In delivering the keynote April 14 at the entrepreneurship celebration, Harris Rosen '61 described his hotel career and how he decided he had enough and needed to start giving back. (April 15, 2011)
Gustavo Arnavat '84, U.S. Executive Director of the Inter-American Development Bank, spent April 6-7 on campus talking to classes and faculty members. (April 15, 2011)
The leader of a group that advocates for low-wage workers urged students to pursue work that changes lives at the ILR School's Union Days. (April 15, 2011)
At its monthly meeting April 13, the Faculty Senate was given a progress report by Provost Kent Fuchs on a range of campus issues, from reaccreditation to strategic plan initiatives.
Events on campus this week include: the Jazz Festival, the Runway Show, readings at the Cornell Store and Mann Library, a film festival, emerging artist concert and IT open forum. (April 14, 2011)
Professor David Lipsky '61, giving his hypothetical 'last lecture,' explained April 12 why he has had a fascination with collective bargaining his entire life. (April 14, 2011)
Scientists and engineers have been trying to explain bicycle self-stability ever since the 19th century. Now, a new analysis says the commonly accepted explanations are at least partly wrong. (April 14, 2011)
Political strategist Karl Rove described the 'toxic stew' of domestic issues that he thinks will define the next presidential election in a talk on campus April 13. (April 14, 2011)
In a class on poetry of cities, students paired poems with artworks at the Johnson Museum to pair them with; the exhibit is at the museum until April 21. (April 14, 2011)
During a discussion in NYC between a leading hedge fund managers and a New York Times financial columnist, CIO Michael Abbott announced that Cornell's net gain this fiscal year is more than 15 percent so far. (April 14, 2011)
While lawyers debate what Google can do with thousands of digitized books whose copyright status is in question, librarians have formed their own repository, known as HathiTrust. (April 14, 2011)
President David Skorton, at a town hall discussion organized by WVBR-FM's 'Sunday Forum' April 10, stressed efforts to increase the affordability of Cornell and his hopes for Cornell in the future. (April 14, 2011)
