CIT staff celebrated for years of service

Carl Moravec and Mariann Carpenter led CIT staff in years of service at a town hall meeting Sept. 13, having been with Cornell for 49 and 48 years, respectively. Another 13 CIT staffers celebrated a fifth-year anniversary of 25 or more years of service.

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President’s Address to Staff set for Oct. 9

Cornell President Martha E. Pollack will deliver the annual President’s Address to Staff Oct. 9, noon-1 p.m., in the Rhodes-Rawlings Auditorium, Klarman Hall.

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Education improves economic rationality, study finds

A new Cornell study set out to find if people are born to be rational decision makers or if their rationality can be enhanced through education.

Botanic Gardens staffer connects people and plants

Now in her third year at Cornell Botanic Gardens as a horticulturist, Emily Detrick, MPS '16, spends her days connecting people with plants.

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CCA Biennial launches with art projects across campus

The 2018 Cornell Council for the Arts Biennial, with 18 project installations and performances on the theme “Duration: Passage, Persistence, Survival," launched Sept. 28-29 with a tour of outdoor projects on campus, artist panels with Cornell contributors and lectures by featured artists Carrie Mae Weems and Xu Bing.

For Chinese execs, Cornell-Tsinghua program offers best of both worlds

About 80 students in the Cornell-Tsinghua MBA/FMBA program began a 10-day stay on campus Sept. 27.

Milstein students get a glimpse of artist Xu Bing’s character

Students in the Milstein Program in Technology and Humanity were treated to a special Q&A session Sept. 26 with Chinese artist and A.D. White Professor-at-Large Xu Bing.

Marker may help target treatments for Crohn’s patients

For the first time, researchers have identified a marker that distinguishes between different subtypes of Crohn's disease.

Procurement receives national award for fifth year

For the fifth year in a row, Cornell’s Procurement and Payment Services has been awarded the Annual Achievement of Excellence in Procurement Award from the National Procurement Institute.

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