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MOOC offers overview of hospitality industry

Four School of Hotel Administration faculty helped design a new massive open online course, Introduction to Global Hospitality Management.

ILR's Gary Fields wins International Labor Economics Prize

Gary Fields, a member of Cornell’s economics department and the ILR School's John P. Windmuller Chair in International and Comparative Labor, won the 2014 IZA Prize in Labor Economics.

Cornell's economic outlook conference will be Dec. 9

Registration is open for Cornell’s 2015 Agribusiness Economic Outlook Conference on Dec. 9, featuring the national outlook by economist Steve Kyle and a session about labor challenges in the apple industry.

Smile when you say 'Mommy, may I?'

Words with the “hard e” (/ē/) sound are preferred, especially when asking favors of "Mommy."

Matthew Evangelista on the 'American Way of Bombing'

Air warfare "norms" are still evolving, authors say in "American Way of Bombing."

Feeling entitled leads to more creativity, study shows

An ILR School study finds that a feeling of entitlement leads to greater creativity, a finding that has implications for the work place.

AOL gift launches Connected Experiences Lab

A gift from AOL to Cornell Tech will fund the creation of the Connected Experiences Laboratory, or ConnX, aimed at exploring new technologies at the forefront of the digital age.

Fukuyama '74 speaks at democracy panel Nov. 18

Public intellectual Francis Fukuyama ’74 will reflect on the 25th anniversary of his landmark essay, “The End of History,” in a Nov. 18 campus event.

Corning Inc. leader to give Durland Lecture Nov. 17

Corning Inc. CEO and Chairman Wendell Weeks will deliver the 27th Durland Memorial Lecture Nov. 17 at 4:30 p.m. in the Bill and Melinda Gates Hall auditorium.