CALS to close Department of Education over next two years

The decision was made after considering an extensive review of options, in the context of the college's strategic planning objectives. Faculty and staff will be transferred to other departments within CALS. (Oct. 26, 2010)

Decisions, decisions: Theme project scholars collaborate on judgment, decision making, social behavior

Institute for the Social Sciences theme project scholars are collaborating on judgment, decision making and social behavior. (Oct. 26, 2010)

Former Treasury secretary Henry Paulson to speak Nov. 11

Former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson will present the 29th annual Hatfield Address and meet with students and faculty Nov. 11. (Oct. 26, 2010)

ILR School faculty to discuss new book on social movements Oct. 27

Faculty members Lance Compa and Rebecca Givan, an editor of the new book 'The Diffusion of Social Movements: Actors, Mechanisms, and Political Effects,' will have a discussion Oct. 27 in the Cornell Store. (Oct. 26, 2010)

Cornell University Library contributes 300,000 digital books to repository

Cornell University Library has become the newest member of HathiTrust, a partnership of major academic and research libraries collaborating on a digital library initiative. (Oct. 25, 2010)

Retail expert stresses that businesses will need to push goods 'pre-emptively and perpetually'

Retail consultant and author Robin Lewis said that retailing is undergoing a virtual revolution, where consumers have the power, in an Oct. 21 lecture. (Oct. 25, 2010)

Sorkin recounts how he got his start at The New York Times -- at age 18

New York Times business journalist Andrew Ross Sorkin '99 recounted how he got his start with the renowned newspaper at age 18 and some back story about the 2008 financial crisis in an Oct. 20 talk. (Oct. 25, 2010)

Columnist Sorkin takes students inside financial debacle

New York Times journalist Andrew Ross Sorkin and three faculty members focused on the forces that led to the crash of 2008 and economic prospects for the future in a panel discussion Oct. 20. (Oct. 21, 2010)

Alumnus and wife share in $1 million prize for 'groundbreaking' research

Avshalom Caspi, Ph.D. '86 and his wife have won a $1 million prize from the Jacobs Foundation for their work on the interplay between genes and environment in determining proclivity toward violence. (Oct. 21, 2010)