dan Miller '78 asked Cornell students to leverage their degrees in agriculture, engineering and business to become clean tech entrepreneurs in a campus talk Oct. 7.

State dairy leaders gather for second Yogurt Summit

With the state’s dairy industry tearing through an economic boom, Cornell hosted the second New York State Yogurt and Dairy Summit Oct. 15, featuring Lt. Gov. Robert Duffy, Agriculture and about 100 industry and government leaders.

Nobel economics laureate to speak Oct. 24

Nobel economics laureate Robert F. Engle, M.S. ’66, Ph.D. ’69, will give a Sesquicentennial lecture, "The Prospects for Global Financial Stability," Oct. 24.

Oct. 23 talk will show path to full gender equality

Renowned scholar Claudia Goldin ‘ 67 will address gender equality in the labor market in a Sesquicentennial talk, "A Grand Gender Convergence: Its Last Chapter," Oct. 23.