'Persistent Poverty and Upward Mobility' will look at comparative research on why some people remain poor for long periods of time while others manage to escape poverty.
Ten undergraduates are vying for prize money in the second Big Idea Competition for their creative business ideas. Watch their pitches and help determine the winners April 11, 4-5:30 p.m., in 196 Beck Center, Statler Hall.
The Student Agencies eLab will help Cornell undergraduates develop business ideas into action with access to a network of successful alumni mentors and investors and a suite of professional services.
ILR School will present its highest honors for outstanding professional achievement and contributions to the school to Mark Brossman, Robert Molofsky and Ruben King-Shaw. (March 13, 2008)
The video testimonies of four recovering alcoholics, all pioneers in the field of alcohol abuse prevention in the workplace, lend an authentic voice to the ILR School's Oral History Project. (Feb. 29, 2008)
James T. Kazda will lead initiatives to meet long-range goals for new construction, major renovations, maintenance projects and planning studies for Cornell's contract colleges. (Jan. 7, 2008)
Cornell's Merrill Presidential Scholars Program will honor this week 36 seniors and the high school teachers and university faculty members who made important contributions to the students' lives. (May 21, 2007)
The initiative's programs feature a full range of innovative labor relations and arbitration services such as labor-management training and consulting, and arbitration case administration. (June 30, 2006)
The Scientist magazine announced that Cornell ranks 10th in its survey of the best places in the United States for life scientists to work in academia. And Foreign Policy said Cornell offered the 10th best education in the country for students interested in pursuing an international relations career in academia. (November 07, 2005)
