With proper training, experts say, supervisors, union representatives or co-workers can help a victim of domestic violence while meeting the employer's responsibility to maintain a safe worksite. (Oct. 29, 2009)
Malicious individuals can use stolen NetIDs and passwords to send mail, hijack Cornell servers and log into or disrupt other services, including some that hold sensitive information. (Oct. 28, 2009)
The Biomedical Engineering Society honored Jonathan Butcher, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, with the Rita Schaffer Memorial Young Investigator Award earlier this month. (Oct. 27, 2009)
Professor Per Pinstrup-Andersen, the 2001 World Food Prize laureate, has been named 'the most important Dane in the world' in combating poverty by Denmark's leading development magazine. (Oct. 27, 2009)
Cornell will return to a 'healthy pace' of faculty hiring by 2015, said President David Skorton in the State of the University address Oct. 23. He also emphasized that the path to Cornell's future leads out of its past.
It started with a roll of duct tape used to stop automatic toilets from flushing too often. Such small measures, led by Alumni Affairs and Development's Julie Featherstone, have led to big savings. (Oct. 22, 2009)
Staff and faculty members currently enrolled in the Group Universal Life plan can elect additional life insurance protection equal to one times your annual salary without showing proof of good health. (Oct. 21, 2009)
The University of Pennsylvania's Nano/BioInterface Center has presented its annual Award for Research Excellence in Nanotechnology to Harold Craighead. (Oct. 21, 2009)