Lynn W. Jelinski, the director of the Center for Advanced Technology in Biotechnology and director of the university's Office of Economic Development, will leave Cornell Aug. 1 to become vice chancellor for research and graduate studies at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge.
A memorial service for Andrew S. Schultz Jr., fifth dean of Cornell's College of Engineering, will be held Wednesday, June 3, at 4 p.m. in Sage Chapel on campus.
The defamation lawsuit filed against Cornell labor researcher Kate Bronfenbrenner by Beverly Enterprises Inc., one of the nation's largest nursing home operators, has been dismissed.
Beginning on Monday, June 8, Tower Road, a main thoroughfare of the Cornell University campus, will become the site of several major construction projects.
In a move designed to enhance the stature of Jewish studies at Cornell, university officials have announced the creation of three new named professorships in Jewish Studies
"The economic paradigm that explains human behavior allows you to understand the way the world works," says Richard Burkhauser, the new chair of Cornell's Department of Policy Analysis and Management, explaining why economics is his field of choice.
Their confidence high, average investors still lose out consistently to the professionals, Cornell study finds. Theory aside, efficient markets fail to protect the "little guy."
