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Elder-to-elder abuse is common in nursing homes

Nearly one in five nursing home residents in 10 facilities across New York state were involved in at least one aggressive encounter with fellow residents during the four weeks prior to a study by researchers at Cornell and Weill Cornell.

Entrepreneurship Summit draws more than 500 to NYC

Entrepreneurs from throughout the country joined with Cornell alumni, students, faculty and staff Nov. 7 in New York City for a daylong conference, “Beyond the Horizon,” hosted by Entrepreneurship at Cornell.

Alienated voters have turned U.S. into a plutocracy

At the Conference on the Histories of Capitalism on campus Nov. 7, Harvard sociologist Orlando Patterson said the U.S. is devolving into a plutocracy due to disengaged voters.

Restored Geneva greenhouses aid agriculture research

Following a multimillion-dollar makeover, the Barton Laboratory Greenhouse was dedicated Oct. 30 at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva, New York.

Cornell startup ZYMtronix partners with enzyme company

ZYMtronix, a startup company with roots in Cornell-developed technology and operating in Cornell’s McGovern Center for business development, has signed an agreement with Codexis, a major producer of pharmaceutical enzymes.

Full gender wage equality is possible, economist says

Harvard economist Claudia Goldin '67 laid out ways to end the gender disparity in wages between women and men in a campus talk Oct. 24.

Belief in climate change doesn't always lead to action

Cornell researchers have set out to identify factors that may motivate Americans to mobilize for grassroots action on climate change.

PC workplace boosts creativity in male-female teams

New research by the ILR School finds that a politically correct work environment leads to greater creativity among in male-female teams.

Nobel laureate promotes economic model to avoid crisis

Robert F. Engle, M.S. ’66, Ph.D. ‘69, who won the 2003 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, spoke on campus Oct. 24 about economics models that can stave off another financial crisis.