MBA applicants with a personal endorsement have a leg up on their competition and go on to support their university at higher rates, according to new research by Ben A. Rissing,assistant professor of organizational behavior.
Former Vice President Dick Cheney gives a brief talk, then answers questions submitted in advance by students for more than an hour in an event co-sponsored by the Cornell Republicans, May 1 at Call Auditorium.
Lanny Joyce, director of Utilities and Energy Management for the Division of Facilities and Campus Services, has been named the staff sustainability champion for April.
Chemistry professor Hector Abruña and plant geneticist Susan McCouch have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, which recognizes distinguished achievement in original research.
President Martha Pollack issued updates May 2 on the Presidential Task Force on Campus Climate; the Consensual Relationships Policy Committee; and the President’s Visioning Committee on Cornell in New York City.