Expert: Cut health care costs by focusing on palliative care

Focus more on care and less on disease treatment in the elderly to cut health care costs, said Robert Martensen, National Institutes of Health, in the Sick in America keynote address, April 12. (April 14, 2010)

Hotel School group helps to market Zambia as tourist spot

Zambian leaders have engaged six School of Hotel Administration students and Robert Kwortnik, associate professor of service marketing, as branding and marketing consultants. (April 13, 2010)

Student-run Hotel Ezra Cornell is 'just a magical time'

'Opportunities for Innovation in the Down Economy' was the theme for Hotel Ezra Cornell, a student-run event that brings together hospitality leaders, alumni and students. (April 13, 2010)

$1M Hilton Foundation grant will support hotel students

The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Scholarship will cover two years of tuition for 10 to 50 Hotel School students each year. (April 6, 2010)

Student Agencies adds to Cornell scholarship endowments

The gift will be split between the Student Agencies Endowment Fund and the Student Agencies Cornell Tradition Fellowship, which together have paid nearly $100,000 in scholarship support. (April 5, 2010)

eCornell named a top 20 leadership training company

Training Industry Inc. has named eCornell, the university's online learning company, to its 2010 list of the top 20 leadership training companies. (April 2, 2010)

Coat can charge cell phone, iPod, MP3 player

Abbey Liebman '10 designed a solar-powered jacket that captures the sun's rays to charge cell phones, iPods and other handheld devices. It debuted at the Cornell Design League Fashion Show March 13.

Task force calls for a single, comprehensive budget model

Pool tuition and create a fund for universitywide priorities, recommends a task force on the budget model, part of the Reimagining Cornell strategic planning process.

Trustees approve 4.5 percent endowed tuition increase; statutory tuition will rise by same dollar amount

The board of trustees has approved a plan that calls for a 4.5 percent tuition increase for undergrads in the endowed colleges and an increase of the same dollar amount for the state-supported colleges.