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Jacobs Institute at Cornell Tech launches postdoc program

The Joan and Irwin Jacobs Technion-Cornell Innovation Institute at Cornell Tech has announced that six postdocs are joining the campus for the first Runway Program, a new model for technology entrepreneurs at the Ph.D. level.

Statler earns award as greenest hotel in New York state

Check in to conservation and check out sustainability: Cornell’s Statler Hotel will receive the 2014 Good Earthkeeping Award, the greenest award bestowed by the New York State Hospitality and Tourism Association.

Crowdsourced study finds keys to slim adulthood

Twelve life-changing childhood experiences lead either to obesity or normal weight in adulthood, a Cornell study has found.

First CEN event in Puerto Rico attracts more than 100

More than 120 people, mostly alumni, gathered in Puerto Rico for the program, “Cornellian Thought-Leaders Shaping the Future of Puerto Rico" Jan. 30.

Pathogen-testing firm keys into McGovern Center

With door keys in hand and research ready for a scientific bench, startup business Ionica Sciences became the newest tenant Feb. 5 at Cornell's Kevin M. McGovern Family Center for Venture Development in the Life Sciences.

Cornell joins accord to protect Bangladeshi workers

Cornell licensees who have garments manufactured in factories in Bangladesh must sign and abide by the accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh to get the university's business.

Scientists jump start New York businesses

Supported by New York state, the National Science Foundation and Cornell, the CCMR Industrial Partnerships Program has been helping companies develop and optimize new products since 2001.

Game-winning 'momentum' illusion is but a delusion

A hot hand may be hokum: Cornell researchers have examined the concept of “winning momentum” with varsity college hockey teams, and they conclude that momentum advantages don’t exist, says a new study in the journal Economics Letters.

How 'broken windows' impact political activism

Political scientist Jamila Michener expands the "broken windows theory" - used by social scientists to explain bad behavior in bad neighborhoods: criminals feel comfortable there - to show how some people's discomfort with bad neighborhoods inspires good behavior.